Claud Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane#chldrn

{{Infobox noble

| name = Claud Hamilton

| title = Baron Hamilton of Strabane

| tenure = 1634–1638

| predecessor = James, 1st Earl of Abercorn

| successor = James, 3rd Baron H. of Strabane

| spouse = Jean Gordon

| issue = James, George, Catherine, & Cecilia

| issue-link = #chldrn

| father = James, 1st Earl of Abercorn

| mother = Marion Boyd

| birth_date = about 1605

| death_date = 14 June 1638

}}

Claud Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane ({{Circa|1605}} – 1638) was the founder of the Strabane branch of the Hamiltons. He died relatively young at about 32 and his wife, Jean Gordon, married Sir Phelim O'Neill, one of the leaders of the 1641 rebellion, after his death.

Birth and origins

Claud Hamilton was born near the beginning of the 17th century, probably in Paisley, Scotland. He was the second son of James Hamilton and his wife Marion Boyd. His father had been created Lord Abercorn by James VI and I in 1603{{Sfn|Cokayne|1910|p=[https://archive.org/details/completepeerageo01coka/page/2/ 2, line 8]|ps="On 5 Apr. 1603 he was cr. Lord Abercorn, co. Linlithgow [S.], to him and his heirs whatsoever."}} and was further advanced to Earl of Abercorn in 1606.{{Sfn|Cokayne|1910|p=[https://archive.org/details/completepeerageo01coka/page/2/ 2, line 11]|ps=. "On 10 July 1606 he was cr. Earl of Abercorn, Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell, and Kilpatrick [S.], to him and his heirs male whatever."}} His paternal grandfather was Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord of Paisley. Claud's mother was a daughter of Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock.{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/54/ 54, right column, line 8]|ps=. "He [Abercorn] m. Marian dau. [daughter] of Thomas, 5th Lord Boyd. He d.v.p. [predeceased his father] 23 March 1617-18, leaving issue ..."}}{{Sfn|Millar|1890|p=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofnati25stepuoft/page/177/ 177, left column, line 22]|ps="Abercorn married Marion, eldest daughter of Thomas, fifth Lord Boyd, by whom he had five sons and four daughters."}} Both sides of his family were of ancient Scottish nobility.

His father had been a Protestant, but his mother, Marion Boyd, was a Catholic, who brought him, like all his siblings, up in that religion. His uncle George of Greenlaw pushed in the same direction.{{Sfn|Wasser|2004|p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_0198613741/page/838/ 838]|ps=. "... was raised, along with his siblings, by his uncle, Sir George Hamilton of Greenlaw, who converted them to Roman Catholicism."}}

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Claud had four brothers and four sister,{{Sfn|Millar|1890|p=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofnati25stepuoft/page/177/ 177, left column, line 22]|ps="Abercorn married Marion, eldest daughter of Thomas, fifth Lord Boyd, by whom he had five sons and four daughters."}} who are listed in his father's article.

Early life and father's succession

Hamilton matriculated at the University of Glasgow in 1621 but seems to have left university without obtaining a degree.

His father died in 1618.{{Sfn|Paul|1904|p=[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun01paul/page/47/ 47, line 5]|ps=. "... he [James Hamilton] died in the parish of Monkton, a month after, in the life of his father, 23 March 1618, aged forty-three, and was buried 29 April following in the abbey church in Paisley."}} His eldest brother succeeded as 2nd Earl of Abercorn and inherited his father's Scottish estates, but the Irish estates had been settled on him and his younger brothers in his father's will.{{Sfn|Paul|1904|p=[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun01paul/page/48/ 48]|ps=. "As the Irish estates were provided to his [the 2nd Earl's] younger brothers by the will of their father, he resigned ..."}} His was the most prestigious of these properties: the Strabane estate and the castle that his father had built there.

His father had also wanted him to inherit the Irish title as baron Hamilton of Strabane to go with the Strabane estate. However, this proved difficult because of the title's ordinary primogeniture succession. The eldest brother therefore obligatorily succeeded to the title in 1618 and then resigned it, so that the title could be regranted to his younger brother by the crown. This took time and was only to happen in 1633.

His father predeceased his grandfather, who still was Lord of Paisley and held the lands of the former Scottish abbey, which Claud's eldest brother eventually inherited in 1621.{{Sfn|Holmes|2004|p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_0198613741/page/778/ 778, right column]|ps=. "Lord Claud lived in retirement for over twenty years, dying in 1621, and was buried in Paisley Abbey."}}

Algeo's crime

In May 1628 Hamilton's servant Claud Algeo was suspected to be a Catholic and was served with a convocation to appear at the presbytery of Paisley by Ramsay, an officer of the Church of Scotland.{{Sfn|Metcalfe|1909|p=[https://archive.org/details/historyofpaisley00metcuoft/page/237/ 237, line 12]|ps=. "on May 15 [1628] George Ramsay, the Presbytery officer, being commanded to serve the citation ... went to him with the charge ..."}} However, Algeo assaulted Ramsay{{Sfn|Metcalfe|1909|p=[https://archive.org/details/historyofpaisley00metcuoft/page/237/ 237, line 20]|ps=. "... threw him to the ground under his feete ... punshed him with his hands and feete ..."}} and Claud Hamilton supported him. Claud was briefly jailed in June 1628 in Edinburgh Castle for abetting his servant in an assault and ordered to pay £40 to Ramsay.{{Sfn|Metcalfe|1909|p=[https://archive.org/details/historyofpaisley00metcuoft/page/239/ 239]|ps=. "After twelve days' warding, Hamilton was released in order that he might attend to the affairs of his brother, the Earl of Abercorn, in Paisley and the west, on condition that he paid £40 to Ramsay for the assault."}}{{Sfn|Brown|1900|p=[https://archive.org/details/registerprivyco03coungoog/page/n387/ 327]|ps=. "Complaint by James, Archbishop of Glasgow, the moderator and the brethren of the presbytery of Paysley for their interest and by George Ramsey, kirk officer ..."}} Claud Algeo fled to his master's Irish estates.

Lord Strabane by regrant

In 1633, his elder brother, James, the 2nd Earl of Abercorn in Scotland and the 1st Baron Hamilton of Strabane in Ireland, resigned his Irish title to the crown, which regranted it to Claud on 14 August 1634, with the original precedence.{{Sfn|Cokayne|1892|p=[https://archive.org/details/completepeerage04cokahrish/page/n149/ 152, bottom]|ps=. "... in whose favour the Irish peerage had been resigned in 1633 ..."]}} He thereby became the 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane.

Marriage and children

On 28 November 1632, Lord Strabane, as he was now, married Jean Gordon, fourth daughter of George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly.{{Sfn|Paul|1904|p=[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun01paul/page/50/ 50, line 8]|ps=. "He married, 28 November 1632, Lady Jean Gordon, fourth daughter of George, first Marquess of Huntly, by Lady Henrietta Stuart, daughter of Esme, first Duke of Lennox;"}} The Huntlys were a Catholic family from Aberdeenshire Scotland.{{Sfn|Forbes-Leith|1889|p=[https://archive.org/details/narrativesscotti00unknuoft/page/n376/ 361]|ps=. "List of the Catholic Nobility - Earls - Huntly (Gordon)"}}

Claud and Jean had two sons:

James (1633 – 1655), became the 3rd Baron Hamilton of Strabane{{Sfn|Paul|1904|p=[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun01paul/page/50/ 50, line 26]|ps=. "James, third Lord Strabane, born in 1633 ..."}}
George (1636/7 – 1668), became the 4th Baron Hamilton of Strabane{{Sfn|Paul|1904|p=[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun01paul/page/50/ 50, line 17]|ps=. "George, fourth Lord Strabane."}}

—and two daughters:

Catherine (died 1670/1), married James Hamilton of Manorhamilton, the eldest brother of Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne and two other husbands afterwards{{Sfn|Paul|1904|p=[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun01paul/page/50/ 50, line 18]|ps=. "Catherine, married first, in 1647, to her cousin James Hamilton of manor-Hamilton, eldest brother of Gustavus ..."}}{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/54/ 54, right column, line 27]|ps=. "I. Catherine, m. 1st, 1647. to James Hamilton (see Boyne V. [viscount]);"}}
Cecilia, also called Mariana, married Richard Perkins of Lifford{{Sfn|Paul|1904|p=[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun01paul/page/50/ 50, line 24]|ps=. "Cecilia, married to Richard Perkins ..."}}{{Sfn|Lodge|1789|p=[https://archive.org/details/peerageofireland05lodg/page/115/ 115, line 2]|ps=. "... Mariana, to Richard Perkins of Lifford in the county of Donegall, Esq."}}

Death and timeline

Lord Strabane died on 14 June 1638, probably at the Castle of Strabane, and was buried at Leckpatrick, Strabane, County Tyrone.{{Sfn|Paul|1904|p=[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun01paul/page/50/ 50, line 7]|ps=. "Dying 14 June 1638, he [Claude Hamilton] was buried in the church of Leckpatrick, County Tyrone."}} He was only in his thirties. His eldest son, James, succeeded him at the age of five as the 3rd Baron Hamilton of Strabane. His widow married Sir Phelim O'Neill in November 1649.{{Sfn|Webb|1878|p=[https://archive.org/details/acompendiumiris00webbgoog/page/n425/ 417, line 48]|ps=. "In November 1649 he [Felim] married Lady Jane Gordon a daughter of the Marquis of Huntly and the widow of Lord Strabane."}}

align="left"\|Age	align="left"\|Date	align="left"\|Event
{{Table\|hide}} !colspan=3\|Timeline
colspan=3\|As his birth date is uncertain, so are all his ages.
0	1605, estimate	Born.{{Efn\|Claud, being the 2nd son, must be born several years before the fourth son, George, who was born about 1607.{{Sfn\|Cokayne\|1903\|p=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524390/page/n323/ 305, line 4]\|ps=. "... was b. probably about 1607;"}}}}
{{Age\|1605\|1618}}	1618, 23 Mar	Father died and he inherited Strabane.
{{Age\|1605\|1621}}	1621	Grandfather died.
{{Age\|1605\|1625}}	1625, 27 Mar	Accession of King Charles I, succeeding King James I{{Sfn\|Fryde\|Greenway\|Porter\|Roy\|1986\|p=[https://archive.org/details/handbookofbritis0000unse/page/44/ 44, line 16]\|ps=. "Charles I. ... acc. 27 Mar. 1625 ..."}}
{{Age\|1605\|1628}}	1628	Servant Algeo's crime.
{{Age\|1605\|1632}}	1632, 28 Nov	Married Jean Gordon.
{{Age\|1605\|1633}}	1633	Made 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane by regrant.
{{Age\|1605\|1638}}	1638, 14 Jun	Died and was buried at Leckpatrick.

Notes and references

= Notes =

= Citations =

= Sources =

{{Cite book|editor-last=Brown |editor-first=Peter Hume |editor-link=Peter Hume Brown |date=1900 |title=Register of the Privy Council of Scotland |series=2nd series |volume=2 |publisher=H. M. General Register House |location=Edinburgh |url=https://archive.org/details/registerprivyco03coungoog/}} – 1627 to 1628
{{Cite book|last1=Burke |first1=Bernard |author1-link=Bernard Burke |last2=Burke |first2=Ashworth Peter |date=1915 |title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage |edition=77th |publisher=Harrison |location=London |oclc=1155471554 |url=https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/}}
{{Cite book|last=Cokayne |first=George Edward |author-link=George Edward Cokayne |date=1892 |title=Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant |edition=1st |volume=IV |publisher=George Bell and Sons |location=London |oclc=1180828941 |url=https://archive.org/details/completepeerage04cokahrish/}} – G to K
{{Cite book|last=Cokayne |first=George Edward |author-link=George Edward Cokayne |date=1903 |title=Complete Baronetage, 1611 to 1800 |edition=1st |volume=III |publisher=William Pollard & Co |location=Exeter |oclc=866278985 |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524390}} – 1649 to 1664 (for George Hamilton )
{{Cite book|last=Cokayne |first=George Edward |author-link=George Edward Cokayne |editor-last=Gibbs |editor-first=Vicary |editor-link=Vicary Gibbs (St Albans MP) |date=1910 |title=The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant |edition=2nd |volume=I |publisher=St Catherine Press |location=London |oclc=228661424 |url=https://archive.org/details/completepeerageo01coka/}} – Ab-Adam to Basing (for Abercorn)
{{Cite book|last=Forbes-Leith |first=William |date=1889 |title=Narratives of Scottish Catholics under Mary Stuart and James VI |edition=New |publisher=Thomas Baker |location=London |oclc=457972896 |url=https://archive.org/details/narrativesscotti00unknuoft/}}
{{Cite book|editor-last=Fryde |editor-first=E. B. |editor2-last=Greenway |editor2-first=D. E. |editor3-last=Porter |editor3-first=S. |editor4-last=Roy |editor4-first=I. |date=1986 |title=Handbook of British Chronology |publisher=Offices of the Royal Historical Society |edition=3rd |series=Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, No. 2 |location=London |isbn=0-86193-106-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/handbookofbritis0000unse/ |url-access=registration}} – (for timeline)
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{{Cite book|last=Lodge |first=John |author-link=John Lodge (archivist) |editor-last=Archdall |editor-first=Mervyn |editor-link=Mervyn Archdall (Irish antiquary) |date=1789 |title=The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom |volume=V |publisher=James Moore |location=Dublin |oclc=264906028 |url=https://archive.org/details/peerageofireland05lodg/}} – Viscounts (for Boyne, Strabane)
{{Cite book|last=Metcalfe |first=William Musham |date=1909 |title=A History of Paisley |publisher=Alexander Gardner |location=Paisley |oclc=1046586600 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofpaisley00metcuoft/}}
{{Cite encyclopedia|last=Millar |first=Alexander Hastie |editor-last=Lee |editor-first=Sidney |editor-link=Sidney Lee |date=1890 |title=Hamilton, James, first Earl of Abercorn (d.1617) |encyclopedia=Dictionary of National Biography |volume=XXIV |publisher=MacMillan and Co. |location=New York |pages=176–177 |oclc=8544105 |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofnati25stepuoft/page/176/}}
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{{Cite book|last=Paul |first=Sir James Balfour |author-link=James Balfour Paul |date=1910 |title=The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland |volume=VII |publisher=David Douglas |location=Edinburgh |oclc=505064285 |url=https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun07paul/}} – Panmure to Sinclair (for Sempill)
{{Cite encyclopedia|last=Wasser |first=Michael |editor1-last=Matthew |editor1-first=Colin |editor1-link=Colin Matthew |editor2-last=Harrison |editor2-first=Brian |editor2-link=Brian Harrison (historian) |date=2004 |title=Hamilton, James, first earl of Abercorn (1575–1618) |encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |volume=24 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |pages=837–838 |isbn=0-19-861374-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_0198613741/page/837/ |url-access=registration}}
{{Cite encyclopedia|last=Webb |first=Alfred |author-link=Alfred Webb |date=1878 |title=O'Neill, Sir Felim |encyclopedia=Compendium of Irish Biography |publisher=M. H. Gill & Son |location=Dublin |pages=416–418 |oclc=122693688 |url=https://archive.org/details/acompendiumiris00webbgoog/page/n424/}}