James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn
James Edward Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn (
29 February 1904 –
4 June 1979) was a
British nobleman of the
20th century. He was variously styled
Lord Paisley (1904–1913),
Marquess of Hamilton (1913–1953), and finally inherited his father's peerages on
12 September 1953.
Lord Hamilton attended
Eton before entering the
Army Reserve, commissioned at the rank of
captain. In
1946, he entered the
County Council of
County Tyrone, then served in the
Senate of Northern Ireland, and became
Lord Lieutenant of County Tyrone from his father's death until his own death. He became honorary
colonel of the 5th Battalion,
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (a
Territorial Army unit), and died at the age of seventy-five.
In 1928 he married
Lady Kathleen Crichton (
1905–
1990), a daughter of
Henry Crichton, Viscount Crichton (
1872–
1914, son of the 4th and father of the 5th
Earl of Erne) and
Lady Mary Cavendish Grosvenor (
1883–
1959, daughter of the 1st
Duke of Westminster). They have two sons and a daughter:
*Lady Moyra Kathleen Hamilton (b.
1930), who married Cmdr. Peter Colin Drummond Campbell in 1966. They have two sons.
*Sir
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn (b.
1934)
*Lord Claud
Anthony Hamilton (b.
1939), who held the office of
Deputy Lieutenant of County
Fermanagh in
1978 and in
1991 he was
Justice of the Peace. In
1982 he married Catherine Janet Faulkner. They have a son and a daughter:
**Anna Kathleen Hamilton (b.
1983)
**Alexander James Hamilton (b.
1987)
