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Hace 4 días · James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton KG PC, was a Scottish nobleman and influential political and military leader during the Thirty Years' War and the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. James was born in 1606 at Hamilton Palace in Lanarkshire, the son of James, Marquis of Hamilton, and the Lady Ann Cunningham, daughter of James, Earl of Glencairn.
Hace 5 días · His sister Elizabeth (d. 1900) had married Lord Claud Hamilton, brother of the 1st Duke of Abercorn, and their son, Col. Douglas James Hamilton, who took the name of Proby in 1904, is now lord of the manor.
Hace 5 días · James Hamilton, the 1st Earl of Abercorn, was granted the title in the early 17th century. The family has a long history of political and military involvement in both Scotland and Ireland. The Duke of Abercorn is a title that continues to hold significant prestige. The Abercorn estates include Baronscourt in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Hace 3 días · The chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the government of the United Kingdom . Pat McFadden has been chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster since 5 July 2024.
Hace 2 días · 1 Athelstan was king of Wessex and the first king of all England. 2 James VI of Scotland became also James I of England in 1603. Upon accession to the English throne, he styled himself "King of Great Britain" and was so proclaimed.
Hace 5 días · The death of the first Duke of Westminster on 22 December 1899 was, in retrospect, as great a landmark in the history of the Grosvenor estate as the death of Queen Victoria thirteen months later was to be in the history of the nation.
Hace 1 día · Alexander Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755, or 1757 [a] – July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 during George Washington's presidency . Born out of wedlock in Charlestown, Nevis, Hamilton was orphaned as a child and ...
