See also:

• EARL

EARL OF See also:

• HADDINGTON
• EARL OF HADDINGTON

HADDINGTON  , a Scottish See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title bestowed in 1627 upon See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton, See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• MELROSE

Melrose (1563—1637) . Thomas, who was a member of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• FAMILY

family of Hamilton, being a son of Thomas Hamilton of Priestfield, was a lawyer who became a See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of session as Lord Drumcairn in 1592 . He was on very friendly terms with See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James VI., his legal talents being useful to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, and he was one of the eight men who, called the Octavians, were appointed to See also:

• MANAGE

manage the finances of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland in 15o6 . Having also become king's See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate in 1596, Hamilton was entrusted with a large See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country when James went to See also:

• LONDON

London in 1603; in 1612 he was appointed secretary of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state for Scotland, and in 1613 he was created Lord Binning and Byres . In 1616 he became lord See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of session, and three years later was created earl of Melrose, a title which he exchanged in 1627 for that of earl of See also:

• HADDINGTON
• HADDINGTON, EARL OF

Haddington . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of James I. the earl resigned his offices of president of the court of session and secretary of state, but he served See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles I. as lord privy See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal . He died on the 29th of May 1637 . Haddington, who was both scholarly and wealthy, See also:

• LEFT

left a large and valuable collection of papers, which is now in the See also:

• ADVOCATES, FACULTY OF

Advocates' library at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh . James referred familiarly to his friend as See also:

• TAM, JACOB BEN MEIR (1100-1171)

Tam o' the Cowgate, his Edinburgh See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence being in this See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street . The earl's eldest son THOMAS, the 2nd earl (1600—1640), was a covenanter and a soldier, being killed by,an See also:

• EXPLOSION

explosion at Dun-See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle on the 30th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 164o . His sons, THOMAS (d . 1645) and See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN (d .

1669), became respectively the 3rd and 4th earls of Haddington, and John's See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson THOMAS (1679—1735) succeeded his See also:

• FATHER

father CHARLES (c . 1650-1685), as 6th earl in 1685, although he was not the eldest but the second son . This curious circumstance arose from the fact that when Charles married See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret (d . 1700), the heiress of the earldom of See also:

• ROTHES, EARLS OF

Rothes, it was agreed that the two earldoms should be left See also:

• SEPARATE

separate; thus the eldest son John became earl of Rothes while Thomas became earl of Haddington . Thomas was a supporter of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George I. during the rising of 1715, and was a representative peer for Scotland from 1716 to 1734 . He died on the 28th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1735 . The 6th earl was a writer, but in this direction his See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder son, CHARLES, Lord Binning (1697—1732), is perhaps more celebrated . After fighting by his father's See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side at See also:

• SHERIFFMUIR

Sheriffmuir in 1715 and serving as member of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament for St Germans, Binning died at See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples on the 27th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1732 . His eldest son, THOMAS (c . 1720—1794), became the 7th earl in 1735, and the latter's grandson THOMAS (178o—1858) became the 9th earl in 1828 . The 9th earl had been a member of parliament from 1802 to 1827, when he was made a peer of the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom as See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Metros of Tyninghame, a title which became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct upon his death . In 1834 he became lord-See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant of See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland under See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• PEEL
• PEEL, ARTHUR WELLESLEY PEEL, 1ST VISCOUNT (1829- )
• PEEL, SIR ROBERT, BART

Peel, leaving See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in the following See also:

• YEAR

year, and in Peel's second See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration (1841—1846) he served as first lord of the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty and then as lord privy seal .

When he died withoutsons on the 1st of December 1858 the earldom passed to his kinsman, GEORGE See also:

• BAILLIE, JOANNA (1762-1851)
• BAILLIE, LADY GRIZEL (1665-1746)
• BAILLIE, ROBERT (1602-1662)
• BAILLIE, ROBERT (d. 1684)

BAILLIE (1802—1870), a descendant of the 6th earl . This nobleman took the name of Baillie-Hamilton, and his son GEORGE (b . 1827) became 11th earl of Haddington in 187o . See State Papers of Thomas, Earl of Melrose, published by the See also:

• ABBOTSFORD

Abbotsford See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club in 1837, and Sir W . See also:

• FRASER
• FRASER, ALEXANDER CAMPBELL (1819– )
• FRASER, JAMES (1818-1885)
• FRASER, JAMES BAILLIE (1783--1856)
• FRASER, SIR WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Fraser, Memorials of the Earls of Haddington (1889) .