Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton

HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS
LOKD
BICLHAVLN.
5. Hon. Euphemia Hamilton, died un-
• married.
"Wood, i. 209. VII. William, seventh Lord Bel-
haven, born 13tn January 1765, suc-
ceeded his father in 1784, but did not
assume the title till the determination
of the House of Peers in his favour, in
1799. His Lordship was an officer in
the 3d, or King's own Regt. of Dra-
goons, afterwards Colonel of the Lan-
arkshire and Dumbartonshire Fencible
Cavalry, and Lieut.-Col. of the Royaj
Lanarkshire Militia.
His Lordship married, at Edinburgh,
3d March 1789, Penelope, youngest
daughter of Ranald MacDonald of Clan-
ronald in Invernesshire, and had issue :
1. Robert-Montgomery, eighth Lord
Belhaven .
2. Hon. William Hamilton, born 1797.
1. Hon. Penelope Hamilton.
2. Hon. Susan Mary Hamilton, mar-
ried, 16th November 1820, to Peter
Ramsay, Esq. banker in Edinburgh.
3. Hon. Flora Hamilton.
4. Hon. Jean Hamilton, married, 15th
Feb. 1819, toCapt.Charles Sotheby, R.N.
5. Hon. Bethia Hamilton.
ibid. VIII. Robert Montgomery Ha-
milton, eighth Lord Belhaven and Sten-
toun, one of the sixteen representatives
of the Scottish Peerage.
His Lordship married Hamilton,
second daughter of Walter Campbell,
Esq. of Shawfield and Mrs Mary Ha-
milton of Pencaitland, Saltcoats, &c.
Titles. — Robert Montgomery Ha-
milton, Baron of Belhaven and Sten-
toun in the co. of Haddington.
Creations. — Baron of Belhaven and
Stentoun, 15th December 1647, to the
first Lord, and the heirs-male of his
body ; which failing, to his heirs-male
whatever : Resigned into the hands of
King Charles the Second, and a new
patent issued, dated at Whitehall, 10th
February 1675, granting the title of
Lord Belhaven and Stentoun to the first
Lord for life, and, after his decease, to
John Hamilton, the hushandof his grand-
daughter, and the heirs-male of his body ;
whom failing, to the nearest heirs-male
whatever of the said John Hamilton.
Arms. — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, gules,
a mullet, argent, between three cinque-
foils, ermine, as a third son of the Ha-
milton family; 2d and 3d, gules, a man's
heart, proper, shadowed, or, between
three ciuquefoils, ermine, for Hamilton
of Raploch.
Crest. — A horse's head and neck,
argent, bridled, gules.
Supporters. — Two horses, argent,
bridled, gules.
Motto. — " Ride Through."
Chief Seat. — At Wishaw House in
Lanarkshire.
BINNING, vide Earl of Haddington.