HERA 
Elizabeth, eldeft: daughter of Lionel duke of Dorfet; 
■who dying June 29, 1729, he married fecondly Louila, 
daughter of• John earl Granville; by whom he had 
iflue Thomas, the firft marquis; Henry-Frederic, born 
November 17, 1735, who was heir, by will, to his 
grandfather, the late earl Granville, and taking the 
name of Carteret, was created baron Carteret, January 
29, 1784; James, born December 19, 1736, and died 
March 19, 1741. His lordlhip died January 12, 1751, 
and was fucceeded by his foil Thomas, the late marquis, 
and third vifcount; who was born September 13, 1734 ; 
married, May 22, 1759, EliZabeth-Cavendifli Bentinck, 
eldeft daughter of William, fecond duke of Portland ; 
by whom he had iflue, Louifa, married, December 3, 
1781, the prefent earl of Aylesford, and has iflue, Char-' 
lotte, who died May 19, 1764. Henrietta, married, 
May 2, 1799, Philip, fifth earl of Chefterfield, and has 
iflue, Elizabeth-Georgiana, to whom their Majeflies, 
and the Princefs Augufta, flood fponlors in perfon. 
Sophia, married, Augufl 28, 1784, lord St. Afaph, fon 
of John earl of Afhburnham, and died April 9, 1791, 
leaving iflue four children : Thomas, the prefent mar¬ 
quis ; Maria, who died March 30, 1768 ; Ifabeila, born 
Odtober 11, 1768 ; George, born January 23, 1770, mar¬ 
ried Harriet, filler to vifcount Courtenay; John, born 
December 28, 1772, married, Mifs Mary-Anne Mafter; 
Mary, married, May 10, 1806, to Olborne Markham, 
efq. fon of the late archbifliop of York; Caroline, born 
Auguft 31, 1781. The marquis dying November 19, 
1796, was fucceeded by his eldeft fon, Thomas, the 
prefent marquis. 
Creations. —Baron and Vifcount, December 11, 
1682. Marquis, Auguft 18, 1789. 
Residences. —Longleat Houfe, in the county of 
Wilts.—Town-houfe, Grofvenor-fquare. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— J'ai bcmne caufe. —“I have a good caufe.”' 
HAMILTON, MARQUIS OF ABERCORN. 
JOHN-JAMES HAMILTON, Marquis of ABER¬ 
CORN, in Gieat Britain, Earl of Abercorn, and Baron 
of Paifley, Baron of Abercorn, Hamilton, and Kilpatrick, 
in Scotland ; Vifcount and Baron of Strabane, and Ba¬ 
ron of Mount Cafhel, in Ireland, and Privy Counfellor 
there; born in 1756; fucceeded his uncle, James, the 
late earl, Oftober 9, 1789; married, June 20, 1779, 
Catharine, daughter of lir Jofeph Copley, bart. which 
lady died September 13, 1791, having iflue, James^ 
vifcount Hamilton, heir apparent, born Odtober 7, 1786; 
Claude Harriet; Maria and Margaret ; Catherine, mar¬ 
ried in July 1805, to George earl of Aberdeen. His 
lordlhip married, fecondly, lady Cecil, his coufin,'to 
whom his majefty granted tire precedence of an earl’s 
daughter by patent, October 27, 1789, from whom he 
was divorced in April 1799 ; and Ihe married May 23, 
1799,' colonel Copley, brother to the marquis’s firft 
lady. The marquis married, thirdly, April 3, i8co, 
lady A. Hatton, daughter of the earl of Arran, widow 
of,the late Henry Hatton, efq. 
This noble family is traced by genealogifts to very 
high antiquity, and is recognized in the perlon of James 
fecond earl of Arran of the kingdom of Scotland, and 
firft dnke of Chatelherault of the kingdom of Fiance. 
He had iflue, John, anceftor to the duke of Hamilton; 
and Claude, who had a conliderable command in the 
army of Mary queen of Scots, at the fatal battle of 
Langlide, May 15, 1568 ; in confequence of which 
battle that princefs fled into England. By James 1. he 
was created, in 1591, baron of Paifley, in the county of 
Renfrew. He had iHue, 1. James, iecond lord Railiey. 
2. George, who took an active part in the fervtce of 
Charles I. 3. Frederic, who ferved in the wars of Gul- 
tuvus Adolphus king of Sweden, and had iflue Gutla- 
vus, created by George 3. Gdfober 20, 1715, baron, 
Hamilton of Stackallan in the kingdom of Ireland ; and 
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Auguft 20, 1717, vifcount Boyne of the fame kingdom. 
Richard, fourth lord vifcount Boyne, his grandfon, 
married Georgiana, daughter of William Bury, of Shan¬ 
non Grove, el'quire; by which lady he had iflue Gufta- 
vns, born December 31,-1749, and married April 1, 
1773, to Martha, daughter and heirefs to fir Quail So¬ 
merville, of Brpwnftown in the kingdom of Ireland, 
baronet ; by which lady he had iflue feveral children. 
James, Iecond lord Paifley^ was created by James I. 
in 1604, baron of Abercorn in the county of Lanerk ; 
and July 10, 1606, baron of Hamilton, Mount Calhel, 
and Kilpatrick, and earl of Abercorn of the kingdom of 
Scotland. He had iflue, 1. James, fecond earl of Aber¬ 
corn. 2. Claude. 3. George. 4. Alexander, whofe 
fon was, by the emperor Leopold, created a count of 
the Roman empire. 
James, fecond earl of Abercorn, was by James I. 
created May 3, 1618, baron of Strabane in the county 
of Tyrone; which dignity he refigned in favour of 
Claude his brother. 
Claude, fifth lord Strabane, grandfon of Claude, 
fecond lord Strabane, fucceeded to the title of e.arl of 
Abercorn upon the death of George, third earl of Aber¬ 
corn, Ion of James the fecond earl. He accompanied 
James II. in his expedition into Ireland in 1689, in 
which he loft his life. 
George, third fon of James firft ear! of Abercorn, 
performed eminent fervices for Charles I. during the 
civil wars in Ireland ; and was by Charles II. in 1660, 
created a baronet of that kingdom. He had iflue, 
1. James, who embraced the profeflion of arms, and 
was killed in a fea-fight againft the Dutch, June 4, 
1673. He had iflue James, fixth earl of Abercorn; and 
George, who loft his life in the battle of. Steinkirk, in 
1692. 2. Anthony, who was created a count of the 
l<.ingdom of France. He was the author of the cele¬ 
brated Memoires du Comte de Grammont, and feveral other 
works of confiderable reputation. 3. John, who loft 
his life at the battle of Aghrim, July 22, 1691, fighting 
on the fide of James II. 4. Elizabeth, married to 
Philibert count de Grammont. 
James, fixth ear) of Abercorn, refided principally in 
Ireland, and was created by William III. December 2, 
1701, baron of Mount Cafhel, and vifcount Strabane, 
in the county of Tyrone. Fie had iflue James, feventh 
earl of Abercorn; and George, who married Bridget, 
daughter and heirefs of William Coward, of the city of 
Wells, efquire ; by which lady he had iflue, George; 
John; William; Elizabeth, married to the Rev. Mr. 
Finney, of the county of Cornwall ; Maria, married to 
the great William Beckford, efq. of Foothill in Wilt- 
Ihire, twice lord mayor of the city of-London ; and who 
entertained both iioufes of parliament at the Manfion- 
houle. Harriet, Hurried to the Rev. Mr. Pet re-; Char¬ 
lotte ; and Rachael, married to Nevil Walter, efq. 
James, leventh earl of Abercorn, and grandfather of 
the prelent marquis, was born March 22, 1685 ; 'married, 
Anne, daughter of John Plumer, of Blakelware, in the 
county of Herts, efq. by whom he had iflue, fix fons 
and one daughter: James, the late lord, born October 
22, 1712; John, a captain of the navy; drowned at 
Portl-mouth in December 1755, having married Harrier, 
daughter of James Craggs, efq. fecretary "of fiate to 
George I. relid of Richard Eliot, efq. and mother of 
lord Eliot: Ihe died February 1, 1769, having had iflue 
John-James, the prefent marquis, and Anne, who died 
unmarried. William the third fon, died young. George, 
the fourth fon, prebendary of Salilburyj born Auguft 11, 
1718, married Elizabeth, daughter of general Onflow, 
and had iiftte three foils and nine daughters ; George, 
tiie eldeft-, died unmarried; and the other two died 
infants.’ 1. Anne, born October 6, 1755, married Dr. 
. Cornwall, dean of Canterbury. 2. Mary, born Novem- 
(ber.-it;, 1756. 3. Harriet, born January 11, 1760; died 
in : 1788. 4. Catharine, born June 7,1763. 5. Eliza- 
a beth. 
