Baron Hamilton of Strabane

Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane, in the County of Tyrone, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland created on 8 May 1617, for James Hamilton, Master of Abercorn, eldest son of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, during the life of his father (and his grandfather, Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley); the barony had the special remainder to the heir-males of his father. He was about thirteen at the time. Both Abercorn and Paisley were in the peerage of Scotland. He inherited his father's several titles in 1618, his grandfather's title in 1621.

In 1633, shortly after his marriage, he gave his Irish lands to his younger brother, Claud, and resigned his title to the King, to be given to Claud; it was recreated on 14 August 1634 (with the precedence of 1617).

George Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Abercorn, the second Earl's last surviving son, died in Padua, sometime around 1680 or 1682. Claud Hamilton, 5th Lord Hamilton, grandson of the 2nd Baron, therefore inherited the Earldom of Abercorn; the Lords Hamilton have since been Earls, Marquesses, and Dukes of Abercorn, with one exception:

The same Claud Hamilton, 5th Baron and 4th Earl, was Lord of the Bedchamber to James II, went with him into exile, and fought on the losing side at the Battle of the Boyne. Thereafter he was outlawed, attainted and deprived of his Irish peerage and estates; but not the Scottish ones. However, he died in a naval encounter on his way back to France a few months later, in August 1691, and his brother and heir Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Abercorn was able to get the attainder reversed, on 24 May 1692.

James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn was descended from another son of the first Earl, but inherited the Barony of Strabane in 1701 without regrant, under the special remainder. He, who had joined William of Orange in 1688, and fought to defend Derry during the Siege of Derry, promptly had his Irish title promoted to Viscount Strabane.

James Hamilton, second Marquess of Abercorn was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1868, when he was created Duke of Abercorn, and Marquess of Hamilton of Strabane; both again in the Peerage of Ireland. Officially, these were not creations but promotions of his existing Irish titles; this matters because the Act of Union 1800 limited the number of Irish creations after the Union. There is some dispute over the propriety of this action.

Lords Hamilton, Barons of Strabane (1617 to date)

• James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn and 1st Baron Hamilton of Strabane (c. 1614 – c. 1670) (resigned 1633)
• Claud Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane (died 1638) br. of prec.
• James Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Strabane (1633–1655)
• George Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Strabane (died 1668) br. of prec.
• Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn and 5th Baron Hamilton of Strabane (1658–1691) (attainted 1691)
• Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Abercorn and 6th Baron Hamilton of Strabane (died 1701) br. of prec. (attainder reversed 1692).

For further Barons, see Duke of Abercorn.

Family tree

Douglas-Hamilton family trees: Dukes of: Abercorn, Brandon, and Hamilton with subsidiary and courtesy titles

James II 1430–1460 King of Scotland Earl of Arran (Scotland) (1st creation), 1467 Lord Hamilton, 1445 Thomas Boyd d. c. 1473 Earl of Arran Mary Stewart 1453–1488 dowager Countess of Arran James Hamilton c. 1415–1479 1st Lord Hamilton James III 1451–1488 King of Scotland Earldom of Arran (1st creation) forfeit, 1469 Earl of Arran (Scotland) (2nd creation), 1503 James Hamilton c. 1475–1529 2nd Lord Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran James IV 1473–1513 King of Scotland Catherine Stewart (illegit.) c. 1495–1554 James Douglas d. 1548 Earl of Morton Duke of Châtellerault (France) (5th creation), 1548 James Hamilton c. 1516–1575 2nd Earl of Arran, 3rd Lord Hamilton, 1st Duke of Châtellerault Margaret Douglas c. 1510–1579 Dukedom of Châtellerault (5th creation) forfeit, 1559 Marquess of Hamilton, Earl of Arran, and Lord Aven, 1599 Lord Paisley, 1587 James Hamilton c. 1533–1609 3rd Earl of Arran, 4th Lord Hamilton Anne Hamilton c. 1535 – c. 1574 m. George Gordon Earl of Huntly John Hamilton 1540–1604 1st Marquess of Hamilton, etc. Claud Hamilton 1546–1621 Lord Paisley Earl of Cambridge (England) (4th creation) and Baron of Innerdale, 1619 Lord Abercorn, 1603 Earl of Abercorn, Lord of Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick, 1606 George Gordon 1562–1636 Marquess of Huntly James Hamilton 1589–1625 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, etc., 4th Earl of Arran, 1st Earl of Cambridge, etc. 5th Lord Hamilton, Lord Aberbrothwick/Arbroath James Hamilton 1575–1618 1st Earl of Abercorn, Lord Abercorn and Lord of Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick Earldom of Angus (1389 creation) resigned in favor of: Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus, Lord Abernethy, Lord Bonkyll and Preston, Lord Abernethy, and Lord Jedburgh Forest, 1633 Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge (Scotland) and Baron of Aven and Innerdale, 1643 Earl of Lanark, 1639 Baron Hamilton of Strabane, 1617 William Douglas 1589–1660 1st Marquess of Douglas, etc. 11th Earl of Angus (1389 creation) Mary Gordon c. 1600–1674 James Hamilton 1606–1649 1st Duke of Hamilton, etc., 3rd Marquess of Hamilton, etc., 5th Earl of Arran, 2nd Earl of Cambridge, etc. William Hamilton 1616–1651 2nd Duke of Hamilton, etc., 1st Earl of Lanark, 6th Earl of Arran, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, etc. James Hamilton c. 1604 – c. 1670 2nd Earl of Abercorn, etc., 2nd Lord Paisley, 1st Lord Hamilton of Strabane Claud Hamilton c. 1606–1638 2nd Lord Hamilton of Strabane George Hamilton c. 1607–1679 Earldom of Cambridge (4th creation) and Barony of Innerdale extinct and Earldom of Arran (2nd creation) dormant, 1651 Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch, 1646 see Earl of Ormond family tree for Marquesses of Douglas, Earls of Angus, etc. William Douglas-Hamilton 1634–1694 jure uxoris Duke of Hamilton, etc. suo jure, 1st Earl of Selkirk, etc. Anne Hamilton 1631–1716 suo jure 3rd Duchess of Hamilton, etc., 2nd Countess of Lanark George Hamilton c. 1636 – c. 1680 3rd Earl of Abercorn, etc. James Hamilton c. 1633 – c. 1670 Lord Paisley James Hamilton 1633–1655 3rd Lord Hamilton of Strabane George Hamilton c. 1636–1668 4th Lord Hamilton of Strabane James Hamilton c. 1620–1673 Ceded Dukedom of Hamilton to 4th Duke, 1698 Duke of Brandon and Baron Dutton, 1711 Earl of Ruglen, 1697 Earl of Orkney (3rd creation), 1697 Viscount Strabane and Baron Mountcastle, 1701 James Hamilton 1658–1712 4th Duke of Hamilton, etc., 1st Duke of Brandon, etc. 3rd Earl of Lanark, etc. Charles Douglas 1663–1739 2nd Earl of Selkirk, etc. John Douglas-Hamilton 1664–1744 3rd Earl of Selkirk, etc., 1st Earl of Ruglen George Hamilton 1666–1737 1st Earl of Orkney Basil Hamilton 1671–1701 Catherine Hamilton Charles Hamilton d. 1701 5th Earl of Abercorn, etc., 6th Lord Hamilton of Strabane Claud Hamilton 1658–1691 4th Earl of Abercorn, etc., 5th Lord Hamilton of Strabane James Hamilton c. 1661–1734 6th Earl of Abercorn, etc., 7th Lord Hamilton of Strabane see Earls of Ruglen see Earls of Orkney Basil Hamilton 1696–1742 James Hamilton 1685–1744 7th Earl of Abercorn, etc., 8th Lord Hamilton of Strabane Viscount Hamilton, 1786 James Hamilton 1703–1743 5th Duke of Hamilton, etc., 2nd Duke of Brandon, etc. 4th Earl of Lanark, etc. Lord Anne Hamilton 1709–1748 Dunbar Douglas 1722–1799 4th Earl of Selkirk, etc. James Hamilton 1712–1789 8th Earl of Abercorn, etc., 9th Lord Hamilton of Strabane, 1st Viscount Hamilton John Hamilton 1714–1755 Baron Hamilton of Hameldon county, Leicester, 1776 Marquess of Abercorn, 1790 James Hamilton 1724–1758 6th Duke of Hamilton, etc., 3rd Duke of Brandon, etc., 5th Earl of Lanark, etc. Elizabeth Gunning (c. 1733–1790) suo jure 1st Baroness Hamilton Archibald Hamilton 1740–1819 9th Duke of Hamilton, etc., 6th Duke of Brandon, 8th Earl of Lanark, etc. Charles Powell Hamilton 1747–1825 John Hamilton 1756–1818 1st Marquess of Abercorn, 9th Earl of Abercorn, etc., 10th Lord Hamilton of Strabane James Hamilton 1755–1769 7th Duke of Hamilton, etc., 4th Duke of Brandon and Baron Dutton, Marquess of Angus and Abernethy, 4th Marquess of Douglas, etc., 6th Earl of Lanark, etc. Douglas Hamilton 1756–1799 8th Duke of Hamilton, etc., 5th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, etc.<>br/>7th Earl of Lanark, etc., 2nd Baron Hamilton Alexander Hamilton 1767–1852 10th Duke of Hamilton, etc., 7th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, and Baron Dutton, Earl of Angus, and Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, 9th Earl of Lanark, etc. Augustus Barrington Price Anne Powell Douglas-Hamilton 1781–1849 Thomas Douglas 1771–1820 5th Earl of Selkirk, etc. James Hamilton 1786–1818 styled Viscount Hamilton Duke of Abercorn, of Strabane and Duke of Abercorn, 1868 William Alexander Anthony Archibald Hamilton 1811–1863 11th Duke of Hamilton, etc., 8th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus, Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 10th Earl of Lanark, etc. Charles Douglas-Hamilton 1808–1873 Dunbar James Douglas 1809–1885 6th Earl of Selkirk, etc. James Hamilton 1811–1885 1st Duke of Abercorn, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn, 10th Earl of Abercorn, etc., 2nd Viscount Hamilton, 11th Lord Hamilton of Strabane Duke of Châtellerault (France) (5th creation), revived 1548 William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton 1845–1895 12th Duke of Hamilton, etc., 9th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus, Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest and Baron Dutton, 2nd Duke of Châtellerault, 8th Earl of Selkirk, etc., 11th Earl of Lanark, etc. Charles George Douglas-Hamilton 1847–1886 7th Earl of Selkirk, etc. James Hamilton 1838–1913 2nd Duke of Abercorn, 3rd Marquess of Abercorn, 11th Earl of Abercorn, etc., 12th Lord Hamilton of Strabane Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton 1862–1940 13th Duke of Hamilton, etc., 10th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus (1633 creation), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 20th Earl of Angus (1389 creation), 9th Earl of Selkirk, etc., 12th Earl of Lanark, etc. James Albert Edward Hamilton 1869–1953 3rd Duke of Abercorn, 4th Marquess of Abercorn, 12th Earl of Abercorn, etc., 13th Lord Hamilton of Strabane Douglas Douglas-Hamilton 1903–1973 14th Duke of Hamilton, etc., 11th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus (1633 creation), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 21st Earl of Angus (1389 creation), 13rd Earl of Lanark, etc. George Nigel Douglas-Hamilton 1906–1994 10th Earl of Selkirk, etc., 10th Lord Daer and Shortcleuch Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton 1909–1964 James Edward Hamilton 1904–1979 4th Duke of Abercorn, 5th Marquess of Abercorn, 13th Earl of Abercorn, etc., 14th Lord Hamilton of Strabane Baron Selkirk of Douglas, 1997 Angus Alan Douglas Douglas-Hamilton 1938–2010 15th Duke of Hamilton, etc., 12th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus (1633 creation), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 22nd Earl of Angus (1389 creation), 14th Earl of Lanark, etc. James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton 1942–2023 11th Earl of Selkirk, etc., Earldom disclaimed, 1994, Baron Selkirk of Douglas Alasdair Douglas-Hamilton b. 1939 James Hamilton b. 1934 5th Duke of Abercorn, 6th Marquess of Abercorn, 14th Earl of Abercorn, etc., 15th Lord Hamilton of Strabane Barony Selkirk of Douglas expired as a life peerage, 2023 Alexander Douglas-Hamilton b. 1978 16th Duke of Hamilton, etc., 13th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus (1633 creation), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 23rd Earl of Angus (1389 creation), 15th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machanshyre and Polmont John William Douglas-Hamilton b. 1979 John Andrew Douglas-Hamilton b. 1978 12th Earl of Selkirk, etc. Charles Douglas Douglas-Hamilton (b. 1979) Angus Gavin Douglas-Hamilton b. 1968 James Hamilton b. 1969 styled Marquess of Hamilton Heir presumptive to the Earldom of Selkirk Douglas Douglas-Hamilton b. 2012 styled Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale William Frederick Douglas-Hamilton b. 2014 Basil George Douglas-Hamilton b. 2016 William Douglas-Hamilton b. 1999 James Hamilton b. 2005 styled Viscount Strabane Heir apparent to the dukedoms of Hamilton and Brandon

References

• Cokayne, Complete Peerage, sub Abercorn, and Hamilton of Strabane.