Sir James Hamilton 7th Earl of Abercorn1

Male, #58222, (22 Mar 1686 - 11 Jan 1744)

Father*Sir James Hamilton 6th Earl of Abercorn1 (c 1661 - 28 Sep 1734)
Mother*Elizabeth Reading1 (s 1665 - )
Sir James Hamilton 7th Earl of Abercorn|b. 22 Mar 1686\nd. 11 Jan 1744|p58222.htm|Sir James Hamilton 6th Earl of Abercorn|b. circa 1661\nd. 28 Sep 1734|p37819.htm|Elizabeth Reading|b. say 1665|p58221.htm|James Hamilton Groom of the Chamber to Charles II|b. circa 1620\nd. 6 Jun 1673|p8942.htm|Elizabeth Culpeper|b. circa 1637\nd. Feb 1709|p8941.htm|||||||

Birth*22 Mar 1686 He was born on 22 Mar 1686.1 
 He was the son of Sir James Hamilton 6th Earl of Abercorn and Elizabeth Reading.1 
Marriage*Apr 1711 He married Anne Plummer in Apr 1711.1 
Death*11 Jan 1744 He died on 11 Jan 1744.1 
Biography* James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn FRS PC (March 22, 1686 – January 11, 1744) was a Scottish and Irish nobleman, the son of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn and Elizabeth Reading. He was styled Lord Paisley from 1701 until his accession in 1734.

In April 1711, he married Anne Plumer (1690–1776), by whom he had eight children:
     1. James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn (1712–1789)
     2. Captain Hon. John Hamilton (c. 1714–1755)
     3. Hon. William Hamilton, died young
     4. Reverend Hon. George Hamilton (August 11, 1718 – November 26, 1787), Canon of Windsor, married Elizabeth Onslow (d. 1800) and had issue
     5. Hon. Plumer Hamilton, died young
     6. Hon. William Hamilton (February 18, 1721 – 1744)
     7. Lady Anne Hamilton (June 12, 1715 – December 14, 1792), married on August 16, 1746 Sir Henry Mackworth, 6th Baronet

A scientist, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society on November 10, 1715, and published Calculations and Tables on the Attractive Power of Lodestones, a book on magnetism, in 1729.

He was sworn a Privy Counsellor in Great Britain on July 20, 1738 and a Privy Counsellor in Ireland on September 26, 1739. On October 17 of that same year, George II issued a royal charter to the nation's first orphanage for abandoned children, the Foundling Hospital, of which Hamilton was a founding Governor.1 

Family

Anne Plummer (1690 - 1776)
Child

Charts Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales
Descendants of William Culpeper of Hunton and Wigsell, from 1509: 7 generations
The Culpepers of Hollingbourne, from 1539 to present? (Possibly extinct)
Last Edited 9 Mar 2008

Citations

  1. James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn. (2008, March 6). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14:58, March 9, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Hamilton%2C_7th_Earl_of_Abercorn&oldid=196266746
  2. John Hamilton (Royal Navy officer). (2007, December 3). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15:06, March 9, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Hamilton_%28Royal_Navy_officer%29&oldid=175508412