James (5th Duke of Hamilton) Douglas-Hamilton^[1]

1702 - 1742  (40 years)

• Name	James (5th Duke of Hamilton) Douglas-Hamilton
  Birth	5 Jan 1702
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Mar 1742
  Person ID	I119462	Our Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	James (4th Duke of Hamilton) Douglas-Hamilton,   b. 11 Apr 1658   d. 15 Nov 1712, Hyde Park, London (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Gerard   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	17 Jul 1698
  Family ID	F44295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	James (4th Duke of Hamilton) Douglas-Hamilton,   b. 11 Apr 1658   d. 15 Nov 1712, Hyde Park, London (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Anne Sunderland   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 5 Jan 1687
  Family ID	F44294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anne (of Rendlesham) Spencer   d. 9 Mar 1771
  Children	1. Lady Anne Douglas-Hamilton,   b. 1738   d. 11 Nov 1780 (Age 42 years)   2. Archibald (9th Duke of Hamilton) Douglas-Hamilton,   b. 15 Jul 1740   d. 16 Feb 1819 (Age 78 years)   3. Lt Col Lord Spencer Douglas-Hamilton,   b. 1742   d. 20 Mar 1791, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F45653	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Lady Anne (of Dundonald) Cochrane   d. 14 Aug 1724
  Marriage	14 Feb 1723
  Children	1. James (6th Duke of Hamilton) Hamilton,   b. 10 Jul 1724   d. 18 Jan 1758, Great Tew, Oxfordshire (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F45654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2013

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth Strangways   d. 3 Nov 1729
  Marriage	3 Nov 1729
  Family ID	F45655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2019

  
  

• Notes

  At the foundation of the noted charity, the Foundling Hospital in London, Hamilton was one of the charity's first governors and his name is listed on the organisation's royal charter, granted in October 1739. On 14 February 1723 (St. Valentine's Day), Hamilton married Lady Anne Cochrane, a daughter of the 4th Earl of Dundonald and they had one child, James (1724– 1758), later 6th Duke of Hamilton. Anne died from the effects of her first and only childbirth a month later and Hamilton married Elizabeth Strangways (an aunt of the future Countess of Ilchester), but she died childless on 3 November 1729. He then married Anne Spencer (an aunt of the future Countess of Galloway) on 21 August 1737 and they had three children: Lady Anne Hamilton (1738 – 11 November 1780) Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton (15 July 1740 – 16 February 1819) Lord Spencer Hamilton (1742 – 20 March 1791)

  
  

• Sources

  [S3540] Hamish Maclaren.