European Heraldry :: House of Douglas-Hamilton

William Douglas later Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton, 1st Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch KG (1635–1694) married Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton (c. 1631–1716) Created in 1646 Lord Daer and Shortcleuch and Earl of Selkirk, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever, but subsequently resigned these honours into the King's hands, who conferred them by novodamus in 1688 upon his younger son, Charles Douglas-Hamilton; created in 1660 Lord Aven, Machanshire, Polmont and Daer, Earl of Arran, Lanark and Selkirk, Marquess of Clydesdale and Duke of Hamilton for life, third son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas.

James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, 1st Duke of Brandon and Baron Dutton KG KT (1658–1712) Married The Hon. Elizabeth Gerard (1680- 1744), only daughter and heiress of Digby Gerard, 5th Baron Gerard.

James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Brandon KT (1724–1758) married Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton, Duchess of Argyll & 1st Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon (c. 1733 –1790).
James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton, 4th Duke of Brandon, 4th Marquess of Douglas, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Hameldon (1755–1769)
Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton, 5th Duke of Brandon KT (1756–1799)
Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton, 6th Duke of Brandon (1740–1819)
Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, 7th Duke of Brandon KG (1767–1852) Summonded to Parliament in 1806 in his father's Barony of Dutton.
William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton, 8th Duke of Brandon (1811–1863)
William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton, 9th Duke of Brandon, 8th Earl of Selkirk KT (1845–1895)
Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton, 10th Duke of Brandon, 9th Earl of Selkirk (1862–1940)
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, 11th Duke of Brandon KT (1903–1973)
Angus Alan Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton, 12th Duke of Brandon (1938–2010)
Alexander Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton, 13th Duke of Brandon, 13th Marquess of Douglas, 16th Marquess of Clydesdale, 23rd Earl of Angus, 15th Earl of Lanark, 16th Earl of Arran and Cambridge, 13th Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, 15th Lord Machanshire and Polmont, 16th Lord Aven and Innerdale, 13th Baron Dutton (b. 1978)

Elizabeth Gunning, 1st Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon (1733–1790)
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Hameldon (1756–1799)
George William Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Hameldon (1768–1839) Dukes of Argyll for further succession.

William Douglas later Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton, 1st Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch (1635–1694) , third son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas. In 1688, the Duke of Hamilton surrendered his previous titles, and they were reconferred on his second son, Lord Charles Hamilton, who became 2nd Earl of Selkirk, and who changed his surname to Douglas with a special remainder designed to prevent them becoming merged with the Dukedom.

Charles Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk (1663–1739) (younger brother of 4th Duke)
John Hamilton, 1st Earl of Ruglen, 3rd Earl of Selkirk (1664–1744) (younger brother of 2nd Earl)

Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk (1722–1799) (grandson of younger brother of 3rd Earl)
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk (1771–1820) (son of 4th Earl)
Dunbar James Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk (1809–1885) (son of 5th Earl)
Charles George Hamilton, 7th Earl of Selkirk (1847–1886) (younger brother of 12th Duke of Hamilton)
William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton, 8th Earl of Selkirk (1845–1895) (older brother of 7th Earl)
Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton, 9th Earl of Selkirk (1862–1940) (4th cousin of 12th Duke)
George Nigel Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk (1906–1994) (younger brother of the 14th Duke of Hamilton)
James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 11th Earl of Selkirk, Baron Selkirk of Douglas (b. 1942) (younger brother of the 15th Duke of Hamilton; disclaimed 1994)

John Douglas-Hamilton, 1st Earl of Ruglen, Viscount of Riccartoun and Lord Hillhouse, 3rd Earl of Selkirk (1664–1744)

Anne Hamilton, 2nd Countess of Ruglen (1698–1748), daughter of 1st Earl married William Douglas, 2nd Earl of March

William Douglas, 3rd Earl of March, 3rd Earl of Ruglen, 5th Marquess of Queensberry, 4th Duke of Queensberry (1725–1810) See House of Douglas (Queensbury)

George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Viscount of Kirkwall and Lord Dechmont (1666–1737), fifth son of William Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton and 1st Earl of Selkirk and his wife Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton.
Anne O'Brien, 2nd Countess of Orkney (d. 1756), daughter of 1st Earl married William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin.
Mary O'Brien, 3rd Countess of Orkney (c. 1721–1791), daughter of 2nd Countess married Murrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond
Mary FitzMaurice, 4th Countess of Orkney (1755–1831), daughter of 3rd Countess married the Hon. Thomas Fitzmaurice, second son of John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne. See House of Petty-Fitzmaurice
Thomas John Hamilton FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney (1803–1877)
George William Hamilton FitzMaurice, 6th Earl of Orkney (1827–1889)
Edmond Walter FitzMaurice, 7th Earl of Orkney (1867–1951)

Oliver Peter St John, 9th Earl of Orkney (b. 1938), son of Frederick Oliver St John, son of Isabella Annie Fitzmaurice, daughter of the Hon. James Terence Fitzmaurice, fifth son of the fifth Earl of Orkney.