Lord Bargany was a title created in the nobility of Scotland on 14 November 1639 for Sir John Hamilton of Carriden, only son of Sir John Hamilton of Letterick, natural son of John, first marquis of Hamilton.
This peerage was created with limitation to the heirs male of the first lord's body. The title became dormant or extinct after the death in 1736 of the 4th Lord Bargany, James Hamilton and the Bargany estate passed to John Dalrymple, who changed his name to Hamilton.[1]
- ^ Balfour Paul, James (1905). The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh : D. Douglas. pp. 27–31. Retrieved 12 July 2024.