James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton and 1st Duke of Brandon was a Scottish army officer, politician, courtier and diplomat. He was a major investor in the failed Darien scheme, which cost many of Sco
Portrait by John Baptist Medina, 1703
Hamilton Palace – seat of the Dukes of Hamilton
Engraving of the Hamilton–Mohun duel
Hamilton–Mohun duel
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The Hamilton–Mohun duel occurred on 15 November 1712 in Hyde Park, which at that time was on the outskirts of London. The principal participants were James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, and Charles
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
…their fortunes. He led the Country Party in the Parliament of Scotland and the opposition to the Act of Union in 1707. He died as the result of the Hamilton–Mohun duel in Hyde Park, Westminster, with Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, over a disputed inheritance. The eldest son of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Selkirk…
Lord Mohun, painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller in 1707, was a committed Whig.
Queen Anne was critical of the practice of duelling in the aftermath of the Hyde Park fight.