Everything about Thomas Hamilton 1st Earl Of Haddington totally explained
Sir
Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington (
1563 -
May 29,
1637), designated before his peerage as 'of Drumcarny, Monkland, and Binning', was a
Scottish administrator,
Lord Advocate, judge, and
Lord Lieutenant of
Haddingtonshire.
Family
The son of Sir Thomas Hamilton of Priestfield, a judge of the
Court of Session as Lord Priestfield, by his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of James Heriot of Trabroun,
Haddingtonshire, Thomas junior was educated in
Paris.
Legal career
He was admitted an
Advocate in
1587, a
Lord of Session in
1592, appointed
Lord Advocate in
1596,
Lord Clerk Register in
1612, and in
1616 became
Lord President of the Court of Session.
Administrator
He was on very friendly terms with
James VI, his legal talents being useful to the king, and he was one of the eight men called the Octavians who were appointed to manage the finances of Scotland. Widely regarded as an able administrator, Hamilton was entrusted with a large share in the government of Scotland when James removed to London in
1603. In
1612 he was appointed Lord Clerk Register to the Privy Council to succeed Lord Curriehill. After the death of James VI the earl resigned his offices, but served
Charles I as
Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland. James was referred familiarly to his friends as 'Tam o' the Cowgate', his Edinburgh residence being in that street.
Peerages
On
November 19,
1613, he was created a
Lord of Parliament as Lord Binning. Further, on
March 20,
1619, he was created Earl of Melrose. Upon the death of the first and last Viscount of Haddington (on
February 28,
1626), the king agreed to exchange the title of Earl of Melrose to that of
Earl of Haddington, with the original precedence and remainder to heirs male bearing the surname and
Arms of Hamilton. In
1628 The Earl of Haddington purchased the
Tyninghame estate for 200,000 merks.
Marriages
The 1st Earl of Haddington married, (1) c.
1588, Margaret (d. Dec
1596), only child of James Borthwick of Newbyres, by whom he'd two daughters. He remarried (2) in
1597, Margaret (d.
May 31,
1609), daughter of James Foulis of
Colinton, and had, with two more daughters:
The 1st Earl married again (3)
September 3,
1613, Julian (buried
March 30,
1637), daughter of Sir Thomas Ker of
Ferniehirst, and widow of Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth, by whom he'd another son:
Robert Hamilton, born may 14, 1614, and killed in the explosion at Dunglass Castle August 30, 1640, unmarried.Further Information
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