B26809-Hamilton

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Name of the family:

Hamilton

Blason:

Quarterly, four grand quarters, viz., 1st and 4th, quarterly, 1st and 4th, gu. three cinquefoils pierced erm., for Hamilton, 2nd and 3rd, ar. a ship with her sails furled sa., for Abban; 2nd and 3rd, quarterly, 1st, az. a lion ramp. ar. crowned or, for Galloway, 2nd, or, a lion ramp. gu. debrulsed by a bendlet sa., for Abbbnetht, 3rd, ar. three piles gu., for Wishart, of Brechin, 4th, or, a fesse chequy az. and ar. surmounted with a bend gu. charged with three buckles of the first, for Stewabt, of Bonkill. Over these feudal quarterings of Douolas an escutcheon, charged with the arms of Douglas, viz., ar. a man's heart gu. imperially crowned ppr. on a chief az. three stars of the field.

Crest(s):

Out of a ducal coronet or, an oak tree fructed and penetrated transversely in the main stem by a frame-saw ppr. the frame or.

Supporters:

Two antelopes ar. ducally gorged and chained or, armed and hoofed of the last.

Motto:

Through.

Info about the family:

Duke of Hamilton and Brandon. in terms of the patent of 1643, the dukedom of Hamilton descended to the dau. of the first duke, the Duchess Anna, wife of Lord William Douolas; and, since 1761, the Duke of Hamilton has been heir male of the Angus branch of the house of Douolas

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446

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