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Bargeny, Lord (S, 1641 - 1736)

Creation: let.pat. 16 Nov 1641

Extinct: 28 Mar 1736

Family name: Hamilton

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Arms:

Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Three Cinquefoils Ermine (Hamilton);  2nd and 3rd, Argent a Ship sails furled Sable (Arran), all within a Bordure company Argent and Azure the first charged with Hearts Gules and the second with Mullets of the last

Crest:

A Crescent Gules

Supporters:

Dexter:  An Antelope Argent collared Gules charged with three Cinquefoils Ermine;  Sinister:  A Savage proper with a Shoulder-Belt Gules charged with Cinquefoils Ermine and wreathed about the head and middle with Laurel Vert holding in  his left hand a Garb Or

Motto:

 J'espère

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John [Hamilton], 1st Lord Bargeny

son and heir of Sir John Hamilton of Lettrick (by his wife Jean Campbell, dau. of Rt Rev Alexander Campbell, Bishop of Brechin), legitimated son of John [Hamilton], 1st Marquess of Hamilton

born

mar.

1632 Lady Jean Douglas (d. 1669), 2nd dau. of William [Douglas], 1st Marquess of Douglas, by his first wife Hon Margaret Hamilton, sister of James [Hamilton], 1st Earl of Abercorn, and only surv. dau. of Claud [Hamilton], 1st Lord Paisley

children

1. Hon John Hamilton, later 2nd Lord Bargeny

2. Maj Hon William Hamilton, mar. 3 Apr 1662 Mary Butler (widow of George Butler of Clashbenny), dau. of Sir Patrick Hay of Pitfour

1. Hon Margaret Hamilton, mar. (1) John Kennedy of Culzean (d. 1665), and (2) 1667 Hon Sir David Ogilvy of Clova MP, 3rd son of James [Ogilvy], 1st Earl of Airlie, by his wife Lady Isabel Hamilton, 2nd dau. by his first wife of Thomas [Hamilton], 1st Earl of Haddington, and had issue by both husbands

2. Hon Anne Hamilton (d. 12 Mar 1678), mar. after 1660 Sir Patrick Houston of that Ilk, 1st Bt., and had issue

3. Hon Grizel Hamilton (d. May 1678)

4. Hon Margery Hamilton, mar. 7 Oct 1671 William Baillie of Lamington, and had issue

5. Hon Catherine Hamilton (d. 11 Jan 1741), mar. after 28 Dec 1676 William Cunningham of Enterkine, and had issue

died

Apr 1658

created

16 Nov 1641 Lord Bargeny

suc. by

son

note

accompanied the Duke of Hamilton on his unsuccessful expedition into England 1648 and was captured and imprisoned for a year;  joined King Charles II in the Netherlands;  when the King invaded England in 1651 Lord Bargeny was sent to Scotland to raise a force;  he was again taken prisoner and was imprisoned in the Tower of London for about a year;  he was exempted from Cromwell's Act of Grace and Pardon 1654

John [Hamilton], 2nd Lord Bargeny

born

mar. (1)

after 23 Aug 1662 Lady Margaret Cunningham, 2nd dau. of William [Cunningham], 9th Earl of Glencairn, by his first wife Lady Anne Ogilvy, 2nd dau. and cohrss. by his first wife of James [Ogilvy], 1st Earl of Findlater

children by first wife

1. Hon John Hamilton, Master of Bargeny (bur. vp. and spm. 27 Mar 1690 in St Giles's Church, Edinburgh), mar. 19 Jun 1688 Jean Sinclair (d. 12 Dec 1700; bur. in St Giles's Church, Edinburgh), dau. of Sir Robert Sinclair of Longformacus, 1st Bt., and had issue:

1a. Joanna Hamilton (b. 1690), mar. 23 Feb 1707 as his first wife Sir Robert Dalrymple of Castleton, 1st son and heir ap. of Hon Sir Hew Dalrymple of North Berwick, 1st Bt., (by his first wife Marion Hamilton, dau. of Sir Robert Hamilton of Presmennan, a Lord of Session under the style Lord Presmennan), 3rd son of John [Dalrymple], 1st Viscount of Stair, and had issue

2. Hon William Hamilton, later 3rd Lord Bargeny

1. Hon Nicolas Hamilton

mar. (2)

1676 Lady Alice Hamilton (widow of Henry [Hamilton], 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil; dsp. 25 Dec 1677), 1st dau. of Henry [Moore], 1st Earl of Drogheda, by his wife  Hon Alice Spencer, sister of Henry [Spencer], 1st Earl of Sunderland, and 5th dau. of William [Spencer], 2nd Baron Spencer

died

15 May 1693 (bur. at Ballantrae, co. Ayr)

suc. by

son by first wife

note

imprisoned on an indictment of high treason 1679 for a conspiracy against Episcopacy, against the life of the Duke of Lauderdale, etc., but was never brought to trial and was released the next year with a fine of 50,000 marks; raised a regiment of 600 foot to promote the Revolution 1689

William [Hamilton], 3rd Lord Bargeny

born

mar. (1)

c. 1694 Mary Primrose (b. 20 Jun 1677; dspm.), sister of William [Primrose], 1st Viscount Primrose, and 1st dau. of Sir William Primrose of Carrington, 2nd Bt., by his wife Mary Scott, 3rd dau. of Patrick Scott of Thirlestane

only child by first wife

1. Hon John Hamilton, Master of Bargeny (b. 22 Mar 1696; dvp. young)

1. Hon Grizel Hamilton, mar. 15 Feb 1713 as his second wife Thomas Buchan of Cairnbulg, and had issue

mar. (2)

after 6 Aug 1708 Margaret Dundas (d. 30 Mar 1717), dau. of Robert Dundas of Arniston, a Lord of Session

only child by second wife

2. Hon James Hamilton, later 4th Lord Bargeny

died

c. 1712

suc. by

son by second wife

note

a strenuous opponent of the Union with England

James [Hamilton], 4th Lord Bargeny

born

29 Nov 1710

died

28 Mar 1736 (bur. in the Church of Holyrood House, Edinburgh)

On the death of the 4th Lord Bargeny the male issue of the grantee, and in all probability the peerage itself, became extinct.

 First written 6 May 2010

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