HAMILTON, James of Finnart, Sir ¹

   Cause of his death was executed for treason.¹

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  General Notes:

"Sir James Hamilton, the eldest natural son, had a Grown charter on 3 November 1507 of the lands of Finnart, co. Renfrew, from which he took his chief designation. He is said to have been the son of a lady named Boyd. He was one of the most remarkable men of his day, though he is said to have been fierce and unscrupulous. He was legitimated on 20 January 1512-13, with Sir Patrick Hamilton of Kincavil and John Hamilton of Broomhill, his uncles, and it is there stated that at that date the Earl of Arran had no heirs lawfully born of his body. Sir James was thus for a time the nearest heir of his father."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) ¹

James married Margaret LIVINGSTON, daughter of Sir Robert LIVINGSTON of Easter Wemyss and Drumry and Janet BETON (BETHUNE).¹ (Margaret LIVINGSTON was born about 1504.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (James Hamilton) married Margaret, only daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Livingstone of Drumry and East Wemyss, and had a son James, ancestor of the Hamiltons of Gilkerscleugh, and a daughter Agnes, married to James, Lord Somerville."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) ¹

James next married.