:Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
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{{Use British English|date=July 2018}}
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| country = Scotland
| type = Town and administrative centre
| official_name = Hamilton
| gaelic_name = Baile Hamaltan
| scots_name = Hamiltoun
| area_total_km2 = 16.3
| population = {{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Hamilton}}
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| unitary_scotland = South Lanarkshire
| lieutenancy_scotland = Lanarkshire
| constituency_westminster = Hamilton and Clyde Valley
| constituency_westminster1 = Rutherglen
| constituency_scottish_parliament = Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse (Primarily)
| post_town = HAMILTON
| postcode_district = ML3
| postcode_area = ML
| dial_code = 01698
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| static_image_caption = From the top left: Statue of Davie Cooper, Town centre, The Mausoleum & The Townhouse
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Hamilton ({{langx|sco|Hamiltoun}}; {{langx|gd|Baile Hamaltan}} {{IPA|gd|ˈpalə ˈhaməl̪ˠt̪ʰan|}}) is a large town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It serves as the main administrative centre of the South Lanarkshire council area. It sits {{convert|10|mi|km|sigfig=2}} south-east of Glasgow, {{convert|37|mi|km|sigfig=2}} south-west of Edinburgh and {{convert|74|mi|sigfig=2}} north of Carlisle. It is situated on the south bank of the River Clyde at its confluence with the Avon Water. Hamilton is the county town of the historic county of Lanarkshire and is the location of the headquarters of the modern local authority of South Lanarkshire.
The town itself has a population of around 55,000, which makes it the 9th largest locality in Scotland, and anchors a defined settlement of 84,000 (including neighbouring Blantyre, Bothwell and Uddingston) which is the country's 8th largest.
History
The town of Hamilton was originally known as Cadzow or CadyouGeorge Chalmers, Caledonia, Or, A Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain from the Most Ancient to the Present Times: With a Dictionary of Places, Chorographical and Philological, Vol. 6 (A. Gardner, 1890), p. 683.[https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200165/local_and_family_history/614/hamiltons_royal_past Hamilton's royal past], South Lanarkshire Council (Middle Scots: {{lang|sco|Cadȝow}}), the "{{lang|ang|ȝ}}" being the letter yogh), pronounced /kadju/. It is an ancient settlement, possibly dating back to the days of Strathclyde, or perhaps earlier. The Roman fort of Bothwellhaugh lies nearby. A lost medieval settlement was excavated in the 2010s near the Clyde, only around 1 mile from the current town. It is known that kings of Strathclyde did have a hunting lodge near Cadzow, and the area may have been a royal centre during the later stages of the kingdom, as a precursor to Cadzow Castle.{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=SM90342|desc=Cadzow Castle|access-date=2019-02-27}}
During the Wars of Scottish Independence the Hamilton family initially supported the English and Walter fitz Gilbert (the head of the Hamilton family) was governor of Bothwell Castle on behalf of the English. However, he later changed loyalty to Robert the Bruce, following the Battle of Bannockburn, and ceded Bothwell to him. For this act, he was rewarded with a portion of land which had been forfeited by the Comyns at Dalserf and later the Barony and lands of Cadzow, which in time would become the town of Hamilton.{{cite book|author-link=James Balfour Paul|last=Balfour Paul|first=Sir James|title=The Scots Peerage|volume=IV|location=Edinburgh |year=1907 |url=https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun04pauluoft|page=341}}
Cadzow was renamed Hamilton in the time of James, Lord Hamilton, who was married to Princess Mary, the daughter of King James II. The Hamilton family themselves most likely took their name from the lands of Humbleton or Homildon in Northumberland, or perhaps from a place near Leicester.Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, Vol. 4 (D. Douglas, 1909), pp. 339–340
File:Hamilton_Library_2002.jpg and library]]
The Hamiltons constructed many landmark buildings in the area including the Hamilton Mausoleum in Strathclyde Park, which has one of the longest reverb times of any manmade building at 15 seconds.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-25757937.amp|title=New echo record set in Scotland|date=16 January 2014}} The Hamilton family are major land-owners in the area to this day. Hamilton Palace was the seat of the Dukes of Hamilton until the early-twentieth century.
Other historic buildings in the area include Hamilton Old Parish Church, a Georgian era building completed in 1734 and the only church to have been built by William Adam. The graveyard of the old parish church contains some Covenanter remains. Hamilton Townhouse, which now houses a library and concert hall, underwent a sympathetic modernization in 2002 and opened to the public in summer 2004.[https://www.rias.org.uk/for-the-public/practices/coltart-earley-architecture-glasgow/hamilton-town-house-complex-Hamilton Hamilton Town House Complex], Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland The ruins of Cadzow Castle also lie in Chatelherault Country Park, {{convert|2|mi|0}} from the town centre.
Hamilton Palace was the largest non-royal residence in the Western world, located in the north-east of the town. A former seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, it was built in 1695, subsequently much enlarged, and demolished in 1921 due to ground subsidence. It is widely acknowledged as having been one of the grandest houses in Scotland, was visited and admired by Queen Victoria, and was written about by Daniel Defoe.{{cite web|url=https://sites.scran.ac.uk/vhp/treasures.html|title=Hamilton Palace|publisher=Scran|access-date=16 October 2022}}
Hamilton Barracks was formerly the Depot of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and the home of the 1st Battalion of the Regiment. The Regimental Museum is part of the Low Parks Museum.{{cite web |url=http://www.hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk/news/2007/11/01/museum-celebrate-40th-anniversary-50144-20046870/ |title=Museum celebrate 40th anniversary |work=Hamilton Advertiser |date=1 November 2007}}
The Low Parks Museum is housed in what was a 16th-century inn and a staging post for journeys between Glasgow and Edinburgh. Recently refurbished, it is the oldest building in Hamilton and is to the north of the Palace Grounds.{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB34521|desc=129 Muir Street, Low Parks Museum, incorporating former Crawford House with assembly room and former Hamilton Palace Riding School...|cat=A|access-date=26 March 2019}}
Renowned explorer and missionary David Livingstone's house still stands at 17 Burnbank Road and has a plaque about him.{{Historic Environment Scotland|desc= 17 Burnbank Road, Ulva Cottage|num=LB34548| access-date=16 October 2022}}
Governance
{{Further|South Lanarkshire Council}}
File:SouthLanarkshireCouncilHQ.JPG
Hamilton is located within the Scottish council area of South Lanarkshire. Its local government services are provided by the unitary authority the South Lanarkshire Council, which is headquartered in Hamilton. Hamilton itself is divided between three wards, totalling 11 seats: Hamilton North and East, Hamilton West and Earnock and Hamilton South.
Hamilton is represented in the House of Commons by two Members of Parliament (MPs). The following MPs were elected from Hamilton in 2019:
- Imogen Walker (Labour) in Hamilton and Clyde Valley, first elected in 2024.
- Michael Shanks (Labour) in Rutherglen.
Hamilton is also represented in the Scottish Parliament by two constituency MSPs. The following MSPs were elected from Hamilton in 2021:
- Christina McKelvie (SNP) in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, first elected in 2011.
- Stephanie Callaghan (SNP) in Uddingston and Bellshill, first elected at this election, replacing Richard Lyle (SNP). The Uddingston and Bellshill constituency covers the Whitehill and Bothwell Road areas of Hamilton.
Geography
File:Old Parish Church Hamilton.jpg]]
Areas of Hamilton:
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- Avongrove
- Burnbank
- Barncluith
- Brackenhill Park
- Earnock Estate
- Earnock Glen
- Ferniegair
- Eddlewood
- Fairhill
- Hamilton West
- High Earnock
- Hillhouse
- Laighstonehall
- Little Earnock
- Low Waters
- Meikle Earnock
- Neilsland
- Silvertonhill{{cite web|url=https://historichamilton.wordpress.com/2015/09/30/silvertonhill/|title=SILVERTONHILL|website=Historic Hamilton|date=30 September 2015|access-date=1 August 2018}}
- Torheads Farm
- Udston
- Whitehill
- Woodhead
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Nearby prominent towns and cities:
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- East Kilbride {{convert|5|mi|0}}
- Glasgow {{convert|12|mi}}
- Edinburgh {{convert|35|mi}}
- Carlisle {{convert|74|mi|sigfig=2}}
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The following towns/villages directly border Hamilton: Blantyre, East Kilbride, Quarter, Strathaven, Motherwell, Bothwell, Ferniegair, Limekilnburn.
Hamilton is twinned with Châtellerault in France. This connection dates from the 16th century when the title Duc de Châtellerault was conferred on James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran. The Duke's Chatelherault Hunting Lodge (now in Chatelherault Country Park), a primary school and new railway station are named 'Chatelherault' for this reason.
Economy
Service industries and local government are major employers in Hamilton. The town centre has been regenerated with new indoor shopping centres (the Regent Shopping Centre, New Cross Shopping Centre) Hamilton Retail Park and the Palace Grounds Retail Park.
Restaurants and national retail outlets are situated in a redeveloped part of the Palace Grounds that are visible upon entering the town from the M74 motorway. The creation of a circular town square has resulted in Hamilton receiving numerous town planning awards during the past decade. This development transformed the Hamilton side of Strathclyde Park, which was the original site of the Duke's palace.
Hamilton has been a Fairtrade Town since 2005.{{cite web |title=Fairtrade Towns |url=http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/downloads/pdf/Fairtrade_towns_list.pdf |website=fairtrade.org.uk |publisher=Fairtrade Foundation |access-date=9 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329230644/http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/downloads/pdf/Fairtrade_towns_list.pdf |archive-date=29 March 2007 |page=2}}
Transport
Hamilton has three railway stations, Hamilton Central, Hamilton West and Chatelherault on the Argyle Line's Hamilton Circle. Hamilton Central is approx 25 minutes from Glasgow on the Larkhall-Dalmuir service. It was once served by the North British Railway, which had three stations in the area - Hamilton (NBR), Peacock Cross railway station and Burnbank.
Beside Hamilton Central lies Hamilton Bus Station, providing links to surrounding towns and cities, also offering an express bus to Glasgow and also some parts of England. National Express services run to London and Birmingham from this station.
Major roads in the town include the A72 running south-east to Larkhall, the A723 south to Strathaven / north-east to Motherwell, and the A724 west towards Rutherglen, while to the west at Blantyre, the A725 dual carriageway connects the area to East Kilbride, Coatbridge and the M8. By road the town is to the west of the M74 motorway, the main southerly link to England, which joins the M6 just north of Carlisle. The main route from Edinburgh is the M8, leaving at junctions 6 or 7.
Cycling paths run from Strathclyde Park to Chatelherault Country Park following the banks of the Clyde and Avon. These are being expanded at part of the Sustrans Connect2 project{{cite web|url=http://www.sustransconnect2.org.uk/schemes/project_detail.php?id=104 |title=Hamilton, Chatelherault, Larkhall links | Sustrans |publisher=Sustransconnect2.org.uk |access-date=2012-11-14}} and will make up part of the National Cycle Route 74 which will run from Uddingston to Carlisle, Cumbria
Education
There are currently three comprehensive high schools in the town – Hamilton Grammar, Holy Cross High School and St.John Ogilvie High School. The former Earnock High School merged with Blantyre High School in 2008 to create Calderside Academy. Hamilton also has one private school, Hamilton College, a Christian co-educational establishment comprising nursery, primary and high school.
There are 17 local authority primary schools in Hamilton; nine non-denominational and eight Roman Catholic schools.{{cite web | url=https://listofinfo.com/en/lanarkshire-hamilton/primary-schools-list | title=Primary Schools in HAMILTON }} There are also provisions for children with Additional Support Needs, and the Hamilton School for the Deaf.
Hamilton is a university town with The University of the West of Scotland campus formerly sited on Almada Street, but now relocated to Hamilton International Technology Park in High Blantyre.
Sports
File:DavieCooperStatue.jpg, Scottish international footballer]]
Hamilton Academical Football Club (the Accies) was formed in 1874 and is one of Scotland's oldest senior clubs. It takes its name from Hamilton Academy, now called Hamilton Grammar School, the oldest school in the town (founded 1588). It is the only professional football team in the UK to originate from a school team and they currently play in the Scottish League One. Their stadium is New Douglas Park, built in 2001 near the site of the former ground Douglas Park (which was demolished in 1994 to make way for a retail park).
Hamilton Rugby Club is based at the Laigh Bent sports ground, Bent Road. They currently play in Tennent's National League Division Three.
Hamilton Park Racecourse, a horseracing, wedding and event venue, is located in the town.{{Cite web |title=Hamilton Park Racecourse |url=https://hamilton-park.co.uk/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Hamilton Park |language=en-GB}}
Hamilton's Ice Rink hosts facilities for ice skating, curling, ice hockey and squash to both the general public and competitive teams.{{Cite web |title=Hamilton Ice Rink - Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/HamiltonIceRink |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Facebook |language=en}}
SLC Leisure has a number of facilities based in Hamilton. There are three council run Leisure Centres which comprise gyms, swimming pools, fitness classes and more{{cite web | url=https://www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/35/leisure_centres | title=Leisure centres - South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture }} Hamilton Palace Sports Grounds {{cite web | url=https://www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/38/outdoor_sport | title=Outdoor sport - South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture }} provide the town with rugby, cricket, tennis, football and bowling areas. Strathclyde Park Golf Centre driving range and 9-hole course is based in Hamilton,{{cite web | url=https://www.strathclydeparkgolfcentre.co.uk/driving-range | title=Strathclyde Park Golf Centre — Strathclyde Park Driving Range }} while the Hamilton Golf Club (dating from 1892) is situated across the Avon Water in nearby Ferniegair.
The town is also home to several large gym chains, such as David Lloyd formerly (Virgin Active Health Club), which hosted the tennis at the 2011 International Children's Games.
Speedway racing was staged in Hamilton for one off shows from 1947 to 1955 on the old ash football pitches of Strathclyde Park (now covered by the town square).{{Cite web |title=Miscellaneous Page 2 |url=http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/misc%20page%202.htm |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.defunctspeedway.co.uk}}
Entertainment
Hamilton Townhouse Theatre is a 712-seat venue in the Cadzow Street area of the town. It is the first cultural venue in Scotland to attain the Quest accreditation.{{cn|date=February 2025}} A multiplex Vue Cinema is located in the redeveloped Palace Grounds area close to the ROC nightclub.
Notable people
=Science and exploration=
- Charles Alston (botanist){{Cite web |title=Charles Alston 1685-1760 - Book Owners Online |url=https://www.bookowners.online/Charles_Alston_1685-1760 |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=www.bookowners.online |language=en-GB}}
- Matthew Baillie (scientist) (attended the local grammar school){{cite web|url=https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/matthew-baillie|title= Matthew Baillie|publisher=Royal College of Physicians|access-date=16 October 2022}}
- William Cullen (physician & chemist)
- David Livingstone (explorer and missionary) (Born in Blantyre and lived in Hamilton as an adult.){{cite book|author=Blaikie, William Garden|title=The Personal Life of David Livingstone|publisher=Project Gutenberg|year=2004|orig-year=1880|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/13262/13262-h/13262-h.htm}}
- John Roberton (physician and controversial social reformer){{cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/628B8FCE6A7327DB2FDFEA67E958A97F/S0025727300043416a.pdf/medical_police_politics_and_police_the_fate_of_john_roberton.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016144142/https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/628B8FCE6A7327DB2FDFEA67E958A97F/S0025727300043416a.pdf/medical_police_politics_and_police_the_fate_of_john_roberton.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-16 |url-status=live|title=Medical Police. Politics and Police: The fate of John Roberton|first=Brenda M. |last=White|journal=Medical History |year=1983|volume=27 |issue=4 |page=412|doi=10.1017/s0025727300043416 |pmid=6358727 |pmc=1140047 }}
- John Roberton (obstetrician and social reformer){{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23740 |title=Roberton, John (1797–1876)|year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/23740 | access-date=16 October 2022|last1=Mottram |first1=Joan }}
=Business, military and political=
- W. G. S. Adams (political scientist)Hamilton Advertiser, 14 November 1874; John Turner, Lloyd George's Secretariat (Cambridge University Press, 1980), p. 21.
- Alexander Cairncross (economist) (educated at Hamilton Academy){{cite book|author=Andrew C. Scott|title=At the Crossroads of Time: How a Small Scottish Village Changed History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gebRDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP162|accessdate=4 January 2021|date=15 February 2020|publisher=Amberley Publishing|isbn=978-1-4456-9833-5|page=162}}
- Alexander Cullen (architect){{cite web|title=Alexander Cullen (junior)|url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=200527|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716225414/http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=200527|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 July 2014|website=Dictionary of Scottish Architects|accessdate=18 December 2015}}
- Doug Finley (Canadian Senator and principal operational strategist of the Conservative Party of Canada){{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/senator-doug-finley-was-deeply-committed-to-canada/article11881399/ | location=Toronto | work=The Globe and Mail | title=Senator Doug Finley was deeply committed to Canada | date=May 12, 2013}}
- William Logan (philanthropist){{cite web|url=http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/mlemen/mlemen050.htm |title=Memoirs and portraits of 100 Glasgow Men|first=James|last= Maclehose|year=1886|publisher= Glasgow Digital Library}}
- Margo MacDonald (politician){{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10744561/Margo-MacDonald-obituary.html |date=4 April 2014|title=Obituary: Margo MacDonald|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=16 October 2022}}
- Sir George Arthur Mitchell (businessman){{cite web|url=http://www.glasgowwestaddress.co.uk/1909_Glasgow_Men/Mitchell_George_Arthur.htm|website=glasgowwestaddress.co.uk|title=George Arthur Mitchell|access-date=16 October 2022}}
- Iain Stewart (politician){{cite web|url=https://events.holyrood.com/speaker/iain-stewart/|title=Iain Stewart MP|publisher=Holyrood Events| access-date=16 October 2022}}
=Art and literature=
- Joanna Baillie (poet) (lived in the town as a child){{cite book|url=https://electricscotland.com/history/baillie/chapter01.htm|title=Life and Work of Joanna Baillie|first=Margaret Sprague |last=Carhart|year=1923|publisher=New Haven Yale University Press}}
- Martin Boyce (artist){{cite news|author=Charlotte Higgins |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/dec/05/martin-boyce-turner-prize-winner |title=Martin Boyce wins Turner prize 2011 |work=The Guardian |date=5 December 2011 |accessdate=3 January 2016}}
- David Carlyle (actor){{cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Carla |website=Glasgow Live |title=It's A Sin's David Carlyle on being nominated for a BAFTA and growing up gay in Glasgow |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/its-sins-david-carlyle-being-21886102 |date=17 October 2021 |access-date=25 May 2022}}
- Thomas Clark (writer){{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/grassroots-2012-former-hamilton-kid-878353/|title=Grassroots 2012: Former Hamilton kid Thomas Clark sparks revival of football at Hawick High School|access-date=29 October 2022|archive-date=13 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513142937/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/grassroots-2012-former-hamilton-kid-878353|url-status=dead}}
- Robin Jenkins (novelist) (attended Hamilton Academy)Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association Magazine, February 1950, feature on Hamilton Academy in the article series 'Famous Scottish Schools'
- John Mather (artist)Judy Blyth, '[http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100426b.htm Mather, John (1848? - 1916)]', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, MUP, 1986, pp 438-439. Retrieved 2010-04-01
=Sport=
- Jim Bett (Aberdeen & Scotland footballer){{cite book | last = Lamming | first = Douglas | title = A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who, 1872–1986 | type = Hardback | publisher = Hutton Press | year = 1987 | isbn = 0-907033-47-4 | id = () }}
- Craig Brown (Scotland football manager and former Aberdeen FC Manager)[https://books.google.com/books?id=jTutDwAAQBAJ&dq=Stonelaw&pg=PT9 The Game of My Life], Craig Brown, Kings Road Publishing, 2013, {{ISBN|9781782192695}}
- Jamie Burnett (snooker professional){{cite web|url=https://www.improveyoursnooker.net/2013/08/15/jamie-burnett/|title=Jamie Burnett|publisher=Improve Your Snooker|access-date=16 October 2022|archive-date=16 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016183201/https://www.improveyoursnooker.net/2013/08/15/jamie-burnett/|url-status=dead}}
- Bill Carnihan (footballer){{Cite web |title=William D. CARNIHAN |url=https://bethlehemsteelsoccer.org/biocarnihanw.html |access-date=March 15, 2025 |website=Bethlehem Steel Soccer}}
- Davie Cooper (Clydebank, Rangers, Motherwell & Scotland footballer){{Cite web | url=http://www.scotzine.com/legends-of-scotland/davie-cooper/ | title=Davie Cooper | Scotzine | access-date=2 April 2016 | archive-date=14 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414013404/http://www.scotzine.com/legends-of-scotland/davie-cooper/ | url-status=dead }}
- Barry Ferguson (Rangers & Scotland Captain){{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/mar/02/scottish-premier-league-hamilton-rangers|title=Ferguson relishes Hamilton homecoming as Rangers stay top|date=2 March 2009|newspaper=The Guardian| access-date=16 October 2022}}
- Steven Fletcher (Wolves & Scotland footballer){{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/steven-fletcher-on-losing-his-father-aged-ten-craig-levein-and-4-6-0-the-infamous-sunderland-lamborghini-and-being-the-only-hibs-fan-to-get-something-good-out-of-5-1-3787781|title=Steven Fletcher on losing his father aged ten|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=30 July 2022| access-date=16 October 2022}}
- Elenor Gordon (swimmer){{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/hamilton-olympic-swimmer-elenor-gordon-3839083|title=Hamilton Olympic swimmer Elenor Gordon McKay dies aged 81|date=12 July 2014| newspaper=Daily Record| access-date=16 October 2022}}
- Paul Hartley (Dundee manager & Scotland footballer){{Hugman|8482|Paul Hartley|access-date=3 January 2020}}
- David Herd (Arsenal, Manchester United & Scotland footballer){{cite web|url=https://hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk/recent-passing-of-david-herd/|title=Recent Passing Of David Herd|date=18 October 2016|publisher=Hamilton Academical Football Club|access-date=16 October 2022|archive-date=22 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122212206/http://www.hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk/recent-passing-of-david-herd/|url-status=dead}}
- John Paul McBride (St. Johnstone footballer){{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-celtic-starlet-john-paul-4320296 |title=Former Celtic starlet John Paul McBride given 32 weeks to pay £160 fine for possessing cocaine|date=25 September 2014|newspaper=Daily Record| access-date=16 October 2022}}
- Walter McGowan (boxer){{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/35591287|title=Former world flyweight champion Walter McGowan dies|publisher=BBC Sport|date=16 February 2016|access-date=16 October 2022}}
- Paul McStay (Celtic & Scotland footballer){{cite web|url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=299&lid=1|title= Paul McStay|publisher=Scottish Football Association| access-date=16 October 2022}}
- Jackie Oakes (Blackburn Rovers F.C., Manchester City F.C. and Queen of the South F.C. footballer){{cite web|url=https://qosfc.com/legend-1058|title= Jackie Oakes|publisher= Queen of the South F.C. |access-date=16 October 2022}}
- Phil O'Donnell (Motherwell, Celtic, Sheffield Wednesday & Scotland footballer){{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/jan/01/newsstory.sportobituaries|title=Obituary: Phil O'Donnell|first=Ewan|last=Murray|date=1 January 2008|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=16 October 2022}}
- Bobby Shearer (Rangers & Scotland footballer){{Cite web | url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/bobby-shearer-2469133|date=7 November 2006|newspaper=The Scotsman| title=Bobby Shearer|access-date=16 October 2022}}
- Jock Stein (Celtic & Scotland manager) born Burnbank{{Cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0091/ | title=BBC – A Sporting Nation – Jock Stein dies 1985}}
- John Fox Watson (Real Madrid & Fulham footballer){{cite web| title = ScottishLeague.net SFAQs| url = http://www.scottishleague.net/archive/archive113.htm| publisher = ScottishLeague.net| accessdate = 2008-09-30}}
=Entertainment and broadcasting=
- Jackie Bird (broadcaster) (attended school in Hamilton){{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12431316.best-days-life-jackie-bird-tv-presenter/|title=The best days of your life? Jackie Bird, TV presenter|date=4 July 2006|publisher=Herald Scotland|access-date=16 October 2022}}
- Laurie Brett (actress){{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article726662.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604193653/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article726662.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2011|title=Well, would you just Adam and Eve it?|last=Brown|first=Allan|date=28 May 2006|publisher=The Sunday Times|access-date=11 February 2010}}
- Ian Buchanan (actor){{cite web|url= https://celticlifeintl.com/ian-buchanan/|title=Ian Buchanan|publisher=Celtic Life International|access-date=16 October 2022}}
- Brian Connolly (musician){{cite web|url= https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst973.html |title= Brian Connolly|publisher= Gazetteer for Scotland|access-date=16 October 2022}}
- Patricia Dainton (actress){{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9eee6355|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727152639/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9eee6355|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 July 2016|title=Patricia Dainton|website=BFI|access-date=16 October 2022}}
- Sir Harry Lauder (entertainer) (lived in Hamilton){{cite web|url=https://historic-hamilton.co.uk/2016/03/27/sir-harry-lauder/|title=Sir Harry Lauder|date=27 March 2016 |publisher=Historic Hamilton| access-date=16 October 2022}}
- Allan Lee (film editor){{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0496788/|title=Allan Lee|publisher=IMDB| access-date=16 October 2022}}
- Marie McLaughlin (opera singer){{cite web|url=http://www.roh.org.uk/people/marie-mclaughlin|title=Marie McLaughlin|publisher=Royal Opera House|access-date=16 October 2022}}
- Mark McManus (actor){{cite news |title=Obituary: Mark McManus |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-mark-mcmanus-1420944.html |work=The Independent |date=7 June 1994|access-date=16 October 2022}}
- James MacPherson (actor){{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534220/|title=James MacPherson|website=IMDb |access-date=16 October 2022}}
- Nicol Williamson (Actor, Tony Award nominee){{Cite ODNB|id=104622|title=Williamson, (Thomas) Nicol (1936–2011)}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/hamilton-p237121 Hamilton] on VisitScotland
- [http://sites.scran.ac.uk/vhp Hamilton Palace – A virtual reconstruction]
- [http://oldhamilton.wordpress.com/ Hamilton Through the Ages: Images of Our Town]
- [https://www.historic-hamilton.co.uk/ Historic Hamilton]
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