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VI. 1701.	6. James (Hamilton), Earl of Abercorn, &c. [S.], also Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane [I.], under the spec. rem. in the creation (1617) of that dignity, cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of Col. James H., by Elizabeth, da. of John (Colepeper), 1st Lord Colepeper, which Col. James was s. and h. ap. of Sir George H., of Donalong, co. Tyrone[1], 1st Bart. [I.], who was 4th s. of the 1st Earl. On 6 June 1673 he suc. his father (who d. v.p., being mortally wounded 3 June in a sea-fight with the Dutch), whose post as Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles II he obtained. M.P. for Tyrone 1692, and again 1695. He was Col. of a regiment to James II, but, deserting that King at the Revolution, assisted William III during the siege of Londonderry, by bringing relief to that city. Accordingly, on 2 Sep 1701, he was cr. BARON MOUNTCASTLE, co. Tyrone, and VISCOUNT STRABANE [I.], and took his seat (as such) 21 Sep. 1703 in the Irish House of Lords. On 3 Oct. 1706 he took his seat in the Scottish House. He was P.C. [I.] to Queen Anne, Geo. I., and Geo. II. He m. (Lic. at Fac. off. 24 Jan. 1683/4), Elizabeth (then aged about 15), only child of Sir Robert Reading, of Dublin, Bart. [I.] (so cr. 1675), by Jane, Dowager Countess of Mountrath [I.], da. of Sir Robert Hannay, Bart. [S.]. He d. aged 73, 28 Nov., and was bur. 3 Dec. 1734, in the Ormonde vault in Henry VII's Chapel, Westm. Abbey. Will dat. 5 May 1731, pr. 2 Dec. 1734. His widow d. aged 86, in Sackville Str., Midx., 19, and was bur. 22 Mar. 1754, with her husband. Will dat. 5 Apr. 1739, pr. 20 Mar. 1754.
VII. 1734.	7. James (Hamilton), Earl of Abercorn, &c. [S.], also Viscount Strabane, &c. [I.], 2nd, but 1st surv. s. and h., b. 22 Mar. 1685/6, styled Lord Paisley from 1701 till he suc. to the peerage. F.R.S., 10 Nov. 1715. Author of Calculations and Tables on the attractive Power of Loadstones (1729). P.C. of England 20 July 1738, of Ireland 26 Sep. 1739. He m., in 1711, before 28 Apr., (Lic. at Fac. off. 26 Mar. 1711, to m. at Widford, Herts), Anne, 1st surv. da. of Col. John Plumer, of Blakesware, in Ware, Herts, by Mary, 1st da. of William Hale, of King's Walden in that co. He d. in Cavendish Sq., aged 57, 11, and was bur. 16 Jan. 1743/4, with his father in Westm. Abbey. Admon. 25 Feb. 1743/4. His widow (who was b. 29 June and bap. 3 July 1690 at Ware), d. in London, 7, and was bur. 13 Aug. 1776, with her husband, aged 86. Will dat. 24 June 1771, pr. 10 Aug. 1776.
VIII. 1744.	8. James (Hamilton), Earl of Abercorn, &c. [S.], also Viscount Strabane, &c. [I.], s. and h., b. 22 Oct. 1712, in Queen Sq., St. Geo. the Martyr, Holborn. He was sum. v.p.,

1. This Sir George m. Mary, (d. Aug. 1680) sister of the famous James (Butler), Duke of Ormonde, and had 6 sons and 4 daughters. Of these (besides the abovenamed Col. James H.) the most celebrated were Elizabeth, Comtesse de Gramont, Sir George Hamilton (husband of Frances Jennings, afterwards Duchess of Tyrconnel [I.]), and Count Anthony Hamilton, author of the well known Mèmoires de Gramont. See note sub James, Viscount Strabane [1701].