William, 3rd Duke of Hamilton
 William, 3rd Duke of Hamilton was not a Hamilton by birth. Born Lord
William Douglas, he was the son of
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of
Douglas and his second wife Lady Mary Gordon, a daughter of George
Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, he fought in the royalist army in
the mid-1650s.
Lord William Douglas was created 1st Earl of
Selkirk in 1646 at the age of 11, and in 1656 married
Anne, 3rd
Duchess of Hamilton in her own right. At her request, Charles II
made him Duke of Hamilton.
IThe Duke of Hamilton supported
John, Duke of Lauderdale in the early stages of his Scottish policy,
in which he adopted a moderate attitude towards the Presbyterians,
but the two were soon alienated, through the influence of the
Countess of Dysart, according to Gilbert Burnet, who spent much time
at Hamilton Palace in arranging the Hamilton papers. With other
Scottish noblemen who resisted Lauderdale’s measures Hamilton was
twice summoned to London to present his case at court, but without
obtaining any result.
President of the Scottish Privy Council
in the 1680s, he occupied other high offices including that of Lord
High Admiral and was an extraordinary Lord of Session.
However, he was dismissed from the Privy Council in 1676, and on a
subsequent visit to London, Charles II refused to receive him. On
the accession of James II he received numerous honours, but he was
one of the first to enter into communication with the Prince of
Orange. He presided over the Convention of Edinburgh, summoned at
his request, which offered the Scottish crown to William and Mary in
March 1689.
His death took place at Holyrood Palace on 18 April
1694. His wife survived until 17 April 1716.
Lord Selkirk, married Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton and
bore eleven children by her:
Lady Mary Hamilton (1657–1666)
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton (1658–1712)
Lord William Hamilton (abt 1659–1688)
Lady Catherine Hamilton (1662–1707)
Charles Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk (abt 1662-abt 1739)
John Hamilton, 1st Earl of Ruglen (abt 1664–1744)
George Hamilton, 1st Earl of
Orkney (1666-abt 1737)
Lady Susannah Hamilton (1667-abt 1737
Lady Margaret Hamilton (1668–1731)
Lord Basil Hamilton (1671–1701)
Lord Archibald Hamilton (1673–1754)
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