260 STRABANE. III. 1 638. $. James (Hamilton), Lord Hamilton, Baron of Stbabank [I.], 1st 8. ami b. ; sue. to the peerage [I.]. 11 June 163S. He incurred forfeiture of his lands, by joining the Irish under Sir 1'helim O'Neile abovementioned, 20 July 1650, at Charlemont, against the forces of the Commonwealth, by whom he was taken prisoner. He d. s.p., a Roman Catholic reeu>ant, Hi June 1655, at Bally fatty, near Strabane, being drowned while bathing in the river Maine. IV. 1655. Jf. Okoroe (Hamilton), Lord Hamilton, Baron of SthaBaNE [I.], only br. and h., sue. to the pierage [1.], lii June 1655. He m. in or before 1659, Elizabeth, only da. and on the death of her two brothers (Uichard and Peter) h. of Christopher Fag**, of Eeltrim, e>. Dublin. He d. 14 April 1663, and was bur. in St. Mechlin's church, near Hush. M.I. Nuncup. will dat. at his house of Kinnre, co. Dublin (in the chapel whereof he directs to be buried) dat. 9 April and pr. 26 May 1668, in Dublin. His wile survived him. V. 1668, 5. Clkvd (Hamilton), Lord Hamilton, Baron of] l| to Stiubank [I.], 1st s. and h. He was bap. 13 Sep. 16f.fl, at St. 1690. Audoen's, Dublin, and sue. to the peerage [1], 1 1 April ItiiiS. Hy the death of his cousin, Qeorge, 3d Karl of Abercom [S. ], about 16S0 (certainly before 16S3) he became EARL OF AllEKCORN, &fe [S.] He d. unm. 1690. After his death he was outlawed in Ireland, 11 May 1691, whereby his Irish (but nut his Scotch) peerage became forftittd. ...... VL 1602. n. Charles (Hamilton), Karl (if Abercorn, &c. [S.], br. aud h. By Royal letters. 24 May 1892, b« obtained a reversal of his brother's attainder and accordingly sue. him as LOKI) HAMILTON, BARON OK STRABANK, co. Tyrone [I.], taking his seat in the House of Lords [I.], 31 Aug. 1696. He d. s.p.s. at Strabane, June 1701. VII. 1701. 7 and /. James (Hamilton), Earl of Aber- >j § Viseountcv l"I 1 cnllN ' &c ' [ s -]. ;llso LoRU Hamilton, Babon of Stiubo'k i <4
- L 1 [I.], under the spec. rem. in the creation of that dignity, : «
L 1701. cousin and h. male, being s. and b. of Col. James Hamii.- ton, (a) by Judith, da. of Sir Thomas CuLBfUFRH, ot|g* Hollingbourne, co. Kent, which James (who d. v.p., 0 June 167:1), was s. and I h. ap. of the Hon. Sir George Hamilton, ( h ) of Doualong, co. Tyrone, and of Neuagh, co. Tipperary (said to have d. in 1679), 4th s. of James, the 1st Karl. He sue. to the peerage [S. and 1.], as above, June 1701, and was Cr. (some few weeks later), 2 Sep. 1701, JUI.'ON MOL'NTCASTLK, co. Tyrone, and VISCOUNT STRABANK [L] See AbbhcuKN " Earldom [S.]. cr. 1606, under the 6th Karl. With the Earldom of Abercorn (afterwards, 1790, a jj Marquessate [Ci.B.], and subsequently, 1868, a Dukedom [I.] ), the Vitemtntcy ^ [1701], and Barony [1617] of Strabane [I.], has ever since continued to be .j united J w (») He was the eldest of six sons of whom the 3d, Count Anthony Hamilton, w the well known author of the " Memoires dc Gramont," which describes the chief characters of the Court of Charles II. as they were represented to him by his sisters husband, Philibert, Count of Gramont. who el. 30 Jan. 1707, aged 86. The second son, Sir George Hamilton (d. before 1676) was the husband of the beautiful Frances Jennings (sister of Sarah, the well known Duchess of Marlborough), who IB. secondly Richard (Talbot), Earl [titular Dnkc] of Tyrconnel [I.] (*>) In Wood's " Douglas " (vol. i, p. 6), this O-eorge Hamilton is said to have been "cr. a Baronet of Ireland in 1660," but in the 1st edit. (1764) of Douglas' l'eernge [S] it is merely stated that he was cr. a Baronet, neither the date nor the kingdom being specilied. In Lodge's " Peerage" [I.] (edit. 1739, vol. v, p. Ill), be is called a "Baronet of Nova Scotia," as be is also in the 1st edit. (1754) of that work. J™ last is the earliest mention of any Baronetcy, for neither in " Cruwfurd ' {lilv} nor "Crossley" (1720) is such a dignity mentioned. No record of any such creation appears in either kingdom, and it is stated in " Lodge" (vol. v, p. 121), Sir George's grandson and heir, James Hamilton, "declined after his grandfathers
