HAMILTON, Jane or Jean ^{1 2}

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Jane married Hugh MONTGOMERIE Lord Montgomerie, 3rd Earl of Eglinton, son of Hugh MONTGOMERIE Lord Montgomerie, 2nd Earl of Eglinton and Marion SETON, 13 February 1554(1555)(contract).^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorced 30 may 1562. (Hugh MONTGOMERIE Lord Montgomerie, 3rd Earl of Eglinton was born about 1533 and died on 3 June 1585 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Hugh Montgomerie) married, first (contract dated 13 February 1554), Jane, second daughter of James Hamilton, Earl of Arran and Duke of Chatelherault, but by her had apparently no issue. The Earl raised in 1562 an action of divorce on the ground of consanguinity, and this was followed by an action on her part for other reasons. The marriage was dissolved under the laws of the Church of Rome on 30 May 1562, and a second divorce was pronounced by John Knox and his elders on 25 June 1562. Between these two dates, on 31 May, 7 and 14 June, the banns of marriage between the Earl and his second wife were proclaimed in the church of Eaglesham, and on 11 June at Innerpeffray and Monzie."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3)



"Jean or Jane, contracted on 18 January 1553-54 to George, Lord Gordon, younger brother of Alexander, named above. She then assigned to her younger sister Anne her rights over the marriage of Hugh, Earl of Eglinton. But this arrangement was afterwards reversed, and Jean was married (contract dated 13 February 1554-55) to the Earl of Eglinton."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) ^{1 2}