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HAMILTON. 145 Sep. 1652. His widow m. 19 June 1655, at St. Martins in the fields, Thomas Dalmahot, who had been Gentleman of the Horse to her former husband, and who d. 24 and was bur. 27 May 1682, at St. Martins afsd. The Duchess was bur. there 2 Sep. 1659.C) Will dat. 6 May 1656, pr. 2 June 1662. By the death of the Duke s.p.m.s. the Earldom of Cambridge and Barony of Er.nerdale [E.] became extinct, as also, among the .Scotch dignities, did the Marquessate of Hamilton [1599] and (apparently) the Earldom of Lanark with the Barony of Machansyrc and Polmont [1639] unless affected by any resignation and regrant thereon( b ) ; the ancient Earldom of Arran [cr. 1503 and regranted 1540] becoming dormant{") while the Dukedom of Hamilton and the titles cr. therewith in 1643 devolved under the spec, rem. to his niece as under. [James Hamilton, styled Lord Polmont, only s. and h. ap. of his father when Earl op Lanark [S.J He d. an infant and v.p., and was bur. 12 March 1647/8, at Westin. Abbey.] Dukedom [S.] 3. Anne suo jure Duchess of Hamilton, &c. [S.], Ill 1651 niece of the late Duke, being 1st da. and heir o£ line of the ' 1st Duke, and, as such, entitled (on the death of her said uncle s.p.m.) to these dignities under the spec. rem. in their creation, 12 100 April 1643. She was 6. about 1636 being, at her father's death, in [also for life 1649 the heir of line( d ) of the Lords Hamilton [S.] Having m. 29 April 1656, William (Douglas), Eaul of Selkirk [S.], he was on III. 1 "" 1GG0, her petition cr. Duke of Hamilton, &c. [S.] for life as under. to Lord_WiLLiAM Douglas, afterwards Douglas-Hamilton, 1691.] 3d s. of William (Douglas), 1st Marquess of Douglas [S.], being his 1st s. by his 2d wife, Mary, 3d da. of George (Gordon), 1st Marquess of Huntlt [S.], was b. 24 Dec. 1635 and was, by patent dat. at Newcastle, 1 Aug. 1646, cr. EARL OF SELKIRK, LORD DAER AND SHORTCLEUCH [S.], with rem. to his heirs male. Having in. 29 April 1656 (as above stated) Anne, suo jure Dnchess of Hamilton [S.] he was on her petition, cr. 20 Sep. 1660, DUKE OF HAMILTON, MARQUESS OF CLYDESDALE, EARL OF ARRAN, LANARK AND SELKIRK, LORD AVEN, MACHANSIRE, POLMONT AND DAER( e ) [S.] for life only.C) He opposed Lord Lauderdale's measures iu several parlia- ments ; P.C. [E. and S.], but deprived 1676 ; el. KG., 25 Sep., inv. 4 and inst. 21 Nov. 1682; was, by James II. reinstated as P.O.; made a Commissioner of the Treasury and an extraordinary Lord of Session [S]. He was. however, one of the (*) The entry is " Elizabeth Demohoy, Ducissa, sepulta in cancella." See " Her. and Gen." vol. v, p. 280, where is some account of the family of Dalmahoy. ( b ) The Marquessate of Hamilton [S.], cr. 1599, would if the Duke resigned all his titles have been among them, and, if the regrants followed such resignation, would be now united with the Dukedom of Hamilton [S.] So also would the Earldom of Lanark [S.] and its concomitant Baronies, which Earldom, &c, indeed appears to have been regranted by the patent of 1661 in which, however, no Marquessate of Hamilton is mentioned. It seems somewhat strange that Duke William resigned the Earldom of Lanark which he himself had received by creation, in favour of his niece (who had no possible claim thereto) passing over his own issue while (apparently) he did not resign the Marquessate of Hamilton in her favour to which she was the heir of line. See however p. 143, note " c " (circa fincin), as to the (possible) effect of the Dukedom of Hamilton on the Marquessate of the same designation. (<=) As to this Earldom of Arran see vol. i, p. 134, note "i" {sub "Arran") as also at p. 6 (sub " Abercorn ") where is a tabular pedigree of these Earls. ( d ) See p. 143, note " c," as to her possible right (as such heir) to the Barony of Hamilton g.] («) See Wood's " Douglas," vol. ii, p. 685, where " Mag. Sig. L. lx. No. 1 " is quoted for the authority. It is to be observed that the Earldom of Cambridge and Barony of Inncrdalc (tho' they are the next year [1661] mentioned in the grant of the family honours to the suo jure Duchess) are not mentioned herein. (0 See p. 28, note "a," sub " Glassford" as to such life peerage conferred on the husband of a Scotch peeress. L