James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye

James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye
Member of the Ireland Parliament
for County Down
In office
1613–1634
Preceded byNicholas Bagenal
Succeeded byHugh Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery
Personal details
Bornc. 1560
Dunlop, East Ayrshire
Died24 January 1644
Bangor, County Down
Spouses
  • Alice Penicook
  • Ursula Brabazon
  • Jane Phillips
ChildrenJames Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil
Alma materUniversity of St Andrews

James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye[1] (c. 1560 – 24 January 1644)[2] was a Scot who became owner of large tracts of land in County Down, Ireland, and founded a successful Protestant Scots settlement there several years before the Plantation of Ulster. Hamilton was able to acquire the lands as a result of his connections with King James I, for whom he had been an agent in negotiations for James to succeed Queen Elizabeth I.

  1. ^ In some sources Claneboye in his title is (seemingly incorrectly) spelt Clandeboye, the same as the placename. The name derives from the Gaelic Clann Aodha Buidhe. There have been a number of spellings of the placename.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference odnb_hunter was invoked but never defined (see the help page).