Information submitted to the LDS Ancestral File, Family History Library in Salt Lake City, UT by Medieval Families Unit, gives this ancestry on the Hamilton Family: James HAMILTON, Duke of Hamilton, b. 19 Jun 1606 Scotland. Father, James HAMILTON, Mother, Anne CUNNINGHAM. D. 9 Mar. 1649. Md. Mary FIELDING, b. ca. 1616. Children of this marriage: Charles HAMILTON, b. ca. 1632, James HAMILTON, b. ca. 1634, William HAMILTON b. ca. 1636, Mary HAMILTON b, ca. 1636, Anne HAMILTON b. ca. 1640, md. William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton, Susannah HAMILTON b. ca. 1642. William DOUGLAS, Duke of Hamilton b, 24 Dec 1634. Father William DOUGLAS, Marquess of Douglas, Mother, Mary GORDON, Marchioness of Douglas. D. 18 Apr 1694 Holyrood. Bur. Hamilton. Md. Anne HAMILTON. Children of this marriage: Susannah HAMILTON, Contessa of Dundonald, b. ca. 1663, md. John COCHRANE, Earl of Dundonald. William DOUGLAS b. ca. 1664. Charles DOUGLAS b. ca. 1666, James HAMILTON, Lord of Arran, b. ca. 1666, md. 1st 5 Jan 1686/7 Ann SPENCER, md. 2nd Elizabeth GERRARD. John DOUGLAD b. ca. 1668. George DOUGLAS b. ca. 1670. Catherine DOUGLAS, b. ca.1672, md. John MURRAY, Duke of Atholl. Susan DOUGLAS b. ca. 1674, me. Twice. Margaret DOUGLAS b. ca. 1676. PEERAGE OF SCOTLAND. Anne, Duchess of Hamilton, eldest surviving daughter of James, First Duke of Hamilton, was born about 1636. She married Lord William Douglas, eldest son of William, First Marquis of Douglas by his second wife, Lady Mary Gordon, third daughter of George, first Marquis of Huntly. He was born 24th December 1634; created Earl of Selkirk, Lord Daer and Shortcleuch, by patent, dated 4th August 1646, to him and his heirs male whatsoever, and was fined L1,000 by Cromwell�s act of grace and pardon, 1654. On the restoration, in consequence of a petition from the Duchess, he was created Duke of Hamilton for life, 12th October 1660, and was sworn a privy-councillor. At that time he minded nothing but the recovery of the family from the great debts under which it was sinking, till it was raised up again under his management. After he had compassed that, he became a more considerable man, and distinguished himself in the parliament of 1673, by his opposition to Lauderdale, demanding that the situation of the nation should be examined, and its grievances redressed, before the supplies were granted. He and the other leaders of opposition were invited to court, and dismissed with full assurances of their demands being complied with; they hastened down; but, on their arrival, found that the parliament was dissolved. This excited such violent discontent, that the assassination of Lauderdale was proposed; but that desperate measure was overruled by Hamilton, who was again invited to court with his friends. They requested to be heard by their sovereign, but were required to present their complaints in writing, which they could not do, as the most cautious remonstrance it was possible to frame would be converted into leasing-making. Thus Lauderdale became more absolute than ever; his opponents were displaced from council, 1674, with the exception of the Duke of Hamilton, who was removed in 1676 for opposing the sentence against Baillie of Jerviswood. Notwithstanding a prohibition to quit the kingdom, the Duke and thirteen other peers repaired to court in 1678, to complain of Lauderdale�s proceedings; but as they had departed without permission, an audience was refused. At length they were heard, 25th May, in presence of the cabinet council; but being again required to produce their complaints in writing, which they declining to do without a previous indemnity, the King declared his full approbation of the Scotish (sp) measures. On the breaking out of the insurrection in Scotland, 1679, the Duke of Hamilton, and the Scotish lords then in London, humanely offered to dispel it without arms or effusion of blood, if the sufferings of the people were alleviated. This offer was rejected; they afterwards obtained an audience and were fully heard on their complaints against Lauderdale, but in vain. The Duke of Hamilton was invested with the order of the garter, 1682; and, on the accession of King James VII was sworn a privy-councillor, and appointed one of the commissioners of the treasury. He was constituted an extraordinary Lord of Session, 26th March 1686, and sworn a member of the English privy-council, 14th April 1687. On the arrival of the Prince of Orange in London, 1688, an assembly of the Scotish nobility and gentry, then in that city, was held, of which the Duke of Hamilton was elected president; they framed an address, 10th January 1689, requesting the Prince to assume the government, and to call a convention of estates. This convention met at Edinburgh, 14th March 1689, and the Duke was chosen president of that meeting, which declared the throne vacant, and tendered the crown to King William and Queen Mary, who were accordingly proclaimed. The convention being turned into a parliament, the Duke of Hamilton was constituted their Majesties� High Commissioner hereto, in June 1689. His Grace had the office of President of the Council, and High Admiral of Scotland; was high commissioner to the parliament which met 18th April 1693; and was, on the 19th of December following, appointed an extraordinary Lord of Session, being then in London; from whence returning in March 1694, he died at the Abbey of Holyroodhouse on the 18th of April same year, in the 60th year of his age, and was buried at Hamilton, where is a monument to his memory, with a long inscription, printed in Crawford�s Peerage. According to Burnet, he wanted all sort of polishing: He was rough and sullen, but candid and sincere. His temper was boisterous, neither fit to submit nor to govern. He wrote well, but spoke ill; for his judgment, when calm, was better than his imagination. He made himself a great master in the knowledge of the laws, of the history, and of the families of Scotland, and seemed always to have a regard to justice and the good of his country. Anne, Duchess of Hamilton, a lady of constancy of mind, evenness of temper, solidity of judgment, and unaffected piety, survived her husband many years. Her Grace resigned her titles into the hands of King William, 9th July 1698, in favor of her eldest son, the Earl of Arran, who was accordingly created Duke of Hamilton, with the original precedency. By the 22d article of the treaty of Utrecht, the French King having engaged that he would cause justice to be done to the family of Hamilton, concerning the dukedom of Chatelherault, the Duchess gave a commission to her son the Earl of Selkirk, who compounded the right competent to the Hamilton family, upon that duchy, for 500,000 livres, secured on the Town-house of Paris. The Duchess died in 1716, aged eighty. Her issue were, 1. James, fourth Duke of Hamilton. 2. Lord William, who died in France without issue. 3. Lady Catherine, baptized at Hamilton, 24th October 1662, married to John, first Duke of Atholl, and had issue. 4. Lord Charles, Earl of Selkirk; see that title. 5. Lord John, Earl of Selkirk and Ruglen; see these titles. 6. Lord George, Earl of Orkney; see that title 7. Lady Susan, married, first in 1684, to John, second Earl of Dundonald, who died 16 May 1690; secondly, to Charles, third Marquis of Tweeddale, who died 15th December 1715. She had issue to both, and survived till 7th February 1737. 8. Lady Margaret, married to James, fourth Earl of Panmure; attainted in 1715; and died without issue, at Edinburgh, 6th December 1731. 9. Lord Basil; see title of Selkirk. 10. Lord Archibald Hamilton of Riccartoun and Pardovan, in the county of Linlithgow, in Scotland, and of Court Nichola, in the county of Longford, and Castle Confey, in the county of Kildare, in Ireland; baptized at Hamilton, 17th February 1673; was bred to the sea-service; had a lieutenant�s commission in the royal navy conferred on him at St. Christophers, 4th July 1690, by Admiral Wright; had the command of the Sheerness of 30 guns, 1693; and the rank of captain in the royal navy. A commission was made out for his being rear-admiral of the white, 1709; but Lord Dursley having at the same time, though much his junior officer, a commission for the vice-admiral of the blue, he declined accepting of it, and made a campaign in Flanders that year, distinguishing himself at the battle of Malplaquet. He was appointed captain-general, governor, and vice-admiral of the island of Jamaica, 15th August 1710; and had his commission renewed by King George I., 15th February 1715. He commanded the Captain man-of-war, in the sea-fight betwixt Admiral Byng and the Spanish fleet, off Cape Passaro in Sicily, 1718; was constituted one of the lords of admiralty, 19th May 1729; sat at that board till 1738, when he was dismissed for attaching himself to, and accepting the office of surveyor-general of Cornwall from, the Prince of Wales, then at variance with the court. There's more on the Hamiltons but this is all I copied. Will get the rest when I next go to the Library. Betty