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James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran

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This award of divorce was repeated in 1510, suggesting that Hamilton had continued living with her, after 1504, and was held by some to undermine the dissolution of the first marriage as invalid. It is likely that the real motive for divorcing Elizabeth was that she had not born any children, and that Hamilton wanted a legitimate heir; he already had several illegitimate children, his eldest illegitimate son being
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In November 1504, Hamilton had been granted a divorce from Elizabeth Home on the grounds that she had previously been married to Thomas Hay. Hay had apparently left the country and was thought to be dead when Hamilton married Home, in or before 1490, but in fact he did not die until 1491 or later.
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by invading France in 1513, Scotland came under pressure to support France against England. Hamilton was given command of the Scottish naval fleet. He first sailed to
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by his second wife, Nichola Ker. The marriage was dissolved in 1506, when it was found that her first husband Thomas Hay, a son of
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Hamilton succeeded to his father's lordship, inheriting his lands when his father died in 1479. In 1489 his first cousin King
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Sir John Hamilton of Samuelston (aka Clydesdale John), who married Janet Home, only legitimate daughter and heiress of
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In September 1507, James IV sent Hamilton as his ambassador on a diplomatic mission to the court of
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and was present at the wedding on 8 August 1503. On the same day Lord Hamilton was created
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Between April and August 1502, Hamilton commanded a naval fleet sent to help King
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and in May 1504 commanded a naval expedition to suppress an uprising in the
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Children of James Hamilton and his mistress, Beatrix Drummond, daughter of
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Elizabeth Hamilton, who married Thomas of Kirkton Weir (born c. 1570).
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He was defeated in an attempt to overpower Angus in the streets of
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in England on 9 September, with James IV being killed in battle.
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to readmit Angus to the council. He supported Angus against
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Hamilton was married secondly, in November 1516, to
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James Hamilton was married firstly, around 1490, to
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Unsourced material may be challenged and 463:Alexander Cunningham, 5th Earl of Glencairn 1264: 602: 593: 36: 20: 581:Learn how and when to remove this message 472:Hamilton had further illegitimate issue. 290:, who was suspicious of a renewal of the 1421:16th-century Scottish military personnel 1416:15th-century Scottish military personnel 1396:Members of the Privy Council of Scotland 1195:, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1898), pp. 691–694. 1130: 1128: 1126: 1124: 385:, but on the escape of James V from the 42:Arms of James Hamilton, as Earl of Arran 1100:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 1089: 1087: 1085: 1083: 1081: 1079: 1075: 945: 829: 825: 815: 715: 611: 607: 442:Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll 178:(c. 1475 – 1529) was a 1019: 1009: 1005: 993: 988: 978: 963: 953: 949: 933: 928: 918: 903: 893: 889: 877: 872: 862: 847: 837: 833: 810: 800: 787: 777: 773: 761: 758: 748: 733: 723: 719: 703: 698: 688: 675: 665: 661: 649: 644: 634: 619: 615: 7: 1258:Gloucester, 2000), volume I, p. 222. 559:adding citations to reliable sources 331:Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus 259:. He negotiated James's marriage to 14: 812:James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran 735:Alexander Livingston of Callendar 700:James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton 509:Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Avondale 461:Lady Janet Hamilton, who married 448:James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran 440:Lady Helen Hamilton, who married 199:James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton 172:James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran 154:James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton 138:Elizabeth Hamilton (illegitimate) 133:James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran 62:James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran 1436:16th-century Scottish landowners 531: 501:John Drummond, 1st Lord Drummond 411:John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester 393:from Angus's forfeited estates. 379:John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox 355:". He was again a member of the 338:John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany 197:He was the elder of two sons of 140:Margaret Hamilton (illegitimate) 31:Earl of Arran, 2nd Lord Hamilton 1371:Nobility from South Lanarkshire 507:Margaret Hamilton, who married 203:Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran 164:Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran 1381:Lord high admirals of Scotland 1193:Calendar State Papers Scotland 269:Lieutenant General of Scotland 205:. Mary was a daughter of King 188:Lord High Admiral of Scotland. 1: 1406:Court of James IV of Scotland 1333:Lord High Admiral of Scotland 1094:Greig, Elaine Finnie (2004). 905:Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots 516:Alexander Home, 3rd Lord Home 407:Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home 294:between Scotland and France. 255:, James IV's uncle, defeat a 241:Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home 16:Scottish nobleman (1475–1529) 1188:Two Missions of de la Brosse 503:and Lady Elizabeth Lindsay: 303:War of the League of Cambrai 186:. 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Index


James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran
Kinneil House
Hamilton
South Lanarkshire
Noble family
Hamilton
James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran
James Hamilton of Finnart
James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton
Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran
Scottish
James IV of Scotland
Lord High Admiral of Scotland.
James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton
Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran
James II of Scotland
Queen consort
Mary of Guelders
James III of Scotland
James IV
Sheriff
Lanark
Scottish Privy Counsellor
Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home
Hans of Denmark
Swedish-Norwegian rebellion
Margaret Tudor
Earl of Arran
Lieutenant General of Scotland

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