NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Belhaven, William Hamilton, Lord, 1765-1814 LBT ID: LdBelha7 VIAF ID: 29390999 LOC ID: nr91029441 | B/BAP: 1765-01-13 DIED: 1814-10-29 |
SOURCES: A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage (1880) 42:103; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File | |
The son of Robert Hamilton of Wishaw; he was lieutenant-colonel of the Royal Lanarkshire
Militia and assumed his disputed title in 1799. | |