James Hamilton, first duke of Hamilton

(1606-1649)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hamilton, James Hamilton, Duke of, 1606-1649 NRA: Hamilton James (1606-1649) 1st Duke of Hamilton DNB: Hamilton, James, first duke of Hamilton (1606–1649), politician LBT ID: DuHamil1 VIAF ID: 60023742 LOC ID: n85029597	B/BAP: 1606-06-19 DIED: 1649-03-09
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Scottish military officer and politician who played a complex role in the civil wars and was eventually executed by Oliver Cromwell.
REFERENCES TO James Hamilton, first duke of Hamilton: Robert Plumer Ward to Peter George Patmore, 20 December 1831 in My Friends and Acquaintance: being Memorials, Mind-portraits, and Personal Recollections of Deceased Celebrities of the Nineteenth Century; with Selections from their Unpublished Letters 3 vols (London: Saunders and Otley, 1854) Found 1: ¶ 19 Peter George Patmore, My Friends and Acquaintance: being Memorials, Mind-portraits, and Personal Recollections of Deceased Celebrities of the Nineteenth Century; with Selections from their Unpublished Letters 3 vols (London: Saunders and Otley, 1854) R. Plumer Ward III