Baron Hamilton of Dalzell

Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, in the County of Lanark,{{London Gazette |issue=25617 |date=17 August 1886 |page=4007}} is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in {{start date and age|1886|p=y}} for the Liberal politician John Hamilton. He had previously represented Falkirk and Lanarkshire South in the House of Commons and after his elevation to the peerage served under William Ewart Gladstone as a Government Whip from 1892 to 1894. His eldest son, the second Baron, was a Government Whip from 1905 to 1911 in the Liberal administrations of Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire.{{ sfn | Hesilrige | 1921 | page= 438}} His nephew, the third Baron, was Lord Lieutenant of Surrey. {{As of|2010}} the title is held by the latter's grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2006.

The territorial designation is pronounced {{IPAc-en|d|iː|ɛ|l}} as in the usual pronunciation of the Scottish surname. The ancient family seat, Dalzell House in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, was sold in 1952. The third Baron lived in Bramley, Surrey.

In 1980, James Hamilton, later to become the 4th Baron, inherited the Apley Hall estate of some 8,500 acres in Shropshire and the Betchworth estate in Surrey on the death of his cousin Major General E. H. Goulburn. The village hall at Betchworth is named the Hamilton Rooms after the family. As of 2004 the estate is divided into the land portion still owned by the current baron.{{cite web|url=https://apleyestate.co.uk/|website=thedimaillo.com|title=Apley|access-date=19 May 2014}}

The Conservative politician Archie Hamilton, Baron Hamilton of Epsom (born 1941), is the second son of the third Baron Hamilton of Dalzell.

Baron Hamilton of Dalzell (1886)

John Glencairn Carter Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Dalzell (1829–1900)
Gavin George Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell (1872–1952)
John d'Henin Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell (1911–1990)
James Leslie Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell (1938–2006)
Gavin Goulburn Hamilton, 5th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell (born 1968)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Francis Alexander James Goulburn Hamilton (born 2009).

=Arms=

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|coronet = A coronet of an Baron

|crest = An antelope proper, attired and hoofed or.

|escutcheon = Gules, an annulet or between three cinquefoils pierced ermine.

|supporters = Dexter: an antelope proper, ducally gorged and chained, the chain reflexed over the back or; Sinister: a wild man proper, wreathed about the temples and loins with laurel, and holding over the sinister shoulder a club or.

|motto = Quis Occursabit (Who will oppose){{cite book |title=Debrett's peerage & baronetage 2003 |date=2003 |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |pages=719 |url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeerageb0000unse_r0m8/page/n869/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Dalzell}}}}

=Title succession chart=

{{chart top|width=100%|Title succession chart, Barons Hamilton of Dalzell}}

{{tree chart|JH1B|JH1B=John Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Dalzell
1829–1900}}

{{tree chart|AH| |GH2B| |MHLH|AH=Archibald Hamilton
1868–1870|GH2B=Gavin Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell
1872–1952|MHLH=Maj. Hon.
Leslie Hamilton
1873–1914}}

{{tree chart| | | | | | | | |JH3B|JH3B=John Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell
1911–1990}}

{{tree chart| | | | | | | | |JH4B|JH4B=James Hamilton
4th Baron Hamilton
of Dalzell
1938–2006}}

{{tree chart| | | | | | | | |GH5B|GH5B=Gavin Hamilton
5th Baron Hamilton
of Dalzell
born 1968}}

{{tree chart| | | | | | | | |HFH|HFH=Hon.
Francis Hamilton
born 2009}}

References

=Works cited=

{{cite book |title=Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage |last=Kidd |first=Charles |page=442 |date=1903 |url=https://archive.org/details/b24883797/page/442 |publisher=Dean & Son |location=160A, Fleet Street, London, UK }}
{{cite book |title=Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy |last=Hesilrige |first=Arthur G. M. |page=438 |date=1921 |url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeeraget00unse/page/438 |publisher=Dean & Son |location=160A, Fleet Street, London, UK }}
{{cite book |title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage |edition=1990 |editor-last1=Kidd |editor-first1=Charles |editor-last2=Williamson |editor-first2=David |date=1990 |publisher=St Martin's Press |location=New York }}
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Category:Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Category:Noble titles created in 1886

Category:Peerages created for UK MPs