Everything about Marquess Of Abercorn totally explained
The title
Duke of Abercorn (pronounced "Avercorn")) was created in the
Peerage of Ireland in
1868 and bestowed upon James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn. This article also covers the Earls and Marquesses of Abercorn, all named after
Abercorn,
West Lothian, in
Scotland. 'Abercorn' is pronounced 'Avercorn'.
In acknowledgement of his loyalty,
James VI of Scotland (James I of England), conferred on Hon. Claud Hamilton, third son of
James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, the title
Lord Paisley. His son James Hamilton was created
Lord Abercorn on
5 April 1603, then on
10 July 1606 he was made
Earl of Abercorn and
Lord of Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick, all in the
Peerage of Scotland.
His successor, the 2nd Earl of Abercorn, was additionally created
Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane, in the
Peerage of Ireland, on
8 May 1617. He resigned this dignity to his younger brother in 1633; the brother's heirs inherited the Earldom and other titles in
1680, in the person of
Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn. He was attainted in
Ireland in
1691, and the Barony of Strabane forfeited, but his brother
Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Abercorn obtained a reversal of the attainder and recovered in
1692.
The 6th earl was at his accession an Irish
baronet, "of Dunalong in the County of Tyrone, and of Nenagh in the County of Tipperary" (1660). He was additionally created
Baron Mountcastle and
Viscount Strabane, in the Peerage of Ireland, on
2 September 1701. The 7th earl became the first of the Earls of Abercorn to be invested a
Privy Counsellor, having been appointed to both the English and Irish Privy Councils. The 8th earl was created
Viscount Hamilton, of Hamilton in the
Peerage of Great Britain on
24 August 1786. He was succeeded by his nephew who was created
Marquess of Abercorn in the Peerage of Great Britain on
15 October 1790, after having sat in the
House of Commons as
MP for
East Looe and for
St Germans. He was made a
Knight of the Garter in 1805.
The 2nd Marquess, who had been given the Garter in 1844, served as
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1866 to 1868 (and again from 1874 to 1876); and on
10 August 1868, during his first term, he was created
Marquess of Hamilton, of Strabane and
Duke of Abercorn (in the Peerage of Ireland). His successor, the 2nd Duke, continued the family tradition by being awarded the Garter in 1892; the 3rd Duke served as MP for
Derry and as
Governor of Northern Ireland, along with being created a
Knight of St Patrick and given the Garter. Currently, the holder of the Dukedom of Abercorn is James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn.
Of the subsidiary titles above,
Marquess of Hamilton is the courtesy title of the
heir apparent, and
Viscount Strabane that of his heir-apparent.
The Dukes of Abercorn also claim the French title of
Duc de Châtellerault, as heirs-male of the second Earl of Arran, who was granted the title in 1548 by
Henry I of France.
The family seat is
Baronscourt, near
Strabane,
County Tyrone.
Lords Paisley (1587)
Earls of Abercorn (1606)
James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn (1575–1618) (previously created Lord Abercorn in 1603)
James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn (c. 1604–c. 1670) (succeeded as 2nd Lord Paisley in 1621)
George Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Abercorn (c. 1636–c. 1680)
Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn (c. 1659–c. 1691)
Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Abercorn (d. 1701)
James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn (c. 1661–1734)
James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn (1685–1744)
James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn (1712–1789)
John Hamilton, 9th Earl of Abercorn (created Marquess of Abercorn in 1790) (1756–1818)
Marquesses of Abercorn (1790)
John James Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn (1756–1818)
James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn (created Duke of Abercorn in 1868) (1811–1885)
Dukes of Abercorn (1868)
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn (1811–1885)
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn (1838–1913)
James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn (1869–1953)
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn (1904–1979)
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn (b. 1934)
The Duke's Heir Apparent, his son James Harold Charles Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton (b.1969)
The Heir Apparent's Heir Apparent, his son James Alfred Nicholas Hamilton, Viscount Strabane (b.2003)
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