B26882-Hamilton

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Name of the family:

Hamilton

Blason:

Gu. three cinquefoils pierced erm. on a chief or, a lion pass. of the field.

Crest(s):

A demi antelope erect and affronted erm. homed and unguled or, holding betw. the hoofs a human heart gu. Supporters-Dexter, a lion gu. armed and langued as. gorged with a double treasure flory counterflory or; sinister, an heraldic tiger erm. armed, langued, and gorged with a double tressure flory counterflory gu. Afotto-Quails ab incepto.

Info about the family:

Earl of Clanbrattil and Viscount CUmeboye, extinct 1676; Sir James Hamilton, Knt., of Killyleagh, co. Down, eldest son of Rev. Hans Hamilton, Vicar of Dunlop, co. Ayr, was created Viscount Claneboye in the Teerage of Ireland, 1622; his successor was created Earl of Clanbrauil, 1647, the second earl d. i. p. 1676. The representation of the family eventually devolved on James Hamilton, Esq., of Neilsbrook, co. Antrim, whose dau. and eventual heir, Anne Hamilton, m. Hans Stevenson, Esq.; their only son, James Stevenson, had an elder dau. Dobcas Stbvenson, in. Sir John Blackwood, Bart., of Ballyleidy, co. Down, and was created, 1800, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye, a peerage enjoyed by her descendant, Fbedebick Temple, Earl of Dufferin and fifth Baron Dafferin and Claneboye, K.P., senior heir-general of the Hamiltons, Barlt of Clanbrattil

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