Francis Hamilton, 1st Baronet

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Sir Francis Hamilton, 1st Baronet (* before 1610, † 1673 ) was a Scottish-Irish nobleman and politician.

He was the son and heir of Sir Claud Hamilton from a line of the Scottish clan Hamilton and his wife Jane Lauder, daughter of Robert Lauder of The Bass . When his father died, he inherited his lands in Clonyn in County Cavan, Ireland, and was naturalized as Irish on February 12, 1618 . His father was the second son of Sir Alexander Hamilton, Laird of Innerwick . From this grandfather he received his Irish possessions in County Cavan in 1621, namely Clonkine and Carrotubber, which he had acquired in 1610.

He was in the Irish Privy Council ( Privy Council added) and took under King James I at the Council of Munster part. King Charles I awarded him on September 29, 1628 in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia the hereditary title of Baronet , of Killaugh in the County of Cavan, raised. The title was associated with 16,000 acres of land in Nova Scotia , which he took possession of in November 1628.

On June 17, 1631 his lands in Clonkine, Carrotubber and Clonyn were combined into a single feudal barony around his residence Castle Killagh , which was henceforth called Castle Hamilton . His title of nobility is therefore sometimes referred to as Baronet, of Castle Hamilton in the County of Cavan .

From 1639 to 1648 he was a member of the Irish Parliament for the borough of Jamestown in County Leitrim and in 1661 for County Cavan .

Marriages and offspring

In his first marriage he married Laetitia Coote, daughter of Sir Charles Coote, 1st Baronet (1581-1642). With her he had a son and heir:

In his second marriage he married Elizabeth Barlow, widow of William Hay of Castlebarne († 1635) and Sir Francis Willoughby († 1659), daughter of Randall Barlow, Archbishop of Tuam . The marriage remained childless.

Remarks

  1. ↑ also of Killock in the County of Down → cf. Baronetage: HAMILTON of Killock, Down at Leigh Rayment's Peerage

Literature and web links

  • George Edward Cokayne: Complete Baronetage. Volume 2, William Pollard & Co, Exeter 1902, pp. 360 f.
  • Sir Francis Hamilton, 1st Bt. On thepeerage.com
predecessor Office successor
New title created Baronet (of Killaugh)
1628-1673 		Charles Hamilton
personal data
SURNAME Hamilton, Francis, 1st Baronet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish-Irish nobleman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH before 1610
DATE OF DEATH 1673