Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton

OF THE HOUSE OF HAMILTON. 147
ANNE, DUCHESS OF HAMILTON,
AND
WILLIAM, DUKE OF HAMILTON.*
Anne, Duchess of Hamilton, eldest surviving daughter of James, anne, duchess
first Duke of Hamilton, was born about the year 1636. She married '
Lord William Douglas, eldest son of William, first Marquis of Douglas, w ™ d £ Fc " ( ff e '
by his second wife, Lady Mary Gordon, third daughter of George, first
Marquis of Huntly. He was born 24th December 1634, created Earl
of Selkirk, Lord Daer and Shortcleugh, by patent dated 4th August
1646, to him and his heirs-male whatsoever. He was fined £1000 by
Cromwell's act of grace and pardon, 1654. On the Restoration, incon-
sequence of a petition from the Duchess, he was created Duke of Ha-
milton for life, 12th October 1660, and at the same time he was sworn a
Privy Councillor.
At that time he occupied himself chiefly in the recovery of the family Bumei, i, 103.
from the great debts under which it laboured, and was successful, under
good and skilful management, in effecting this, at the end of a few years.
After he had compassed this, he attended more to public affairs, and dis-
tinguished himself, in the Parliament I673, by his opposition to Lauder-
* The subsequent part of the Memoirs of the Ducal Family are in a great measure
taken from Mr Wood's edition of Douglas's Peerage, lately published, which is so
full and complete as to admit of very little addition or alteration ; but, as making
such copious extracts from that excellent and valuable work would have been an in-
fringement of the copyright, I waited upon Messrs Constable and Company, and
solicited permission to make these extracts, which request these gentlemen granted in
the most liberal and handsome manner. The articles Abercorn, Bargeny, Belhaven,
Haddington, Orkney, Ruglen, and Selkirk, in the Second Part of this work, are
drawn from the same source. Of the remainder, with the exception of two or tlu - ee
others, about ninety genealogies are original.