John Hamilton, 4th Earl of Haddington
John Hamilton, 4th Earl of Haddington (1626 - 31 August 1669) was a Scottish nobleman.
Life
[edit]Haddington was born in 1626, second son of Thomas Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Haddington and Lady Catherine Erskine, a daughter of John Erskine, Earl of Mar.
Lord Haddington was a minor in 1645, when he succeeded his brother Thomas who had died from consumption in that year. Owing to lameness, Haddington did not participate in the military, but was a conscientious attender of Parliament. Haddington attended the coronation of Charles II at Scone Abbey in 1651, and was later fined the sum of £555 11s 8d under Cromwell's Act of Grace.[2]
Haddington died on 31 August 1669 at Tyninghame House, East Lothian.
Marriage and issue
[edit]In 1648, Lord Haddington wed Lady Christian Lindsay (d.1704), daughter to the Lord Treasurer of Scotland, John Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford, and had issue:
- Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Haddington
- Hon. Thomas Hamilton, died in infancy
- Hon. John Hamilton, died in infancy
- Hon. William Hamilton, died in infancy
- Lady Margaret Hamilton, married John Hope of Hopetoun, and had issue: Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun
- Lady Catherine Hamilton, died in infancy
- Lady Anna Hamilton, died in infancy
- Lady Helen Hamilton, married William Anstruther
- Lady Susanna Hamilton, married Adam Cockburn, Lord Ormiston
- Lady Christian Hamilton, died in infancy
- Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, died in infancy
- Lady Mary Hamilton
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Paul, James Balfour (1903). An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of all Arms and Bearings in Scotland. Edinburgh, W. Green & sons. pp. 400.
- ^ Balfour Paul, vol iv, p318
Sources
[edit]- [1] Anderson, J., Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton; with genealogical memoirs of the several branches of the family, Edinburgh 1825.
- [2] Balfour Paul, Sir J., Scots Peerage IX vols. Edinburgh 1904.