HAMILTON, Margaret ¹

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Margaret married James JOHNSTONE fiar of Johnstone, son of John JOHNSTONE of that Ilk and Elizabeth JARDINE.¹ (James JOHNSTONE fiar of Johnstone was born about 1526 and died by 8 May 1552(dvp) ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"David, seventh Earl of Angus, married (contract dated 8 May 1552) Margaret Hamilton, daughter of John Hamilton of Samuelston, a natural brother of James, Duke of Chatelherault. She was the widow of James Johnstone, younger of Johnstone." (page 193)




" .... he (James Johnston) married, at a date which has not been ascertained, Margaret Hamilton, a niece of the Regent Arran and of Archbishop Hamilton, and daughter of John Hamilton of Samuelston, a natural son of the first Earl of Arran. The last mention of the young laird, who predeceased his father, is on 1 August 1551, in the marriage contract of his daughter, but he may then have been dead. He certainly died not long after, as his widow, Margaret Hamilton, was married again (marriage-contract dated 8 May 1552) to David Douglas of Cockburnspath, and her third husband, after June 1557, was Sir Patrick Whitelaw of that Ilk, who died before 1571." (page 248)

from Scots Peerage (vol 1) ¹

Margaret next married David DOUGLAS of Cockburnspath, 7th Earl of Angus, son of Sir George DOUGLAS of Pittendreigh, Master of Angus and Elizabeth DOUGLAS heiress of Pittendreich, 8 May 1552(contract).¹ (David DOUGLAS of Cockburnspath, 7th Earl of Angus was born about 1515 and died in June 1557 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"David, seventh Earl of Angus, married (contract dated 8 May 1552) Margaret Hamilton, daughter of John Hamilton of Samuelston, a natural brother of James, Duke of Chatelherault."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1) ¹

Margaret next married Sir Patrick WHITELAW of that Ilk after June 1557.¹ (Sir Patrick WHITELAW of that Ilk was born about 1525 and died before 1571 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"After the death of Douglas she (Margaret Hamilton) married Sir Patrick Whitelaw of that Ilk."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1) ¹