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In 1693, his parents settled the estates of
Crawford Douglas and Crawford John on him. Upon his father's death on 18 April 1694, he succeeded to the Lordship of Daer and Earldom of Selkirk. On his assumption of the title, the Earl dropped the name of Hamilton and resumed his
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This proviso, however, never came into effect as far as these younger brothers were concerned, the dukedom having ever since remained in the line of the eldest brother and his issue, while the issue male of all the younger ones became extinct in 1885 with the death of the
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in 1660 on the petition of his mother, also receiving several of the other
Hamilton peerages for life. His father then resigned the Lordship of Daer and Earldom of Selkirk into the King's hands, who conferred them by
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On 20 November 1688, he was appointed colonel of the 1st
Regiment of Horse in place of his brother, James, but was removed the following month. He was a supporter of the Revolution of 1688, attending
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on 13 March 1739 and was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother, John. His nephew
William, Lord Riccartoun was his executor. He was buried on 18 April 1739 in the vault of the
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in 1690 and on several of the
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dated 6 October 1688 with the precedency of 1646 upon
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Hamilton was born 3 February 1663. He was the third, but second surviving, son of
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from 1713 to 1715 and, again, from 1722 until his death in 1739. He was made
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352:, Susan Hay, Marchioness of Tweeddale, Margaret Maule, Countess of Panmure,
307:; 3 February 1663 – 13 March 1739) was a Scottish aristocrat and courtier.
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585:Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton
916:Members of the Privy Council of Great Britain
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282:Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton
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606:Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch
365:James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
342:James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
295:Charles Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk
277:William Douglas, 1st Earl of Selkirk
266:James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
256:James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
824:"Charles Hamilton, Earl of Selkirk"
571:. The earldom of Selkirk passed to
350:George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney
466:Union between Scotland and England
317:William Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton
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760:Stephen, Jeffrey (12 July 2007).
529:Lord Selkirk died, unmarried, in
470:Representative Peer for Scotland
462:Sheriff-Principal of Lanarkshire
102:Representative Peer for Scotland
16:Scottish aristocrat and courtier
798:Delany, Mary Granville (1861).
735:Firth, Charles Harding (1913).
363:His mother was the daughter of
921:17th-century English diplomats
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474:Privy Council of Great Britain
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911:Scottish representative peers
678:Brydges, Sir Egerton (1809).
458:Lord of the Scottish Treasury
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710:Paul, James Balfour (1910).
604:claims Lord Selkirk married
478:Governor of Edinburgh Castle
460:from 1704 to 1705. He was a
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381:1st Marquess of Douglas
358:Lord Archibald Hamilton
476:in 1733 and served as
429:from 1689 to 1702 for
427:Lord of the Bedchamber
420:Christian V of Denmark
385:1st Marquess of Huntly
377:1st Duke of Buckingham
189:Sir Thomas Burnett, Bt
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305:Lord Charles Hamilton
220:Lord Charles Hamilton
154:The Earl of Marchmont
667:on 15 November 2010.
661:The Douglas Archives
443:Burgess of Edinburgh
201:The Lord Philiphaugh
48:Arms of Lord Selkirk
26:The Right Honourable
852:Peerage of Scotland
569:6th Earl of Selkirk
484:Estates and peerage
480:from 1737 to 1738.
454:Lord Clerk Register
416:Battle of the Boyne
373:Lady Susan Villiers
369:1st Earl of Denbigh
354:Lord Basil Hamilton
338:Duchess of Hamilton
131:Lord Clerk Register
30:The Earl of Selkirk
535:Duke of Buckingham
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431:William III
412:William III
184:Preceded by
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890:Categories
837:4 November
808:4 November
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720:4 November
641:4 November
549:References
519:patronymic
311:Early life
226:1663-02-03
511:Archibald
499:novodamus
441:. He was
439:George II
273:Parent(s)
268:(brother)
252:Relations
247:, England
178:1696–1702
174:In office
143:1733–1739
139:In office
125:1713–1715
121:In office
114:1722–1739
110:In office
72:1737–1738
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435:George I
334:suo jure
284:(mother)
279:(father)
616:Sources
414:at the
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