James (Hamilton), 2nd Duke of Abercorn b. 24 Aug. 1838 Brighton, Sussex, England d. 3 Jan. 1913 61, Green Street, Grosvenor Square, London, England

1838 - 1913 (74 years)

Name	James (Hamilton) [1]
Suffix	2nd Duke of Abercorn
Born	24 Aug. 1838	Brighton, Sussex, England [2]
Gender	Male
Education	Harrow School, Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England [2]
Graduation	1860	Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England [2]
	Bacheler of Arts (B.A.)
Office	1863 [2]
	Sheriff of County Tyrone
Decoration	1865 [2]
	Companion of the Order of the Bath (C.B.)
Graduation	1865	Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England [2]
	Master of Arts (M.A.)
Hereditary Title	1839 – 1868 [2]
	Viscount Hamilton [courtesy title]
Office	1860 – 1880 [2]
	Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for County Donegal
Hereditary Title	1868 – 1885 [2]
	Marquess of Hamilton [courtesy title]
Office	1885 [2]
	Lord-Lieutenant of County Donegal
Occupation	1866 – 1885 [2]
	Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales
Hereditary Title	31 Oct. 1885 [1]
	11th Earl of Abercorn [S., 1606]
Hereditary Title	31 Oct. 1885 [1]
	11th Lord Abercorn, co. Linlithgow [S., 1603]
Hereditary Title	31 Oct. 1885 [1]
	11th Lord Paisley, co. Renfrew [S., 1587]
Hereditary Title	31 Oct. 1885 [1]
	11th Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcashell and Kirkpatrick [S., 1606]
Hereditary Title	31 Oct. 1885 [1]
	12th Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane, co. Tyrone [I., 1617]
Hereditary Title	31 Oct. 1885 [1]
	2nd Duke of Abercorn [I., 1868]
Hereditary Title	31 Oct. 1885 [1]
	2nd Marquess of Hamilton, of Strabane, co. Tyrone [I., 1868]
Hereditary Title	31 Oct. 1885 [1]
	3rd Marquess of Abercorn [G.B., 1790]
Hereditary Title	31 Oct. 1885 [1]
	4th Viscount Hamilton [G.B., 1786]
Hereditary Title	31 Oct. 1885 [1]
	6th Baron Mountcastle, co. Tyrone [I., 1701]
Hereditary Title	31 Oct. 1885 [1]
	6th Viscount Strabane [I., 1701]
Hereditary Title	31 Oct. 1885 [1]
	7th Baronet Hamilton, of Donalong, co. Tyrone and of Nenagh, co. Tipperary [I., 1660]
Office	1886 [2]
	Grand Master of the Freemasons [Ireland]
Office	1886 – 1891 [2]
	Groom of the Stole
Decoration	10 Aug. 1892 [3]
	Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
Occupation	Chairman of the British South Africa Company [3]
Occupation	1901 [2]
	Special Envoy to the Courts of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Prussia and Saxon, to announce the accession of King Edward VII
Died	3 Jan. 1913	61, Green Street, Grosvenor Square, London, England [4]
	from pneumonia
Buried	7 Jan. 1913	Baronscourt, London, Middlesex, England [4]
Person ID	I28	British Peerage & Gentry
Last Modified	2 May 2018

Family Lady Mary Anna Curzon, b. 23 July 1848, d. 10 May 1929, Park Street, London, England (Age 80 years)

Married 7 Jan. 1869 St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England [2]

Children

+	1. James Albert Edward (Hamilton), 3rd Duke of Abercorn, b. 30 Nov. 1869, Hamilton Place, Piccadilly, London, England , d. 12 Sept. 1953 (Age 83 years)
	2. Lord Claud Penn Alexander Hamilton, b. 18 Oct. 1871, d. 18 Oct. 1871 (Age 0 years)
	3. Lord Charles Hamilton, b. 10 April 1874, d. 10 April 1874 (Age 0 years)
	4. Lady Alexandra Phyllis Hamilton, b. 23 Jan. 1876, d. 10 Oct. 1918 (Age 42 years)
	5. Lord Claud Francis Hamilton, b. 25 Oct. 1878, d. 25 Dec. 1878 (Age 0 years)
	6. Lady Gladys Mary Hamilton, b. 10 Dec. 1880, d. 12 March 1917 (Age 36 years)
	7. Captain Lord Arthur John Hamilton, b. 20 Aug. 1883, d. 6 Nov. 1914 (Age 31 years)
	8. unnamed son Hamilton, b. 31 Oct. 1886, d. 31 Oct. 1886 (Age 0 years)
	9. Captain Lord Sir Claud Nigel Hamilton, b. 10 Nov. 1889, d. 22 Aug. 1975 (Age 85 years)

Last Modified 14 Aug. 2015

Family ID F12 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Heraldry

Arms of the Duke of Abercorn
Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Gules, three cinquefoils pierced ermine (for HAMILTON); 2nd and 3rd, Argent, an ancient ship or lymphad, with one mast, the sail furled and oars out sable (for ARRAN)

Notes
He went on the Garter mission to Denmark. [2]

Sources

[S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume I, page 9.
[S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume I, page 10.
[S3] BP 1999, Charles Mosley (ed.), (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 1999), volume 1, page 6.
[S10] The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV, Peter W. Hammond (ed.), (Sutton Publishing, Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K., 1998), page 2.

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James (Hamilton), 2nd Duke of Abercorn