John Hamilton, 4th Earl of Haddington

Coat of arms of the Earls of Haddington before 1858.[1]

John Hamilton, 4th Earl of Haddington (1626 - 31 August 1669) was a Scottish nobleman.

Life

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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

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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:

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Balfour Paul, vol iv, p318

Sources

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  • [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.
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Earl of Haddington
1645–1669
Succeeded by