William Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton, also known as Lord William Douglas and the Earl of Selkirk, was a Scottish politician. He was the eldest son of the 1st Marquess of Douglas by his second wi
Portrait by Godfrey Kneller
Hamilton Palace
Field Marshal George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney,, styled Lord George Hamilton from 1666 to 1696, was a British army officer and the first officer of the British Army to be promoted to the rank of fi
William Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton
…John Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Selkirk, 1st Earl of Ruglen (c. 1664–1744) George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney (1666–1737) Lady Susannah Hamilton (1667–1737), who married John Cochrane, 2nd Earl of Dundonald. After his death, she married Charles Hay, 3rd Marquess…
Portrait by Martin Maingaud, 1724
The Battle of Ramillies where Hamilton began a diversion and then turned the manoeuvre into a highly successful assault
Hamilton as a centurion, 1733, by John Michael Rysbrack