James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton

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James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton was a prominent 17th–18th century Scottish nobleman and politician who served as a leading Jacobite supporter and died from wounds sustained in a famous duel with Lord Mohun in 1712.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jacobite ⓘ
Scottish nobleman ⓘ
human ⓘ
peer of Great Britain ⓘ
peer of Scotland ⓘ
politician ⓘ
birthDate 1658-07-11 ⓘ
birthPlace Hamilton Palace ⓘ
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire ⓘ
causeOfDeath wounds from duel ⓘ
child Anne Hamilton ⓘ
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1712-11-15 ⓘ
deathDate 1712-11-15 ⓘ
deathPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
era 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
familyName Hamilton ⓘ
father William Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
memberOf House of Hamilton ⓘ
monarchServed Queen Anne ⓘ
mother Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton ⓘ
nobleTitle Duke of Brandon ⓘ
Duke of Hamilton ⓘ
Earl of Arran ⓘ
Earl of Lanark ⓘ
Lord Machanshyre and Polmont ⓘ
Marquess of Hamilton ⓘ
notableEvent created Duke of Brandon in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1711 ⓘ
killed in duel in Hyde Park ⓘ
notableWork Opposition to the Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
participantIn duel with Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun ⓘ
placeOfBurial Hamilton, South Lanarkshire ⓘ
Mausoleum at Hamilton ⓘ
politicalAlignment Jacobitism ⓘ
positionHeld 2nd Duke of Brandon ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Brandon

4th Duke of Hamilton ⓘ
Ambassador to the Court of Louis XIV ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeen ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Banff ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Berwick ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Caithness ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannan ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Cromarty ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Dumbartonshire ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Edinburgh ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Elgin ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Fife ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Forfar ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Haddington ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Inverness ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Kincardine ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Kinross ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Lanark ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Linlithgow ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Nairn ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Peebles ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Perth ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Ross ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Selkirk ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Stirling ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Wigtownshire ⓘ
Master of the Horse for Scotland ⓘ
Privy Councillor of Scotland ⓘ
religion Church of Scotland ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Gerard ⓘ
Elizabeth, Countess of Arran ⓘ
linked to: Countess of Arran

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hamilton family (Dukes of Hamilton) → notableMember → James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton ⓘ
House of Hamilton → notableMember → James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton ⓘ
Duke of Brandon → firstHolder → James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton ⓘ
Duke of Brandon → firstHolderTitle → 4th Duke of Hamilton ⓘ
linked to: James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton → child → James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton ⓘ
Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton → successor → James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton ⓘ
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton → positionHeld → 4th Duke of Hamilton ⓘ
linked to: James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney → sibling → James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton ⓘ
Dukedom of Hamilton → heldBy → James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton ⓘ
Scots Greys → notableCommander → James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton ⓘ
Groom of the Stool → positionHeldBy → James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton ⓘ