Paternal Family Tree: Douglas
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Spencer Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon 1710-1771
On 14th February 1723 [his father] James Hamilton 5th Duke Hamilton 2nd Duke Brandon [aged 20] and Anne Cochrane Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Duchess Hamilton, Duchess Brandon of Suffolk. She the daughter of John Cochrane 4th Earl Dundonald. He the son of [his grandfather] James Hamilton Duke Hamilton, 1st Duke Brandon and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Gerard Duchess Brandon [aged 43]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
Before 3rd November 1729 [his father] James Hamilton 5th Duke Hamilton 2nd Duke Brandon [aged 26] and Elizabeth Strangeways Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 39] were married. She by marriage Duchess Hamilton, Duchess Brandon of Suffolk. He the son of [his grandfather] James Hamilton Duke Hamilton, 1st Duke Brandon and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Gerard Duchess Brandon [aged 49].
On 21st August 1737 [his father] James Hamilton 5th Duke Hamilton 2nd Duke Brandon [aged 34] and [his mother] Anne Spencer Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 27] were married. She by marriage Duchess Hamilton, Duchess Brandon of Suffolk. He the son of [his grandfather] James Hamilton Duke Hamilton, 1st Duke Brandon and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Gerard Duchess Brandon [aged 57].
On 15th July 1740 Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon was born to James Hamilton 5th Duke Hamilton 2nd Duke Brandon [aged 37] and Anne Spencer Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 30].
Around 1742 Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 1] educated at Eton College [Map].
On 2nd March 1743 [his father] James Hamilton 5th Duke Hamilton 2nd Duke Brandon [aged 40] died. His son [his half-brother] James [aged 18] succeeded 6th Duke Hamilton, 3rd Duke Brandon of Suffolk, 3rd Baron Dutton of Cheshire.
After 2nd March 1743 [his step-father] Richard Savage Nassau [aged 19] and [his mother] Anne Spencer Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 33] were married.
On 14th February 1752 [his half-brother] James Hamilton 6th Duke Hamilton 3rd Duke Brandon [aged 27] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Gunning [aged 18] met at a Valentine's Ball at Bedford House Covent Garden. They were married that night at Keith's Chapel, Mayfair; the location being one where he didn't require a license. This before the Marriage Act of 1753. Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll by marriage Duchess Hamilton, Duchess Brandon of Suffolk.
On 17th January 1758 [his half-brother] James Hamilton 6th Duke Hamilton 3rd Duke Brandon [aged 33] died. His son [his nephew] James [aged 2] succeeded 7th Duke Hamilton, 4th Duke Brandon of Suffolk, 4th Baron Dutton of Cheshire.
On 11th September 1761 [his brother-in-law] Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal [aged 22] and [his sister] Anne Hamilton Countess Donegal [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Donegal. She the daughter of [his father] James Hamilton 5th Duke Hamilton 2nd Duke Brandon and [his mother] Anne Spencer Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 51].
On 25th May 1765 Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 24] and Harriet Stewart were married. She the daughter of Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway [aged 71] and Catherine Cochrane Countess Galloway [aged 56]. He the son of James Hamilton 5th Duke Hamilton 2nd Duke Brandon and Anne Spencer Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 55]. They were half fifth cousin once removed.
On 16th March 1766 [his daughter] Anne Hamilton was born to Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 25] and [his wife] Harriet Stewart.
Annals of Kings Richard II and Henry IV 1393-1406
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On 3rd October 1767 [his son] Alexander Hamilton 10th Duke Hamilton 7th Duke Brandon was born to Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 27] and [his wife] Harriet Stewart at St James' Square. He was educated at Harrow School. He married 26th April 1810 Susanna Euphemia Beckford Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon and had issue.
In 1768 Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford [aged 46] and [his sister-in-law] Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford were married. She by marriage Countess Gower. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway [aged 74] and [his mother-in-law] Catherine Cochrane Countess Galloway [aged 59]. He the son of John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower.
In 1768 Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 27] was elected MP Lancashire.
In 1769 [his son] Archibald Hamilton was born to Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 28] and [his wife] Harriet Stewart.
On 9th March 1771 [his mother] Anne Spencer Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 61] died.
In 1772 [his daughter] Charlotte Hamilton Duchess Somerset was born to Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 31] and [his wife] Harriet Stewart. She married 24th June 1800 Edward Seymour 11th Duke of Somerset, son of Webb Seymour 10th Duke of Somerset and Anne Maria Bonnell Duchess Somerset, and had issue.
On 24th September 1773 [his father-in-law] Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway [aged 79] died. His son [his brother-in-law] John [aged 37] succeeded 7th Earl Galloway, 6th Baronet Stewart of Corsewall, 5th Baronet Stewart of Burray in Orkney. Anne Dashwood Countess Galloway [aged 30] by marriage Countess Galloway.
In 1774 [his daughter] Susan Hamilton Countess Dunmore was born to Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 33] and [his wife] Harriet Stewart. She married 1803 her first cousin George Murray 5th Earl Dunmore, son of John Murray 4th Earl Dunmore and Charlotte Stewart Countess Dunmore, and had issue.
On 11th November 1780 [his sister] Anne Hamilton Countess Donegal [aged 42] died.
In 1786 Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford [aged 64] was created 1st Marquess Stafford. [his sister-in-law] Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford by marriage Marchioness Stafford.
In 1788 [his wife] Harriet Stewart died.
In 1799 Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 58] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 2nd August 1799 [his nephew] Douglas Hamilton 8th Duke Hamilton 5th Duke Brandon [aged 43] died at Hamilton Palace, Hamilton. His uncle Archibald [aged 59] succeeded 9th Duke Hamilton, 6th Duke Brandon of Suffolk, 5th Marquess Douglas, 6th Baron Dutton of Cheshire. His half brother George [aged 30] succeeded 3rd Baron Hamilton of Hameldon in Leicestershire.
On 24th June 1800 [his son-in-law] Edward Seymour 11th Duke of Somerset [aged 25] and Charlotte Hamilton Duchess Somerset [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Duchess Somerset. She the daughter of Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 59] and Harriet Stewart. He the son of Webb Seymour 10th Duke of Somerset and Anne Maria Bonnell Duchess Somerset.
In 1803 [his son-in-law] George Murray 5th Earl Dunmore [aged 40] and Susan Hamilton Countess Dunmore [aged 29] were married. She the daughter of Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 62] and Harriet Stewart. He the son of John Murray 4th Earl Dunmore [aged 73] and Charlotte Stewart Countess Dunmore [aged 73]. They were first cousins.
On 26th April 1810 Alexander Hamilton 10th Duke Hamilton 7th Duke Brandon [aged 42] and Susanna Euphemia Beckford Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 23] were married. He the son of Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 69] and Harriet Stewart.
On 16th February 1819 Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 78] died. His son Alexander [aged 51] succeeded 10th Duke Hamilton, 7th Duke Brandon of Suffolk, 6th Marquess Douglas, 7th Baron Dutton of Cheshire. Susanna Euphemia Beckford Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 32] by marriage Duchess Hamilton, Duchess Brandon of Suffolk.
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 17 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Douglas 9th Earl Angus
5 x Great Grandson of King Robert III of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Douglas 10th Earl Angus
2 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Egidia Graham Countess of Angus
Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Douglas 1st Marquess Douglas
3 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Laurence Oliphant 4th Lord Oliphant 6 x Great Grandson of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Oliphant Countess Angus 4 x Great Granddaughter of King James I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Hay Lady Oliphant
3 x Great Granddaughter of King James I of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton
4 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Gordon 5th Earl Huntley Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly 2 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hamilton Countess Huntley Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Gordon Marchioness Douglas 3 x Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox 3 x Great Grandson of King James II of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Henrietta Stewart Marchioness Huntly
4 x Great Granddaughter of King James II of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox
Grandfather: James Hamilton Duke Hamilton, 1st Duke Brandon
5 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hamilton 1st Marquess Hamilton Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Hamilton 2nd Marquess Hamilton 2 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Lyon Marchioness Hamilton 3 x Great Granddaughter of King James I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton 3 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Cunningham 7th Earl Glencairn 3 x Great Grandson of King James II of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ann Cunningham Marchioness Hamilton 4 x Great Granddaughter of King James II of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton 4 x Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Basil Feilding of Newnham Paddock in Monk's Kirby in Warwickshire
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Aston
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret aka Mary Feilding
9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susan Villiers Countess Denbigh
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham
7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
father: James Hamilton 5th Duke Hamilton 2nd Duke Brandon
6 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Gerard 2nd Baron Gerard
Great x 3 Grandfather: Dutton Gerard 3rd Baron Gerard
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Gerard 4th Baron Gerard 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Fane Baroness Gerard
7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland
10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Digby Gerard 5th Baron Gerard 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Everard Digby
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Digby
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Digby Baroness Gerard
14 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Chetwynd 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Chetwynd 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Mullins
Grandmother: Elizabeth Gerard Duchess Brandon 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ratcliff Gerard
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Gerard
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Gerard 1st Earl Macclesfield 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Fitton 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Penelope Fitton 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Barratt
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gerard Baroness Gerard 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Pierre de Civelle
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jeanne de Civelle Countess Macclesfield
Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon
7 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Leonard Spencer
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Spencer
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Spencer
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Spencer
Grandfather: Edward Spencer