Clan Hamilton
| Clan Hamilton | |
|---|---|
 Crest: In a ducal cornet an aik tree fructit an penetratit transversley in the main stem bi a frame saw Proper, the frame Or | |
| Motto | Through |
| Profile | |
| Region | Lawlands |
| Chief | |
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| Alexander Douglas-Hamilton | |
| The 16t Duke o Hamilton an the 13t Duke o Brandon | |
| Seat | Lennoxlove Hoose |
| Historic seat | Hamilton Palace |
Clan Hamilton, forby kent as the The Hoose o Hamilton, is a Scots clan.[1]
Seat o the chief
[eedit | eedit soorce]Hamilton Palace in Hamiltoun, haed been the faimily's seat frae 1695. Built bi Duchess Anne, an her guidman William Douglas-Hamilton, Duke o Hamilton, it haed the distinction o bein the lairgest non-ryal residence in Europe, reakin its greatest extent unner the 10t an the 11t dukes in the mid nineteent century.
Excessive subsidence o the palace caused bi the faimily's mines led tae its condemnation an demolition in 1921.[1] The 13t Duke then flittit tae Dungavel Hoose, near Straiven. This wis whaur deputy-führer Rudolf Hess aimed tae reak in his doomed peace mission tae see the Douglas, 14t Duke o Hamilton in 1941.
In 1947, Dungavel wis sauld tae the coal buird, an then on tae the govrenment, wha turned it intae an open preeson. Currently, it is the steid o a controversial hauldin centre for asylum-seekers.
The faimily flittit tae Lennoxlove House in East Lowden, whilk remains the residence o the current Duke.[1]
Ither properties
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- 1 2 3 Way, George and Squire, Romily. Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). Published in 1994. Pages 160–161.
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