HAMILTON & BRANDON
The present members of this family bear the surname
Douglas-Hamilton. The children of the Dukes of Hamilton, the sisters of the
13th Duke of
Part 1
ANNE Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton (d.Hamilton 17 Oct 1716); m.29 Apr 1656 William Douglas,
Earl of Selkirk, cr 1660 Duke of Hamilton, etc. (24 Dec 1634-18 Apr 1694); in
1688 he resigned the Earldom of Selkirk, which was re-granted to his younger
sons, respectively, in tail male, failing whom to the heirs male of the Duke of
Hamilton, provided that if any succeeded to the Dukedom of Hamilton, then the
Selkirk title would devolve his next brother [but if he had no brother, it
would devolve at his death on his second son]; their issue took the surname
Hamilton
1a) JAMES, 4th Duke of
2a) William, d.in
3a) Charles, 2nd Earl of Selkirk, took surname
4a) John, 3rd Earl of Selkirk, cr 1697 Earl of
Ruglen, took surname
1b) William, Lord Daer (1696-Edinburgh
2b) Anne, 2nd
Countess of Ruglen (
3b) Susan (
5a) George, cr 1696 Earl of Orkney, Viscount of Kirkwall, and Baron Dechmont
[with remainder to heirs general of his body] (d.London
1b) Anne, 2nd
Countess of Orkney (d.6 Dec 1756); m.Taplow
2b)
3b) Henrietta (d.Cork
6a) Basil (1671-27 Aug 1701); m.1691 Mary Dunbar (1677-15
May 1760), gdau of Sir David Dunbar of Baldoon, Bt.;
the
1b) William, of Baldoon
2b) Basil, of Baldoon (
1c) Mary (
2c) Dunbar, 4th Earl
of Selkirk, took surname
1d) Sholto Basil, Lord Daer (
2d) Basil William, Lord Daer (
3d) John, Lord Daer (
4d)
5d) Alexander (
6d) David (
7d) Thomas, 5th Earl
of Selkirk (
1e) Dunbar James, 6th
Earl of Selkirk (London 22 Apr 1809-11 Apr 1885); m.29 Jun 1878 Cicely Louisa
Grey-Egerton (d.10 Jun 1920)
2e) Isabella Helen (
3e) Katherine Jane (Montreal 4
Jan 1817-30 Sep 1863); m.23 Jan 1849 Loftus Tottenham Wigram (
8d) Isabella Margaret
9d) Helen (d.12 Jul 1837); m.9
Nov 1786 Sir James Hall, of Dunglas, 4th
Bt. (d.23 Jun 1832)
10d) Mary, d.20 Aug 1778
11d)
12d)
Katherine (d.31 Mar 1848); m.6 Jul 1815 John Halkett (1768- ), son of Sir John Halkett, 4th
Bt.
13d) Anne, d.an infant
3b) Eleanor (d.27 Dec 1783);
m.31 Dec 1711 John Murray, of Philiphaugh
4b) Catherine (d.13 Apr 1779);
m.Oct 1727 Thomas Cochrane, 6th Earl of Dundonald (d.28 May 1737)
7a) Archibald, of Riccartoun (bap
1b) Charles (1721-1771); m.Mary
Catherine Dufresne
1c) Mary (
2b) Rev. Frederic (1728-19 Feb
1811); m.11 Jun 1757 Rachael Daniel
1c)
3b) Archibald (drowned
4b) Sir William (
5b)
6b) Jean (
8a) Mary (
9a) Catherine (bap
10a) Susannah (d.7 Feb 1737); m.1st 1684 John
Cochrane, 2nd Earl of Dundonald (d.16 May 1690); m.2nd
Charles Hay, 3rd Marquess of Tweeddale (d.17 Dec 1715)
11a) Margaret (d.Edinburgh
Part 2
JAMES Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess
of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran, etc, cr 1711 Duke of Brandon, etc (11 Apr
1658-k.in a duel in Hyde Park with Lord Mohun 15 Nov 1712); m.1st
shortly before 5 Jan 1687 Lady Anne Spencer (Chiswick
24 Jun 1666-Kinneil House 2 Jul 1690); m.2nd Bushey
Park 17 Jul 1698 Hon Elizabeth Gerard (d.London 13 Feb 1744)
1a) [ex 1] Anne, d.young
2a) [ex 1] Mary, d.young
3a) [ex 2]
4a) Catherine, d.22 Dec 1712
5a) JAMES, 5th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon (
1b) JAMES, 6th Duke of
Hamilton and Brandon, etc (
1c) Elizabeth (Holyrood House
2c) JAMES George, 7th
Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, etc, succeeded his distant cousin as 4th
Marquess of
3c) DOUGLAS, 8th
Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, etc (Holyrood House
1d)
[by Harriet Pye Bennett, later Mrs Scott-Waring] Anne, d.20 Aug 1844; m.Edinburgh
2b) Anne (Nov 1738-Bath
3b) ARCHIBALD, 9th
Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, etc (
1c) Anne (
2c) ALEXANDER, 10th
Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, etc (London 3 Oct 1767-London 18 Aug 1852);
m.London
1d) WILLIAM Alexander Anthony
Archibald, 11th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, etc (London 19 Feb
1811-Paris 15 Jul 1863); m.Mannheim
1e) WILLIAM Alexander Louis
Stephen, 12th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, etc, 1886 8th
Earl of Selkirk, took surname Douglas-Hamilton (London 12 Mar 1845-Algiers 16
May 1895); m.Kimbolton
1f) Mary Louise (London 1 Nov
1884-21 Feb 1957); m.London
2e) Charles George Archibald,
took surname Douglas-Hamilton, suc 1885 as 7th Earl of Selkirk (
3e) Mary Victoria (Hamilton Palace
11 Dec 1850-Budapest 14 May 1922); m.1st Château de Marchais
2d) Susan Harriet Catherine (
3c) Archibald (
4c)
5c) Susan (
4b) Spencer (Jun 1742-Calais
6a)
7a) William (d.11 Jul 1734); m.30 Apr 1733 Frances Hawes
(d.31 Mar 1788)
8a) Susan (d.3 Jun 1755); m.3 Aug 1736 Anthony Tracy-Keck
(1708-28 Sep 1767)
9a) Anne, for some time used surname Hamilton-Edwards (12
Oct 1709-25 Dec 1748); per Scots Peerage (but not other sources), he probably
m.1stly by 1731 Mary Edwards (d.23 Aug 1743); m.2nd Bath Oct 1742
Anna Charlotte Maria Powell (d.26 Jul 1791); there seems to be no evidence
showing that the first marriage occurred, but is implied by contemporary
documents; at any rate it was dissolved or repudiated ca 1734; note that the
second marriage happened while Mary Edwards living
1b)
[by Mary Edwardes, dau of Francis Edwardes, of Welham, possibly Lord
Anne’s first wife] Gerard Anne Edwardes [Edwards] (bap 1734-29 Oct 1773);
m.8 Oct 1754 Lady Jane Noel (d.1811)
1c)
Gerard Noel Edwardes, later Noel, 2nd Bt. [Baronetcy inherited from
his father-in-law]; besides estates inherited through his marriage, he
inherited much of the Gainsborough estates; his son was cr Earl of Gainsborough
(see Noel page)
2b) James (
1c) James, d.Margate
13 Mar 1802, aged 32
2c) Lucy Charlotte (1778-2 Feb
1833); m.16 Mar 1799 Robert Anstruther (
2b) Charles Powell (
1c)
2c) Augstus
Barrington Price Anne Powell, took surname Douglas-Hamilton (
1d) Augustus John (25 May
1807-1826)
2d) Charles Henry (London 7 Oct
1808-30 Nov 1873); m.1st
1e) Helena Augusta Charlotte
Constance Sidney (Shanklin 26 Nov 1860-Parkstone,
Dorset 4 Aug 1950); she and her sisters were granted the rank of a Duke's
daughter 1896; m.Kimberley, So
2e) ALFRED Douglas, 13th Duke
of Hamilton and Brandon, etc, 9th Earl of Selkirk, took surname
Douglas-Hamilton (Shanklin 6 Mar 1862-Ferne 16 Mar
1940); m.Newton Toney, Wilts
1f) DOUGLAS, 14th Duke of
Hamilton and Brandon, etc (London 3 Feb 1903-Edinburgh 30 Mar 1973); m.Edinburgh
1g) ANGUS Alan Douglas, 15th
Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, etc (London 13 Sep 1938-5 Jun 2010); m.1st
1h) Eleanor (b.1973); m.Bolton
2h) Anne (b.1976); m.Lennoxlove
3h) ALEXANDER, 16th Duke of
Hamilton and Brandon, etc. (b.31 Mar 1978); m.Edinburgh
7 May 2011 Sophie Ann Rutherford
1i) Douglas Charles, Marquess
of Douglas and Clydesdale (b.2012)
2i) William Frederick (b.2014)
3i) Basil George (b.2016)
4h) John William (b.1979)
2g) James Alexander, suc 1994
11th Earl of Selkirk, disclaimed this peerage later in 1994, cr 1997
Lord Selkirk of
1h) John Andrew, 12th
Earl of Selkirk (b.8 Feb 1978)
2h) Charles Douglas (b.1979);
m.1 Mar 2014 Katherine E Fry
3h) James Robert (b.Western
4h) Harry Alexander (b.Western
3g) Hugh Malcolm (North Berwick
22 Aug 1946-Haddington 21 Jun 1995); m.1st Lennoxlove
1h) Brendan Thomas Douglas
Hamilton (b.1974); m.2004 (div 2006) Josephine A. de Chair
2h) Catherine Bride
Douglas-Hamilton (b.1976)
4g) Patrick George (b.Lennoxlove 1950); m.1989 (div 1997) Cecilia Usher
1h) Isabel Rose (b.1991)
5g) David Stephen (Lennoxlove
26 Dec 1952-6 Apr 2020)
2f) Jean (Merly
House, Wimborne, Dorset 11 Jun 1904-1987); m.1st Dungavel
3f) George Nigel, 1940 10th
Earl of Selkirk (London 4 Jan 1906-24 Nov 1994); m.Edinburgh
4f) Margaret (Salisbury 13 Oct
1907-1993); m.1 Feb 1930 James Drummond-Hay, of Seggieden (b.27 Jun 1905)
5f) Malcolm Avondale (
1g) Diana Mairi (Dungavel 13 Feb 1932-Edinburgh 21 Nov 2019); m.18 Jun 1955
(div 1973) Gavin William Younger (1926-2003)
2g) Fiona Margaret (b.Ferne
3g) Alasdair Malcolm (b.Ferne
1h) Fenella Mairi (b.1966);
m.1994 (div 2004) Harm Igor Zevenbergen
2h) Angus Gavin (b.1968);
m.1995 Justine Levene
1i) Siana
Sophie (b.1997)
2i) William Niall (b.1999)
3h) Geordie Fergus (b.1969);
m.2005 (div 2010) Katarzyna Eva Muszynska
4h) Tessa Catherine (b.1980);
m.2006 Matthew J D Humphrey
4g) Niall David (Ferne 15 Jun 1943-21 Jul 1964)
6f) David (Dungavel
8 Nov 1912-k.on active service 2 Aug 1944); m.Glasgow
1g) Diarmaid
Hugh (Ferne 17 Jun 1940-Beverly, Massachusetts 19 Jan
2023); m.1st
2g) Iain (b.Ferne
1h)
2h) Dudu
Mara (b.1971)
7f) Mairi Nina (Dungavel 27 Aug 1914-27 May 1927)
3e) Isobel Frances Ulrica Iris
(Shanklin 7 Feb 1864-Salisbury 1 Oct 1941); m.London
4e) Flora Mary Ida (Shanklin 22 Feb 1866-27 Jan 1957);
3d) Francis Seymour (London 19
Jan 1811-Sydney 1 Jun 1874); m.Hambleden, Bucks
1e) Alexandrina Emma
2e) Rosabel
Georgiana Maria (Greenlands 28 Sep 1838-ca 1917);
m.London
3e) Archibald
4e) Constance Augusta Idonia Lorn (
5e) Algernon Percy (
1f) Percy Seymour (Sydney 2 Oct
1875-Claremont Cape Town, So Africa 6 Feb 1940); m.1st
1g) John Percy (Wynberg 14 Feb 1930-Cape Province, So Africa 23 Feb 2008);
m.1st 1955 (div 1980) June Mary Clifton Michler; m.2nd
1980 Delia Rose Davies
1h) John Gavin (b.1957)
1i) [by Colleen Ann Lowe] Reece
Colby Douglas-Hamilton (b.2001)
2h) Tessa Jeanne (b.1958);
m.1990 Peter Gordon Fraser-Grant
3h) Debra Anne (b.1959); m.1986
(div 1995) Christopher John Growstra
4h) Diana Barbara (b.1959); m.Lawrence James Thackwray
2g) Diana Barbara (b.Wynberg
2f) Constance Idonia Violet (Sydney 1877-16 Jun 1962); m.London
3f) Edith
4f) Ethel Jessie (d.25 Oct
1906)
6e) Rosalie Felicia (
7e) Evelyn Clara (2 May1849-29
Aug 1905)
8e) Aubrey Reginald (London 21
Apr 1851-Broadstairs, Kent 21 Apr 1933); m.London
1f) Kenneth Aubrey Fitzgerald
Seymour (Cooma 22 Apr 1879-16 Aug 1944); m.28 Oct
1916 (div 1921) Maude Mary Phillips
2f) Lesley Reginald Coventry (
3f) Herbert Eustace Seymour
(Sydney 2 Jun 1886-Jun 1963); m.27 Feb 1912 Ruth Harrison (d.1974)
1g) Doreen (b.6 Jun 1914); m.18
Oct 1941 (div 1962) Alan Ogg Davidson
2g) Cecil Seymour (
4f) Irene Lucy (Sydney 8 Jul
1883-9 Apr 1934)
5f) Claud Archibald Aubrey
(Sydney 26 May 1889-25 Jan 1961); m.Alexandria, Egypt
8 Oct 1915 Evelyn Addison Chater (Chesham 1893-1975)
1g) Evelyn Daphne (Alexandria
19 Jul 1916-16 Jan 2003); m.1st 6 Jun 1940 Jack Rawlins (d.9 Jul 1946); m.2d 5
Oct 1956 Hedley Boardman (d.1998)
9e) Blanche Annie (23 Dec
1853- )
10e) Mina Kathleen (16 Dec
1854-8 Aug 1887)
4d) Douglas Ryves (London 5 Jan
1814-1894); m.Limerick 11 Feb 1843 Frances Graves
(1821-1897)
1e) Alexander
2e) Patrick
3e) Frederick (1852- ); m.1887 Elizabeth White
4e) Idonia
(d.26 Aug 1910); m.4 Nov 1874 Algernon Percy Douglas-Hamilton (above)
5e) Maria Bertha (1853- ); m.Kaalualua
1885 George Dawson
5d) Sir Frederic (London 12 May
1815-Tunbridge Wells 15 May 1887); m.Rio de Janeiro
25 Feb 1843 Marina Norton (d.20 Sep 1871)
1e) Frederick Robert Vere
(London 7 Dec 1843-d.by 1918); m.1873 Josephine Baumann
2e) Annie Marina Augusta
(London 23 Oct 1845-9 Oct 1900); m.London 4 Oct 1873 Stephen Dix (d.Jan 1880)
3e) Augustus Maitland Ronald
(Buenos Aires 2 Sep 1847-1906); m.1880 (div 1895) Therese Maude Wentworth
1f) Marina Norton Douglas
(1883- )
4e) Eliza Marie (Jul 1849-16
Oct 1849)
5e) dau (Jun 1853- )
6e) Augusta Caroline Octavia
(Quito 12 Oct 1856-24 Mar 1929)
7e) Archibald Douglas Schomberg
(Frankfurt 1 Oct 1861-22 Jan 1908); m.New York 16 Dec 1903 Margaret Eleanor
Pemberton-Binns (New York 1880- )
6d) Adolphus (5 Jul 1816-12 Sep
1893); m.London 22 May 1847 Henrietta Charlotte Carew (London 1829-Beddington
Park 6 Jan 1901)
1e) Edith (London 21 Aug
1848-d.by 1940)
2e) Adolphus Leicester (25 Jul
1849-d. an infant)
3e) Florence Ann Hallowell (Beddington Park 26 Nov 1852-11 Mar 1937); m.13 Feb 1890
Edmund Arundel Laurence Peel (8 Feb 1858-Dec 1918)
4e) Adolphus Herbert (24 Feb
1855-d. an infant)
5e) Mary Geraldine (London 30
May 1856-23 Nov 1923); m.1896 Henry Steuart (d.Sep 1936)
6e) Reginald Ernest (31 Mar
1861- )
7e) Eva Bertha Gwendoline
(London 29 Jul 1863-2 Oct 1954); m.14 Sep 1884 George Wallace (d.18 Jan 1928)
8e) Henrietta Helen
9e) Amy Beatrice, d.19 Feb 1876
7d) Alfred (London 21 Apr 1818-Gidea
Hall 25 Mar 1895); m.1st London 17 Jul 1845 Adelaide Black (d.London 17 Apr
1870); m.2d Lympstone 27 Oct 1874 Harriette Amy
Blackburne Peters (d.Exeter 15 Nov 1929)
1e) Marie Adelaide Blanche (30
Jul 1846-3 Nov 1872)
2e) Annie Laura (d.18 Oct
1877); m.11 Nov 1876 Everard Strangways Neave (21 Aug 1844-1896)
3e) Nina Susannah (London
1849-19 Jan 1943); m.London 30 Jul 1878 Sir William Cospatrick Dunbar, of
Mochrum, 9th Bt. (20 Jul 1844-London 6 Feb 1931)
4e) Gertrude Eleanor, d.2 Nov
1872
5e) Alfred Hamilton Douglas (Gidea Hall 27 Jan 1856-Newburgh, Fife 22 Jul 1942);
m.London 14 Jan 1914 Katherine Gould (London 1864-Birchington 16 Nov 1938)
6e) Rev. William Arthur (London
6 Sep 1864-Southsea 17 Apr 1948); m.Bramdean, Hants
12 Apr 1923 Alice Georgina Legge (10 Jun 1875-1 Feb 1958)
7e) Laura Beatrice
8e) Evelyn Mary (Lympstone 12 Sep 1879-4 Sep 1855)
9e) Amy Janet (The Firs 1 Oct
1880-29 Mar 1961)
8d) Octavius (Boulogne 15 Feb
1821-London 14 Aug 1904); m.London 29 Jun 1852 Katherine Augusta Westenra
Macleod (1831-London 30 Nov 1902)
1e) Ven. Hamilton Anne (Simla 28 May 1853-22 Aug 1929); m.1st Geneva 26 Oct 1875
Lillie Bowles (d.26 May 1918); m.2d London 24 Oct 1922 Hon Agnes Rosamund
Bateman-Hanbury (ShobdonCourt 1866-11 Apr 1947)
1f) Basil Sholto Anne
(Chichester 11 Aug 1876-Umberleigh 12 Apr 1920); m.Buenos Aires 11 Sep 1912
Dorothy Campbell Franks
2f) Ilta
(East Witton 13 Aug 1879-10 Mar 1957); m.Ipswich 14 May 1915 Henry Watt (d.29 Nov 1940)
3f) Mary Hamilton (Winslow 1
May 1885- ); m.29 Sep 1915 Christopher
Martin Ingoldby (d.22 Jun 1927)
4f) James Angus (Latimer 13 Aug
1890-19__); m.Duns, Berwick 20 Jan 1938 Joan Mary MacCormac (d.17 Oct 1975)
2e) Augustus Maynard (Simla 29 Nov 1854-Rows, Wigton 19 Aug 1928); m.4 Aug 1909
Frances Wilhelmina Cloete (d.Canvey Island 30 Aug
1938)
3e) Charles Reginald Sydney (Simla 5 Oct 1856-Buckingham 8 Feb 1935); m.10 Sep 1890 Mary
Isabel Hammond Whitla (d.London
5 Jan 1948)
1f) Elsie Muriel (Ramleh 21 Aug 1891-
)
4e) Camilla Alexandrina Lucy,
d.21 Feb 1906
5e) Katherine Seymour
(1859-Woking 17 Apr 1944)
6e) Angus Falconer (Brighton 20
Aug 1863-k.a.Loos 26 Sep 1915); m.Muir-of-Ord 1 Aug
1894 Anna Watson Mackenzie (Ord House, co Ross 3 Jan 1866-Muir-of-Ord 15 Feb
1945)
1f) Camilla Beatrice (Ord House
9 Aug 1895-23 May 1957)
7e) Basil Sholto (13 Nov
1866-d. an infant)
9d) Alexandrina Idonia Charlotte Susan (31 Aug 1824- ); m.29 Mar 1851 Robert Peel (20 Oct
1828- )
3c) Lucretia Charlotte Susanna (31
Jul 1783-24 Jan 1848); m.3 Sep 1828 Stephen Briggs (d.25 Aug 1850)
10a) [by Barbara, dau of
either King Charles II or John Churchill by the Dss of Cleveland] Charles
Hamilton "Cte d'Arran" (Cleveland House 3
Aug 1691-Paris 17 Aug 1754)
1b)
Charles,d.9 Apr 1800
1c)
Charles
11a) [illegitimate] James
Abercrombie, cr Baronet 1709, d.14 Nov 1724)