Lord Belhaven and Stenton

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Coat of arms of the Lords Belhaven and Stenton

Lord Belhaven and Stenton is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Scotland . The title is named after the villages of Belhaven (now part of Dunbar ) and Stenton in East Lothian .

Award

The title was created on December 15, 1647 for Sir John Hamilton, 2nd Baronet . He had already inherited the title of Baronet , of Broomhill, from his father in 1645 , which he had been given on January 6, 1635 in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia.

Since the 1st lord had no male descendants, he returned his noble patent to the crown in 1675 and received a new patent in return, with regard to the protocol hierarchy with retroactive validity from 1647, that he was again awarded the title of lord, this time with the special inheritance regulation, that the title can also be passed on to his distant relative John Hamilton of Pressmannan , the husband of his granddaughter Margaret, and his male descendants. Accordingly, when the 1st Lord died, the title fell to John Hamilton of Pressmannan as 2nd Lord. The Baronetcy, however, went out.

His descendant, the 8th Lord, was elevated to Baron Hamilton of Wishaw , in the County of Lanark , on September 10, 1831 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . At that time a seat in the British House of Lords was associated with the title . Since the 8th lord remained childless, this title already expired on his death on December 22nd, 1868. The lord title was suspended for the time being, as it was unclear who was the legitimate heir to the title. On August 2, 1875, the Committee for Privileges and Conduct of the House of Lords ruled this question in favor of James Hamilton of Wishaw as the 9th Lord.

The current title holder is Robert Hamilton as the 13th Lord.

List of Lords Belhaven and Stenton (1647)

Estimated heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder Frederick Hamilton, Master of Belhaven (* 1953).

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