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Join the Douglas Archives Community Network. Lord Hamilton and Earl of Arran. In , their son James Hamilton c. But it was later discovered that Thomas Hay was actually still alive and the marriage was annulled.

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As a reward he was created him Earl of Arran in The Earl's second marriage to Janet Beaton bef. The 2nd earl was chosen as Regent of Scotland between and and guardian of the young Mary, Queen of Scots. In he was declared insane and in he resigned the Earldom to James Stewart of Bothwellhaugh. In his resignation was ruled by the Court of Session to be the act of a madman and his honours were restored.

Earl of Angus, Marquess and Duke of Hamilton. His son Charles Earl of Arran died young and the duke's titles passed to his brother William Hamilton who had already been created Earl of Lanark and, Lord Machansyre and Polmont in the peerage of Scotland on 31 March Upon his death, with no male heirs to claim the titles, the Earldom of Arran became dormant.

All of the other titles in the peerages of England and Scotland that had been granted after became extinct. The dukedom and the other minor titles devolved upon the 1st Duke's eldest surviving daughter Anne c. James, 4th Duke, was the first to adopt the name Douglas-Hamilton though some will say this happened later. Bookplate, c