140 HAMILTON. Eato, ok Arran [S.], sister to the then reigning King James III. [S.], being da. of King James II. [SJ, by Mary, da. of Arnold, Duke of Gitei.dres.^) He d. 6 Nov. 1479. His widow, the Princess, who was b. (very shortly) before 16 May 1452l b ) was living 14 Oct. 1482. III. 1479. 3. James (Hamilton), Lord Hamilton [S.], ' aged about four years at his father's death in 1479. He was or., 11 Aug. lf-03, EARL OF ARRAN [S.] with rem. to the heirs male of his body.(°) He </. before 21 July 1529. IV. 1529 ? 4. James (Hamilton), Karl of Ariun, and Lonn Hamilton- [S.], s. and b. He was Regent of Scotland 1542 to 1554, receiving from the King of France, 5 Feb. 1548/9, the grant of the Duchy of ChateWierault in Poictoi.() He d. 22 Jan. 1574/5. V. 1575. 5. James (Hamilton), Karl of Arran, and Lord Hamilton [S-], 1st s. and h.( e ) He was declared insane but was nevertheless attainted (with his brothers) in 1579 whereby his honours } became forfeited, such forfeiture, however, being repealed 10 Dec 1585. During that interval, however, he in 1581 resigned the Earldom of Arran [S.] in favour of James Stewart (as mentioned below) which resignation was in 1586 " reduced " by the Court of Session. He d. s.p. March 1609. VI. 1581, James Stewart obtained, 22 April 1581, a "rant of to the Barony of Hamilton and was 28 Oct. 1581. rr. EARL OF 1585. ARRAN, LORD OF AVANE(') AND HAMILTON, being shortly afterwards made Chancellor of Scotland, Lieut, of the Realm, 4c. He was attainted iu Nov. 15S5 when all his honours became forfeited. Marquessate [S.] /. Lord John Hamilton, next br. of James, j 1599 Earl op Arran, and Loud Hamilton [S.], (who was declared insane as above mentioned), seconds, of James, Earl of Arran, &c, [S."|, Due dc Chatellhcraull, in France, by Margaret, da. of James (Doi/gi.as), 3d Earo of Morton [S.j was J. probably about 1535, and being, on the death of his said father in 1575, heir presumptive to the family honours and estates, was (in consequence of the insanity of his elder brother) treated as if the actual possessor. He was a faithful adherent to Queen Mary [S.] for whose cause he (as well as his brother Claud) was forfav.lt in 1579 ; he was one of the banished nobles who besieged the King [S.], 3 Nov. 1585, at Stirling, but was pardoned and ( a ) By this illustrious alliance (the Princess having had, by her former husband, no male issue which survived after 14S4)the heir of the house of Hamilton was for above a century the heir presumptive to the Throne [S.1 tho' sometimes Bubject to the life of an infant child of one of the reigning Mouarchs, none of whom, till about lo'OO, had more than one child who survived infancy. (>>) Her br. (James III. [S.]) was b. 10 July 1451 ; another child was b. and d. 19 May 1450, the marriage of the parents having taken place 3 July 1449. («) See vol. i, p. 132, note " c," sub "Arran," as to the possibility of this limitation having been subsequently altered. ( d ) The constitution and devolution of this French Duchy (supposed to confer the title of Duke on its possessor) is fully discussed in vol. i, p. 5, note " a " (sub " Abercorn," the heir male thereto) and p. 407 iu the corrigenda. («) Claud Hamilton, the 4th and yst. son of the 2d Earl of Arran (Due dc Clialcllhcrault) waB in 1687 rr. Loud Paisley [8.1, being ancestor of the Earls of Abercorn [S.] who, since 1651, have been the male representatives of the Hamilton family and (consequently) of the Earldom of Arran [S.J, a: 1503, and of the Barony of Hamilton [S.] cr. 1445. * 0 This seems to imply that a Barony of Aim had been held by the previous Earls of Arran. See p. 141, note " V," circa finem.
