Notes:

"In the entry (in Burke's Peerage) of Lord Claud Hamilton he is given the title of 1st Baron Paisley, and this is explained as being granted with the barony of Paisley on 29 July 1587. There is no rank of "Baron" in the Scottish Peerage; the equivalent to a Baron of the English Peerage is in Scotland a Lord of Parliament.

There was a feudal barony of Paisley, but that was incorporated into theLordship of Paisley which was returned to Lord Claud in 1585 (as it had been returned before in 1573 with the revocation of his previous forfeiture), and was confirmed in the charter of 29 July 1587. (Prior tothe turbulence of the religious wars, as the Commendator of Paisley, oras the lay Abbot of Paisley, he had been addressed as the Lord of Paisley, as had been his predecessor, his uncle, whose own predecessors in the Abbey had held Paisley as a Lordship - that is as a unification of a barony with one or more baronies or with other substantial landholdings.) There was also the separate barony of the Burgh of Paisley that, together with the Regality of the Burgh of Paisley, was united with the Lordship of Paisley in 1587 and then confirmed by the charter of 22March 1591/2 which granted to Lord Claud Hamilton, Lord of Paisley, the title and honours of a free baron and Lord of Parliament. He then became Lord Paisley, an hereditary peerage title, in addition to being Lord of Paisley, his feudal title."

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(Research):had issue three children who died in infancy:-
1. Margaret, died 23 December 1577, aged three months and twenty-two days.
2. Henry, died 15 March 1585, aged three months and two days.
3. Alexander, died 21 November 1587, aged eight months and three days. All buried in St. Mirren's Chapel, Paisley Abbey; and the following who attained maturity:-

Claud married Margaret Seton on 1 Aug 1574. Margaret (daughter of George (5th Lord) Seton and Isabel (of Mackneirstom & Sanquhar) Hamilton) died before 18 Feb 1616. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James (1st Earl of Abercorn) Hamilton died on 23 Mar 1618.
2. Sir Claud (of Elieston) Hamilton died on 19 Oct 1614.
3. Sir John (of Lincleif) Hamilton was born in 1588 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 14 Oct 1638 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
4. Sir George (of Greenlaw and Roscrea) Hamilton and died.
5. Sir Frederick (of Manor Hamilton) Hamilton died on 31 Mar 1646.
6. Margaret Hamilton was born in 1594; died on 11 Sep 1623.

Notes:

In return for services offered to the Crowns of Scotland and France, the title of Duc de Ch?tellerault (1548) was presented to James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, Chief of the Name, and regent of Scotland during Mary, Queen of Scots, and France's infancy. This title, though now without any benefices, is still in contention between the heir male and the heir general of Arran, respectively the Duke of Abercorn and the Duke of Hamilton.

James married Margaret (of Morton) Douglas before 23 Sep 1532. Margaret (daughter of James (3rd Earl of Morton) Douglas and Princess Catherine Stewart) died after 24 May 1579. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

For the sources of information, see in this file under "INFORMATION,Sources of" and also "INFORMATION, General Clan Genealogy ".

James married Jean (Janet) Beaton in Nov 1516. Jean (daughter of Sir David John (1st of Creich) Beatoun and Jean Duddingston) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Princess Catherine Stewart before 10 Dec 1507. Catherine (daughter of James IV Stewart King of Scotland and Margaret \ Mary (Marion) (of Bonshaw) Boyd) died after 5 Jul 1554. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Mary Princess of Scotland Stewart in Apr 1474. Mary (daughter of James II (The Fiery Face) King of Scotland and Marie of Gueldern) was born about 1451; died about 1488. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Beaton, Beatoun Bethune

David + Jean Duddingston. Jean (daughter of Stephen (1st of Sandfurd) Duddingston) died after 1541. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Possibly a son, William, Parson of Kilbucho
Possibly a son, John, Parson of Newlands

John + Janet Crichton. Janet (daughter of Patrick (of Cranstonriddel) Crichton) was born in 1461; died after 22 Jun 1493. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

For the sources of information, see in this file under "INFORMATION,Sources of" and also "INFORMATION, General Clan Genealogy ".

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James + Margaret \ Mary (Marion) (of Bonshaw) Boyd. Margaret (daughter of Archibald (of Bonshaw) Boyd and Christian Mure) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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