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ABERCORN. 3 IV. 1GS0? Claud (Hamilton), Earl of Arercorn, &c. [S.J, also LORD HAMILTON, BAUON of STRABANE [L], cousin and h. male. He was s. and b. of George, 4th Lord Strabane [I.] (by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Christopher Facan of Feltrim, oo. Dublin), who was br. and h. of James, 3rd Lord Strabane [1.]. being s. of Ch,ud, '2nd Lord Strabane [I.], which Claud was yr. br. of .bones, 2nd Karl of Abercorn, who had (as before mentioned) resigned in his favor, the Irish Peerage of Strabane. On 14 April 1668, he sitee. his father in the Irish Peerage and estates. He was P.O. and a Lord of the Bedchamber to James II, whom he accompanied to France at the Revolution, and for whom be commanded a regiment in Ireland, where he was killed when re-embarking for France, after the battle of the Boyne. He d. unm. 1690. After his death he was outlawed [I.] 11 May 1691, when his frith 1'ierti'jv and estates were forfeited. V. lG'JO. S. Charles (Hamilton) Eakl of Arercorn, Sec. [S.)and afterwards, also, Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabahe [I]> ,j r. and h. By Royal Letters 24 May 101*2, he obtained a reversal of his brother's attainder, and luee, to the /ra/i Peerage and estates accordingly. On 31 Aug. 1695 he took his seat in the Irish House of Lords, and in 1607 signed the declaration for the succession to the Crown. &c. He m. Catharine, widow of William Lenthall of Burford, Oxon, only da. and h. of James Hamilton, styled Loud Paisley above named (s. and h. ap. of the 2nd Earl of Abercorn [S.]), by Catharine, da. of (another) William Lenthall of Hurford afsd. He </.. s.p.s., at Strabane, June 1701. Will dat. 7 Aug. 1697, pr. l(i May 1704. His widow d. 24 Slay 1723, aged about 70, and was bur. in the Richmond vault, in Henry Til's Chapel, Westminster Abbey. Her will dat. 17 Aug. 1722, pr. 24 May 1723. VI. 1701. 0. James (Hamilton), Earl of Abercorn, && [S.], also Limn Hamilton, Baron OP Strahane [I.], cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of Col. James H. (by Elizabeth, da. of John [Colepeper], 1st Lord l 'oi.M'Ki'KlO, who was s. and h. ap. of Sir George H. of Donalong, co. Tyrone, 1st Bart.(«) [I.], who was 4th s. of the 1st Earl. On 6 Jane 1073 be mice bis father (who d. v.p.), whose post as Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles II he obtained. He was Col. of a regiment to James II, but, deserting that King at the Revolution, assisted William III, at the siege of London- derry-, by bringing relief to that city. Accordingly, on 2 Sep. 1701, he was eft BARON MOUNTOASTLE, 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 Scotch House. He was P.C. to Queen Anne, Geo. I., and Geo. II. He m. in 1086 (Lie. at Fac. off. 24 Jan. 168 J, he being then 22) Elizabeth (then aged about 15), only chihl of Sir Robert Reading of Dublin, Bart. [I.], by Jane, Dowager Countess ok MorNTKATH [1.], da. of Sir Robert Hannay, Part. [S.j. He </. 28 Sep. 1734, aged 73, and was frt<r. 3 Dec. in the Ormonde vault in Henry VU's Chapel, Westminster Abbey. Will dat. 5 May 1731, pr. 2 Dec. 1734. His widow d. in Sackville street, Midx., aged 86 on 19 March 1754, and was bur. on 22 with her husband. Will dat. S April 1739, pr. 20 March 1754. VII. 1734. 7. James (Hamilton), Earl of Arercorn, Sis. [S.], also Viscount Strauane, &c. [I.], 1st surv. s. and h., 4. 22 March 16S J Fellow of the Royal Society, London, 1715. Author of " Calculations relating to Load- stones '* (1729). P.C. of England 20 July 1738, of Ireland 20 Sep. 1739. He m. in 1711 (Lie. at Fac. off. 26 March 1711) Anne, 1st surv. da. of Col. John Thimbu of Blakesware, in Ware, Herts, by Mary, 1st da. of William Hale of Kings Walden in that eo. He d. in Cavendish sq., 11 Jan. 174L aged 58, and was bur. mi 10 with his father in Westminster Abbey. Admon. 25 Feb. 1 74 J. His widow (who Was /;. 29 June and Imp. 3 July 1690 at Ware), </. 7 Aug, 1770 and was bur. on 13, with her husband, aged 86. Will dat. 24 Juno 1771, pr. 10 Aug. 1776. ( a ) This Sir George in. Mary, sister of James (Bdtler), the famous Duke of Ormonde, ami had 6 sons and 4 daughters. Of these (besides the abovenamed Col. JanieB H.) the most celebrated were Elizabeth, Comtesse de Ghamont, Sir Ge6rge Hamilton (husband of Frances Jennings, afterwards Duchess of Tyrconnel [I]) and Count Anthony Hamilton, author of the " Memoires de Gramont."