Douglas Hamilton, eighth duke of Hamilton

(1756-1799)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hamilton, Douglas Hamilton, Duke of, 1756-1799 NRA: Hamilton Douglas (1756-1799) 8th Duke of Hamilton LBT ID: DuHamil8 VIAF ID: 58941867 LOC ID: nr92003796	B/BAP: 1756-07-24 DIED: 1799-08-02
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The son of James Hamilton, sixth Duke of Hamilton; upon the death of his elder brother he succeeded to the title in 1769. He travelled on the Continent with Dr. John Moore, 1772-76
REFERENCES TO Douglas Hamilton, eighth duke of Hamilton: Sydney Owenson to Robert Owenson, [April? 1800] in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Found 1: ¶ 3 Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XVI Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter I. 1803-1805. Found 1: ¶ 9 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chapter I. Found 1: ¶ 29