James Hamilton, first duke of Abercorn

(1811-1885)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Abercorn, James Hamilton, Duke of, 1811-1885 NRA: Hamilton James (1811-1885) 1st Duke of Abercorn Lord Lieutenant of Ireland DNB: Hamilton, James, first duke of Abercorn (1811–1885), landowner and politician LBT ID: DuAberc1 VIAF ID: 43855999 LOC ID: no89017828	B/BAP: 1811-01-21 DIED: 1885-10-31
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The son of James, Viscount Hamilton (d. 1814); educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford, he was lord lieutenant of Ireland (1866) and was raised to the dukedom in 1868.
REFERENCES TO James Hamilton, first duke of Abercorn: John Gibson Lockhart to James Hope-Scott, 11 January 1851 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 2 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 22: 1850-53