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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 43 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAMES See also:HAMILTON 1ST See also:EARL OF See also:ABERCORN (c. 1575–1618)  , was the eldest son of Claud See also:Hamilton, See also:Lord See also:Paisley (4th son of See also:James, 2nd See also:earl of See also:Arran, and See also:duke of Chatelherault), and of See also:Margaret, daughter of See also:George, 6th Lord See also:Seton . He was made 'See also:sheriff of See also:Linlithgow in 1600, received large grants of lands in See also:Scotland and See also:Ireland, was created in 1603 See also:baron of See also:Abercorn, and on the loth of See also:July 1606 was rewarded for his services in the See also:matter of the See also:union by being made earl of Abercorn, and Baron - Hamilton, See also:Mount See also:Castle and See also:Kilpatrick . He married See also:Marion, daughter of See also:Thomas, 5th Lord See also:Boyd,. and See also:left five sons, of whom the eldest, baron of See also:Strabane,. succeeded him as 2nd earl of Abercorn . He died on the- 23rd of See also:March 1618 . The See also:title of Abercorn, held- by the See also:head of the Hamilton See also:family, became a marquessate in 1790, and a dukedom in 1868, the 2nd duke of Abercorn (b.-1838) being a prominent Unionist politician and chairman of the See also:British See also:South See also:Africa See also:Company .

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