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honours and estates of his family on the death of his father, 

 April 12, 1604. He married Lady Anne Cunningham, 

 daughter of James, 7th Earl of Glencairn, by whom he 

 had James, his successor ; William, successor of his brother ; 

 Anne, married to Hugh, 7th Earl of Eglintoun ; Mar- 

 garet, married to John, Earl of Crawford and Lindsay ; and 

 Mary, married to James, 2nd Earl of Oueensbury. This 

 Marquis of Hamilton, who died March 2, 1625, in the thirty- 

 sixth year of his age, was a gentleman of the king's bed- 

 chamber, Lord Steward of the household, and a Privy 

 Councillor, and June 16, 1619, was advanced to the English 

 peerage by the titles of Baron of Ennerdale and Earl of Cam- 

 bridge. He was High Commissioner of the Parliament which 

 sat in Edinburgh in 1621 ; and was installed a Knight of the 

 Garter July 7, 1623. 



^'^ Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl OF SOUTHAMPTON — only 

 son and successor of Henry Wriothesley, the 2nd earl, and 

 Mary, daughter of Antony Brown, Viscount Montague — 

 acquired the honours and estates of his family on the death of 

 his father in 1581. Having taken part with the unfortunate 

 Earl of Essex in the treasonable proceedings for which that 

 nobleman was beheaded, under such romantic circumstances, 

 in 1599, he was also brought to trial, found guilty, and 

 attainted. He, however, obtained the Queen's mercy for his 

 life, but remained a prisoner in the Tower till a few days 

 after the accession of James I., when he was released from 

 prison, restored in blood by Act of Parliament, and created 

 by a new patent, dated July 21, 1603, Earl of Southampton, 

 with the same rights, precedency, and privileges that he 

 formerly enjoyed. He was also made a Knight of the 

 Garter, and constituted Captain of the Isle of Wight and the 

 Castle of Carisbrooke. He was a nobleman of high courage, 

 great honour, and integrity ; was well respected by the king 

 and court ; was a patron of literature, and assisted Shake- 

 speare to publish his first poems. His lordship married 

 Elizabeth, daughter of John Vernon, Esq., of Hodnet, county 

 Derby, and dying in 1624, left issue Thomas, his successor; 



