Angus Alan (15th Duke of Hamilton, 12th Duke of Brandon) Douglas-Hamilton[1]
1938 - 2010 (72 years)
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Name Angus Alan (15th Duke of Hamilton, 12th Duke of Brandon) Douglas-Hamilton Birth 1938 Gender Male Death 5 Jun 2010 Burial 10 Jun 2010 Person ID I9272 My Genealogy Last Modified 27 Apr 2018
Father Douglas (14th Duke of Hamilton) Douglas-Hamilton, K.T., G.C.V.O., A.F.C., P.C., b. 3 Feb 1903 d. 30 Mar 1973 (Age 70 years) Mother Lady Elizabeth (of Northumberland) Percy, b. 25 May 1916 d. Sep 2008 (Age 92 years) Marriage 2 Dec 1937 Family ID F2848 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Sarah Jane Scott, b. 28 Oct 1945 d. 17 Feb 1994 (Age 48 years) Marriage 1972 Children 1. Lady Eleanor Douglas 2. Lady Ann Hamilton 3. Alexander (16th Duke of Hamilton, 13th Duke of Brandon) Douglas-Hamilton 4. Lord John William Hamilton Family ID F3542 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jan 2013
Family 2 Jillian Robertson, b. 30 Jan 1940, Sydney, Australia 
d. 22 Apr 2018, Oxford, England (Age 78 years) Marriage 1988 Family ID F3543 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Apr 2018
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Notes - Angus Alan Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton, 12th Duke of Brandon, held the marquisates of Douglas and Clydesdale, the earldoms of Angus, Lanark, Arran and Cambridge, the lordships of Abernethy, Jedburgh Forest, Aven, Innerdale, Machansyre and Polmont, and the barony of Dutton, and was also pretender to the French dukedom of Chatelherault. His titles were all Scots bar Brandon and Dutton ? both of which lie separately in the UK peerage. By right of birth, he held the hereditary office of state of Keeper of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, and as Lord Abernethy was hereditary Bearer of the Crown of Scots in Parliament. He fulfilled the latter duty by carrying the crown before the Queen at the openings of the Scottish Parliament.
Erroneously but popularly acclaimed as head of the house of Hamilton (that distinction lies with the dukes of Abercorn), he regarded himself as a Douglas, and sported a kilt of Grey Douglas. He might have been chief of Douglas but was not recognised as such by the Lord Lyon because of his double-barrelled surname Douglas-Hamilton.
- Angus Alan Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton, 12th Duke of Brandon, held the marquisates of Douglas and Clydesdale, the earldoms of Angus, Lanark, Arran and Cambridge, the lordships of Abernethy, Jedburgh Forest, Aven, Innerdale, Machansyre and Polmont, and the barony of Dutton, and was also pretender to the French dukedom of Chatelherault. His titles were all Scots bar Brandon and Dutton ? both of which lie separately in the UK peerage. By right of birth, he held the hereditary office of state of Keeper of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, and as Lord Abernethy was hereditary Bearer of the Crown of Scots in Parliament. He fulfilled the latter duty by carrying the crown before the Queen at the openings of the Scottish Parliament.
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Sources - [S252] Ken Stelmaszek.
- [S252] Ken Stelmaszek.