473 HERAT 
figried that office, April 2, in the' fame year. He was 
eoiiftitored, December 23 following, lord keeper of the 
privy feal ; a'nrf, having refighed that appointment, was- 
farther promoted, February ir, 1784, to be lcfrd lien te¬ 
nant of the kingdom' of Ireland. He married-, Decem¬ 
ber 2$, 177'5, lady Mary-Ifa'bella Somerfet, aunt to the 
duke Beau-fort, bj Whom' he had- rffiie, John-He'nfy, the 
prefent duke ; Ilabella, born' September 28 1 , i77'6, mar¬ 
ried to Richard Norman, efquire; CafKarine-Mary, born' 
April 29, 1779, married'to Cecil Forelte'r, of Rofs Hall, 
Salop, efquire; Charles-Somerfet, born October 24, 
1780'; Robert, born December 21, j?f8f; : and William, 
born May t, 1783, who died April 22, rfy-}. His grace 
died While lord lieutenant of Ireland, on the 24th- of 
GiStober, 1-789, when he Wa's fuc'ceede'd by his fon, Joliii- 
. Henry, the' prelent and fifth 1 duke. . 
CR.EATIONS. — Baron Koos of Harnlake in the county" 
of York, and of Trufbut and Bel voir in the county of 
Lincoln, December 24, 1-264. Earl- of Rutla'n'd, June 
iS, 1525. Baron Manners of Haddon in the county of 
Derby, .April 29, 1679-. Marquis of Granby in the 
CGu'nty of SJottiriglia-m, and Duke of Rutland, March 29, 
1703. 
Residences. —HaddoriHall, in the county of Derby; 
Cheveley Park, in Cambridgefliire; and Be) voir Cattle, 
in the county of Lincoln.—Town-houfe, Grofv'enof- 
ftreet. 
Armorial Bearings.—S ee the annexed Engraving. 
Motto .—-Pour y pdrvenir .— “In order to attain it.” 
HAMILTON, DUKE OF BRANDON. 
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, Duke of BRAN¬ 
DON in Sulfolk, Baron Dutton in the county of Chefler, 
Duke of Hamilton in Scotland, and Duke of Chatel- 
herault in France, Marquis of Douglas, Clydefdale, and 
Hamilton, Earl of Angus, Arran, and Lanark, Keeper 
of Holyrdod I-Ioufe and of Linlithgow Palace, Lord 
Lieutenant of the county of Lanark, and Prelident of 
the London Difpenfary ; born July 15, 1740; fucceeded 
his nephew, Douglas, the late duke, Auguft 2, 1799 > 
married, May 25, G65, Harriet, daughter of Alexan¬ 
der earl of Galloway, and tiller to John the prefent 
earl, by whom he has ilFue, Alexander, born October 
3, i/' 6 7> now marquis of Douglas, and heir apparent; 
Archibald, born March 16, 1769; Anne, born March 
1*6, if66 ; Charlotte, born April 6, 1772 ; married June 
24, i : 8oo, the prefent duke of Somerfet; Sufan, born in 
J-nly, 1774, married Auguft 4, 1803, lord vifeount Fin- 
caftle, eldeft fon of John earl of Dunmore. 
The dukes of Brandon are defeended from Bernard', 
chief cottnfellor and fecond. in command to Rollo, firft 
duke of Normandy. Roger de Beaumont, fourth in 
defeent from Bernard, came over to England with Wil¬ 
liam the Conqueror; and his poflerity were fucceffively 
created earls of Warwick, Leicefter, Worcefter, and 
Bedford. Robert ac Beaumont, fourth earl of Leicefter, 
was father to William, who took the furname of Ham- 
bletdn or Hamilton, from a manor of that name in the 
county of Buckingham, and by fome.genealogifts is faid 
to haVe died' without illue ; hut by Douglas, in his 
Peerage of Scotland, is repref'ented as having removed 
into that kingdom in 1215, where he became the ancef- 
tor of the prefent illuftrious family of Hamilton, as well 
a$ of the earls of Haddington, and bardrts Belhaven, in 
the kingdom of Scotland, and the earls of Clanbrallil 
in the kingdom of Ireland! 
Sir James Hamilton', created baron Hamilton by 
j'ames I. king of Scots, Wds father to James, fecond lofd 
Hamilton, who married, in 147-4, Mary, -daughter to 
James IJ. Jaiiie^, third lord Hamilton, his fon, Was by 
James IV. created earl of the ifle of Arran. James, 
feeohd earl of Arran, liis fon, was by Henry I!, king of 
France, created duke of Clvatelherairlr, in the county 
of Poitou; and in 1543 was declared by the ftafei of 
the kingdom of Scotland, governor t’o Mary their young' 
-DRY. 
queen, and regent of (lie kingdom during her minority, 
as well as next heir to the .crown, failing her iflf'ue. He 
fuffered both Mi pri fon me rtf and forfeiture for his faith¬ 
ful adherence to that princefs, aiid died January 22, 
1373. -H. was an celt or by a* younger fon to the earls of 
Alter c'oYn, 
John', third e'arl 1 Of Arran, his fon, was by James VT. 
king of Scots, Crdated marquis of Hamilton, being the 
firft pe'rfoil who bote the appellation of marquis in that 
kingdom. James, fecond marquis Of Hamilton, his fon. 
Was by that prince, June' r6, 1619, created baron of 
Eriherfdale, in the county of Cumberland, and earl of 
Cambridge. James, third marquis of Hamilton, his fob. 
Was-by Charles I. created duke of Hamilton, and for 
bis-faithful adherence to that prince was beheaded 
March 9, 1649. William-, fecond duke of Hamilton, 
his brother, had been created earl of Lanark and bardii 
Maca’nfhire and Polmonf in the kingdom of Scotland. 
He was killed fighting for the caufe of Charles II. at 
the battle of Worcefter, September 3, 1631. Anne, 
duchefs of Hamilton, daughter of James firft duke of 
Hamilton, married William Douglas marquis of Doug¬ 
las, who by Charles II. was created duke of Hamilton. 
He Jiad a principal fliare in the revolution in 1688 ; and 
was twice lord comnuflionef toreprefent the king in the 1 
parliament of Scotland, as well as lord prefident of the! 
privy council of that kingdom. He had iffue, James, 
fourth duke of Hamilton ; Charles, created earl of Sel¬ 
kirk; John, created earl of Ruglen; George, created 
earl of Orkney; and Bafil, anceffor to the earl of Sel¬ 
kirk. His grace died April 18, 1694. 
James, fifth duke of Hamilton, bore during the life¬ 
time of his father the appellation of earl of Arran. He 
attached himfelf to the caufe of James II. and, being 
prefent at a meeting of the peers of Scotland then in 
London, ftrenuoufly difTuaded them from placing the 
crown upon the head of the prince of Orange. He wa's' 
twice feat to the Tower upon firfpiciotl of holding cor- 
refpondence with the court of Saint Germain’s. He was 
at the requeft of his mother, Auguft 10, 1698, created 
duke of Hamilton, with precedency in tire fame manner 
as if he had fucceeded to the title by her death. He 
ftrenuoufiy oppofed the.project of the union, and was, 
in 1708, upon a rumour of the intended invadon of the 
fon of James II. arrefted and brought prifoner Co Lon¬ 
don. Three years after this, he was created baron of 
Dutton in the county of Chefter, and duke of Brandon 
in the cOUnty'of Suffolk. His grace was, Auguft 29, 
1712, conftituted mafter-general of the office of ordnance, 
and appointed ambalfador extraordinary to the cdiirt of 
France; but before he could fet our, he was engaged 
in a duel with Charles lord Mohun, November 15, in 
which both parties were killed upon the fpot. 
James, the fecond duke of Brandon, on the death of 
his father James, November 15, 1712, fucceeded alfo as 
duke of Hamilton ; he married, firft, Anne, daughter of 
John earl of Dundonald, by Whom he had only one fdii, 
James, his fuccefTor; and (lie dying in Auguft 1724, his 
grace married, fecondly, in 1727, Elizabeth, daughter 
and co-heir of Thomas Strangways, of Somerfet (hire, 
efquire; who dying in November 1729, Without ilfue, 
he married, thirdly, Anne, daughter and heir of Edward 
Spencer, efquire, by whom he had* a daughter, Anne, 
born in 3739; married, iiv 1761, the marquis! of Dbne- 
‘ gal ; and two fans-. Archibald, the prefent dhke ; Spen¬ 
cer, born J une 1742, lieutenant-colonel in the guards; 
d^ed March 29, 1791. Her grace married, fecondly, De¬ 
cember 24, 1751, tlie honourable Richard-Savage Naftai! 1 , 
fecond Ton of Frederic earl of Rochford, and'died March 
9, 1771, leaving ilfue file prefent earl, and George-Sa¬ 
vage Naffiiu. 
Jariies, the third duke of Bran'don, fucceeded his 
father ill March 1743; married', February 14, 1752, 
Elizabeth, daughter of John Gmlning, efq. by whom 
he had iffu'e Gcorge-Jailies, the fourth duke of Brandon; 
Douglas, 
