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George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney (bap. 1666-1737) was the fifth son of Anne Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton in her own right (the third holder of the dukedom) and her hus-band, William Douglas, Earl of Selkirk, later created Duke of Hamilton for life by Charles II at the request of the Duchess.12 In 1695 George Hamilton married his distant
HAMILTON, Lord GEORGE, Earl of Orkney (1666–1737), general, was fifth son of William, earl of Selkirk (eldest son of William, ... Lanark, and baptised there 9 Feb. 1666. He was trained as a soldier under the care of his paternal uncle, the Earl of Dumbarton, being captain of the 1st or royal regiment of foot under that earl's command in 1684 ...
GEORGE HAMILTON ORKNEY, EARL OF (1666-1737), British soldier, was the fifth son of William, duke of Hamilton, and was trained for the military career by his uncle, Lord Dumbarton, in the ist Foot. In 1689 he became lieut.- colonel and a few months later brevet colonel. He served at the battles of the Boyne and of Aughrim, and, at the head of the Royal Fusiliers, at Steinkirk.
27 de abr. de 2022 · On 25 November 1695 Elizabeth was married to her cousin, Lord George Hamilton, fifth son of the 3rd Duke of Hamilton. He was gratified early in the next year with the titles Earl of Orkney, Viscount of Kirkwall, and Baron Dechmont. ... By George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, son of Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton, and William Douglas ...
Within a year of their marriage Hamilton had been able to purchase the Villiers estate at Cliveden in Buckinghamshire, formerly owned by George Villiers, 2nd duke of Buckingham, which he set about improving until Cliveden could be described by John Macky in 1714 as ‘a noble building, à la moderne’.6 In 1696 he was created earl of Orkney ...
George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Viscount of Kirkwall and Lord Dechmont (1666–1737), fifth son of William Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton and 1st Earl of Selkirk and his wife Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton. Anne O'Brien, 2nd Countess of Orkney (d. 1756), daughter of 1st Earl married William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin. ...
1st Earl of Orkney: Biography: ODNB link for Hamilton, George (1666-1737) 1st Earl of Orkney, General: Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P149539 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P12753 ) Collections; Number Description Held by Reference Further information; 1: 1704-09: letters
