The Duke of Hamilton | |
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 Portrait by Godfrey Kneller | |
| Lord High Commissioner | |
| In office 1693–1694 | |
| Monarchs | William II and Mary II |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Melville |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess of Tweeddale |
| In office 1689–1690 | |
| Monarchs | William II and Mary II |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Moray |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Melville |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 December 1634 |
| Died | 18 April 1694 (aged 59) Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Resting place | Hamilton Collegiate Church, Hamilton Mausoleum, Bent Cemetery, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire |
| Spouse | Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton |
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William Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton, KG, PC (24 December 1634 – 18 April 1694), also known as Lord William Douglas and the Earl of Selkirk, was a Scottish nobleman and politician.[1] He was the eldest son of the 1st Marquess of Douglas by his second wife, Lady Mary Gordon, a daughter of the 1st Marquess of Huntly.[2]
Subsequent to marrying Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton, he was created Duke of Hamilton in the Peerage of Scotland, which also allowed him to use his wife's subsidiary titles during his lifetime and to take the name Hamilton for their descendants.[3]
- ^ Edmund Lodge (1832). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage. Saunders and Otley. p. 327.
- ^ Brydges, Sir Egerton (1809). A Biographical Peerage of the Empire of Great Britain in which are Memoirs and Characters of the Most Celebrated Persons of Each Family. p. 111.
- ^ Balfour Paul, James (1904). The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh : D. Douglas. p. 516. Retrieved 24 May 2018.