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unusual facts about Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington



Dunglass

However, it was again destroyed in 30 August 1640 when held by a party of Covenanters under Thomas Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Haddington.

Gaspard III de Coligny

Henriette de Coligny (1618–1673), in 1643 married Thomas Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Haddington, then in 1653 married Gaspard de Champagne, comte de la Suze (marriage annulled).

Hamilton Point

It was discovered by a British expedition under James Clark Ross, 1839–43, who named it "Cape Hamilton" after Captain William Baillie-Hamilton, Royal Navy, then private secretary to the Earl of Haddington, and later Second Secretary to the Admiralty.

Mellerstain House

George was the second son of Charles, Lord Binning (1697-1732), heir to the 6th Earl of Haddington, and he inherited the Mellerstain estate when his aunt Grisell, Lady Murray died in 1759.

Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington

In 1828 he commissioned William Burn to remodel the family seat of Tyninghame House, which passed with the earldom to Baillie-Hamilton.

William Windham, Sr.

Other notable members of the group included Richard Aldworth, the 7th Earl of Haddington and his brother, and Lord Hervey.


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