Duke of Abercorn

The title Duke of Abercorn was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1868 and bestowed upon James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn.

In acknowledgement of his loyalty, James VI of Scotland (James I of England), conferred on Lord Claud Hamilton, third son of the second Earl of Arran, the Barony of Paisley. His son James Hamilton was created Baron Abercorn in 1603, then in 1606 he was made Earl of Abercorn and Lord of Mountcastle, Paisley, Hamilton and Kilpatrick. The 8th earl was created Viscount Hamilton of Leicestershire in the peerage of Great Britain in 1786. He was succeeded by his nephew who was created Marquess of Abercorn in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1790.

Thus, the subsidiary titles of the Duke of Abercorn are: Marquess of Abercorn (1790), Marquess of Hamilton (1868), Earl of Abercorn (1606), Viscount Strabane (1701), Viscount Hamilton (1786), Lord Paisley (1587), Lord Hamilton, Mountcastle and Kilpatrick (1606), Baron Hamilton of Strabane (1617) and Baron Mountcastle (1701). The eldest son and heir of the Duke uses the courtesy title Marquess of Hamilton.

Table of contents

1 Earls of Abercorn (1606) 2 Marquesses of Abercorn (1790) 3 Dukes of Abercorn (1868)

Earls of Abercorn (1606)

• James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn (1575-1618)
• James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn (c.1604-c.1670)
• George Hamilton 3rd Earl of Abercorn (c.1636-c.1680)
• Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn (c.1659-c.1691)
• Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Abercorn (d.1701)
• James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn (c.1661-1734)
• James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn (1685-1744)
• James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn (1712-1789)
• John James Hamilton, 9th Earl of Abercorn (became Marquess of Abercorn in 1790) (1756-1818)

Marquesses of Abercorn (1790)

• John James Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn (1756-1818)
• James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton (became Duke of Abercorn in 1868) (1811-1885)

Dukes of Abercorn (1868)

• James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn (1811-1885)
• James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn (1838-1913)
• James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn 1869-1953)
• James Edward Hamilton 4th Duke of Abercorn 1904-1979)
• James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn (b. 1934)