James (6th Duke of Hamilton) Hamilton^[1]

1724 - 1758  (33 years)

• Name	James (6th Duke of Hamilton) Hamilton
  Birth	10 Jul 1724
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Jan 1758	Great Tew, Oxfordshire
  Burial	Feb 1758	family mausoleum at Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.
  Person ID	I112488	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	James (5th Duke of Hamilton) Douglas-Hamilton,   b. 5 Jan 1702   d. 9 Mar 1742 (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Lady Anne (of Dundonald) Cochrane   d. 14 Aug 1724
  Marriage	14 Feb 1723
  Family ID	F45654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Gunning,   b. 1733   d. 20 Dec 1790 (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	14 Feb 1752
  Children	1. James (7th Duke of Hamilton) Douglas-Hamilton,   b. 18 Feb 1755   d. 1799 (Age 43 years)   2. Douglas (8th Duke of Hamilton) Douglas-Hamilton,   b. 24 Jul 1756   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Elizabeth Douglas-Hamilton   d. 14 Mar 1797
  Family ID	F41948	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2024

  
  

• Notes

  On 14 February (St. Valentine's Day) 1752, Hamilton met the society beauty Elizabeth Gunning at Bedford House in London. According to Robert Walpole, the duke wished to marry her that night and he called for a local parson to perform the ceremony. However, without a license, calling of banns and a ring, the parson refused and they were eventually married that night in Mayfair Chapel (which did not require a license) in a clandestine marriage, with a ring from a bedcurtain. The couple had three children: Lady Elizabeth Douglas-Hamilton (26 January 1753 – 14 March 1797), married Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby James Douglas-Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton (18 February 1755 – 7 July 1769) Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton (24 July 1756 – 2 August 1799)

  
  

• Sources

  [S3540] Hamish Maclaren.