Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ...the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, 17 May 1618, by the Bishop of Durham, the Prince of Wales and the Marquess of Buckingham being sponsors. He died before he was three years old, and was buried in Westminster Abbey 25 March 1621. Creations.--1 June 1606, Viscount of Haddington and Lord Ramsay of Barns; 28 August 1609, Lord Melrose, in the Peerage of Scotland. 22 January 1620, Earl of Holder-nesse and Baron Kingston-upon-Thames, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Arms (from Sir Robert Forman's Lyon Office Ms.).--Parted per pale first... an arm issuing out of the dexter side of the shield holding a sword paleways piercing a heart 1 Lodge, lii. 343. 3 Compute Peerage. and supporting an imperial crown proper; second, argent, a double eagle displayed sable, a crescent on its breast. Crest.--A crowned thistle proper (not given by Forman, but taken from a glass quarry representing the arms, now in the possession of Prince Frederick Duleep Singh). Supporters.--Dexter, an antelope; sinister, a unicorn, both proper. Motto.--Haec dextra vindex principis et patriae. J. B. P. HAMILTON, EARLS OF HADDINGTON HAT the real origin of the great house of Hamilton may have been need not be discussed in this article, as the branch from which the Earls of Had-dington sprang was not the senior one of the family. It is sufficient to say that Walter Fitz Gilbert, the first known ancestor, was a witness in 1294 to a charter by James, High Steward of Scotland, to the monks of Paisley.1 (For him and his history, see title Hamilton.) He had two sons: --1. David, who carried on the main line of the family. 2. John, progenitor of the Hamiltons of Innerwick. John is styled 'John, son of Walter, ' or 'John, son of Sir Walter, ' and in one case his father is alluded to as 'called
