Claud (1st Baron Paisley) Hamilton^[1]

1543 - 1621  (78 years)

• Name	Claud (1st Baron Paisley) Hamilton
  Birth	1543
  Gender	Male
  Death	1621
  Person ID	I115473	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	James (2nd Earl of Arran) Hamilton,   b. 1515   d. 22 Jan 1574-1575 (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Margaret (of Morton) Douglas   d. Aft 24 May 1579
  Marriage	Bef 23 Sep 1532
  Family ID	F41424	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Seton   d. Bef 18 Feb 1616
  Marriage	1 Aug 1574
  Children	1. James (1st Earl of Abercorn) Hamilton   d. 23 Mar 1618   2. Sir Claud (of Elieston) Hamilton   d. 19 Oct 1614   3. Sir John (of Lincleif) Hamilton,   b. 1588, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 14 Oct 1638, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age 50 years)   4. Sir George (of Greenlaw and Roscrea) Hamilton   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Sir Frederick (of Manor Hamilton) Hamilton   d. 31 Mar 1646   6. Margaret Hamilton,   b. 1594   d. 11 Sep 1623 (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F43579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  "In the entry (in Burke's Peerage) of Lord Claud Hamilton he is given the title of 1st Baron Paisley, and this is explained as being granted with the barony of Paisley on 29 July 1587. There is no rank of "Baron" in the Scottish Peerage; the equivalent to a Baron of the English Peerage is in Scotland a Lord of Parliament. There was a feudal barony of Paisley, but that was incorporated into theLordship of Paisley which was returned to Lord Claud in 1585 (as it had been returned before in 1573 with the revocation of his previous forfeiture), and was confirmed in the charter of 29 July 1587. (Prior tothe turbulence of the religious wars, as the Commendator of Paisley, oras the lay Abbot of Paisley, he had been addressed as the Lord of Paisley, as had been his predecessor, his uncle, whose own predecessors in the Abbey had held Paisley as a Lordship - that is as a unification of a barony with one or more baronies or with other substantial landholdings.) There was also the separate barony of the Burgh of Paisley that, together with the Regality of the Burgh of Paisley, was united with the Lordship of Paisley in 1587 and then confirmed by the charter of 22March 1591/2 which granted to Lord Claud Hamilton, Lord of Paisley, the title and honours of a free baron and Lord of Parliament. He then became Lord Paisley, an hereditary peerage title, in addition to being Lord of Paisley, his feudal title." Errors to Beware in the 1970 Burke's Peerage http://www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-01/essay-7.html Baronage http://www.baronage.co.uk/index.html e-mail ~ editor@baronage.co.uk Postbox 2774, Maastricht 6201 JB, Netherlands (Research):had issue three children who died in infancy:- 1. Margaret, died 23 December 1577, aged three months and twenty-two days. 2. Henry, died 15 March 1585, aged three months and two days. 3. Alexander, died 21 November 1587, aged eight months and three days. All buried in St. Mirren's Chapel, Paisley Abbey; and the following who attained maturity:-

  
  

• Sources

  [S3540] Hamish Maclaren.