Earl of Cambridge

Earl of Cambridge
later superseded by the title of
Duke of Cambridge
Earl of Cambridge; later superseded by the title of ; Duke of Cambridge
Creation date	1340 (1st creation); 1362 (2nd creation); 1414 (3rd creation); 1619 (4th creation); 1659 (5th creation); 1664 (6th creation); 1667 (7th creation);
Peerage	Peerage of England
First holder	William of Juliers, 1st Earl of Cambridge
Last holder	Edgar Stuart, Earl of Cambridge
Extinction date	1361 (1st creation); 1414 (2nd creation); 1483 (3rd creation); 1651 (4th creation); 1660 (5th creation); 1667 (6th creation); 1671 (7th creation);

The title of Earl of Cambridge was created several times in the Peerage of England. Since 1362, the title has been closely associated with the Royal family (see also Duke of Cambridge, Marquess of Cambridge).

The first Earl of the fourth creation, the Marquess of Hamilton, was at the time sixth in line to the Crown of Scotland (after the Duke of Rothesay, later King Charles I, his sister Elizabeth and her children); his grandfather Lord Arran had been heir-presumptive to, and Regent for, Mary, Queen of Scots.

The Duke of Hamilton currently holds the title Earl of Arran and Cambridge in the Peerage of Scotland, which is not related to this earldom. From 1664, the title Duke of Cambridge superseded that of the Earl of Cambridge.

Earls of Cambridge, 1st Creation (1340)

William of Juliers, 1st Earl of Cambridge (1299–1361)

Earls of Cambridge, 2nd Creation (1362)

Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341–1402)
Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (c. 1373–1415), resigned 1414

Earls of Cambridge, 3rd Creation (1414)

Richard of Conisburgh, 1st Earl of Cambridge (1385–1415)
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (1411–1460)
Edward Plantagenet, 4th Duke of York (1442–1483), merged in crown 1461

Earls of Cambridge, 4th Creation (1619)

The subsidiary title was Baron of Innerdale (1619).

James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton (1589–1625)
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton (1606–1649)
William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton (1616–1651) extinct

Earls of Cambridge, 5th Creation (1659)

Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640–1660) extinct

Earls of Cambridge, 6th Creation (1664)

James Stuart, Duke of Cambridge (1663–1667)

Earls of Cambridge, 7th Creation (1667)

Edgar Stuart, Duke of Cambridge (1667–1671)

Family tree

Douglas-Hamilton family trees: Dukes of: Abercorn, Brandon, and Hamilton with subsidiary and courtesy titles

James II
1430–1460
King of Scotland

Earl of Arran (Scotland) (1st creation), 1467

Lord Hamilton, 1445

Thomas Boyd
d. c. 1473
Earl of Arran

Mary Stewart
1453–1488
dowager Countess of Arran

James Hamilton
c. 1415–1479
1st Lord Hamilton

James III
1451–1488
King of Scotland

Earldom of Arran (1st creation) forfeit, 1469

Earl of Arran (Scotland) (2nd creation), 1503

James Hamilton
c. 1475–1529
2nd Lord Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran

James IV
1473–1513
King of Scotland

Catherine Stewart (illegit.)
c. 1495–1554

James Douglas
d. 1548
Earl of Morton

Duke of Châtellerault (France) (5th creation), 1548

James Hamilton
c. 1516–1575
2nd Earl of Arran, 3rd Lord Hamilton, 1st Duke of Châtellerault

Margaret Douglas
c. 1510–1579

Dukedom of Châtellerault (5th creation) forfeit, 1559

Marquess of Hamilton, Earl of Arran, and Lord Aven, 1599

Lord Paisley, 1587

James Hamilton
c. 1533–1609
3rd Earl of Arran, 4th Lord Hamilton

Anne Hamilton
c. 1535 – c. 1574
m. George Gordon Earl of Huntly

John Hamilton
1540–1604
1st Marquess of Hamilton, etc.

Claud Hamilton
1546–1621
Lord Paisley

Earl of Cambridge (England) (4th creation) and Baron of Innerdale, 1619

Lord Abercorn, 1603
Earl of Abercorn, Lord of Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick, 1606

George Gordon
1562–1636
Marquess of Huntly

James Hamilton
1589–1625
2nd Marquess of Hamilton, etc.,
4th Earl of Arran, 1st Earl of Cambridge, etc.
5th Lord Hamilton, Lord Aberbrothwick/Arbroath

James Hamilton
1575–1618
1st Earl of Abercorn, Lord Abercorn and Lord of Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick

Earldom of Angus (1389 creation) resigned in favor of:
Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus, Lord Abernethy, Lord Bonkyll and Preston, Lord Abernethy, and Lord Jedburgh Forest, 1633

Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge (Scotland) and Baron of Aven and Innerdale, 1643

Earl of Lanark, 1639

Baron Hamilton of Strabane, 1617

William Douglas
1589–1660
1st Marquess of Douglas, etc.
11th Earl of Angus (1389 creation)

Mary Gordon
c. 1600–1674

James Hamilton
1606–1649
1st Duke of Hamilton, etc.,
3rd Marquess of Hamilton, etc.,
5th Earl of Arran, 2nd Earl of Cambridge, etc.

William Hamilton
1616–1651
2nd Duke of Hamilton, etc.,
1st Earl of Lanark, 6th Earl of Arran, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, etc.

James Hamilton
c. 1604 – c. 1670
2nd Earl of Abercorn, etc.,
2nd Lord Paisley, 1st Lord Hamilton of Strabane

Claud Hamilton
c. 1606–1638
2nd Lord Hamilton of Strabane

George Hamilton
c. 1607–1679

Earldom of Cambridge (4th creation) and Barony of Innerdale extinct and Earldom of Arran (2nd creation) dormant, 1651

Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch, 1646

see Earl of Ormond family tree for Marquesses of Douglas, Earls of Angus, etc.

William Douglas-Hamilton
1634–1694
jure uxoris Duke of Hamilton, etc. suo jure,
1st Earl of Selkirk, etc.

Anne Hamilton
1631–1716
suo jure 3rd Duchess of Hamilton, etc.,
2nd Countess of Lanark

George Hamilton
c. 1636 – c. 1680
3rd Earl of Abercorn, etc.

James Hamilton
c. 1633 – c. 1670
Lord Paisley

James Hamilton
1633–1655
3rd Lord Hamilton of Strabane

George Hamilton
c. 1636–1668
4th Lord Hamilton of Strabane

James Hamilton
c. 1620–1673

Ceded Dukedom of Hamilton to 4th Duke, 1698

Duke of Brandon and Baron Dutton, 1711

Earl of Ruglen, 1697

Earl of Orkney (3rd creation), 1697

Viscount Strabane and Baron Mountcastle, 1701

James Hamilton
1658–1712
4th Duke of Hamilton, etc.,
1st Duke of Brandon, etc.
3rd Earl of Lanark, etc.

Charles Douglas
1663–1739
2nd Earl of Selkirk, etc.

John Douglas-Hamilton
1664–1744
3rd Earl of Selkirk, etc.,
1st Earl of Ruglen

George Hamilton
1666–1737
1st Earl of Orkney

Basil Hamilton
1671–1701

Catherine Hamilton

Charles Hamilton
d. 1701
5th Earl of Abercorn, etc.,
6th Lord Hamilton of Strabane

Claud Hamilton
1658–1691
4th Earl of Abercorn, etc.,
5th Lord Hamilton of Strabane

James Hamilton
c. 1661–1734
6th Earl of Abercorn, etc.,
7th Lord Hamilton of Strabane

see Earls of Ruglen

see Earls of Orkney

Basil Hamilton
1696–1742

James Hamilton
1685–1744
7th Earl of Abercorn, etc.,
8th Lord Hamilton of Strabane

Viscount Hamilton, 1786

James Hamilton
1703–1743
5th Duke of Hamilton, etc.,
2nd Duke of Brandon, etc.
4th Earl of Lanark, etc.

Lord Anne Hamilton
1709–1748

Dunbar Douglas
1722–1799
4th Earl of Selkirk, etc.

James Hamilton
1712–1789
8th Earl of Abercorn, etc.,
9th Lord Hamilton of Strabane, 1st Viscount Hamilton

John Hamilton
1714–1755

Baron Hamilton of Hameldon county, Leicester, 1776

Marquess of Abercorn, 1790

James Hamilton
1724–1758
6th Duke of Hamilton, etc.,
3rd Duke of Brandon, etc.,
5th Earl of Lanark, etc.

Elizabeth Gunning
(c. 1733–1790)
suo jure 1st Baroness Hamilton

Archibald Hamilton
1740–1819
9th Duke of Hamilton, etc.,
6th Duke of Brandon,
8th Earl of Lanark, etc.

Charles Powell Hamilton
1747–1825

John Hamilton
1756–1818
1st Marquess of Abercorn, 9th Earl of Abercorn, etc.,
10th Lord Hamilton of Strabane

James Hamilton
1755–1769
7th Duke of Hamilton, etc.,
4th Duke of Brandon and Baron Dutton, Marquess of Angus and Abernethy,
4th Marquess of Douglas, etc.,
6th Earl of Lanark, etc.

Douglas Hamilton
1756–1799
8th Duke of Hamilton, etc.,
5th Duke of Brandon,
Marquess of Douglas, etc.<>br/>7th Earl of Lanark, etc.,
2nd Baron Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton
1767–1852
10th Duke of Hamilton, etc.,
7th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, and Baron Dutton, Earl of Angus, and Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, 9th Earl of Lanark, etc.

Augustus Barrington Price Anne Powell Douglas-Hamilton
1781–1849

Thomas Douglas
1771–1820
5th Earl of Selkirk, etc.

James Hamilton
1786–1818
styled Viscount Hamilton

Duke of Abercorn, of Strabane and Duke of Abercorn, 1868

William Alexander Anthony Archibald Hamilton
1811–1863
11th Duke of Hamilton, etc.,
8th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus, Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 10th Earl of Lanark, etc.

Charles Douglas-Hamilton
1808–1873

Dunbar James Douglas
1809–1885
6th Earl of Selkirk, etc.

James Hamilton
1811–1885
1st Duke of Abercorn, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn, 10th Earl of Abercorn, etc.,
2nd Viscount Hamilton, 11th Lord Hamilton of Strabane

Duke of Châtellerault (France) (5th creation), revived 1548

William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton
1845–1895
12th Duke of Hamilton, etc.,
9th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus, Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest and Baron Dutton, 2nd Duke of Châtellerault, 8th Earl of Selkirk, etc.,
11th Earl of Lanark, etc.

Charles George Douglas-Hamilton
1847–1886
7th Earl of Selkirk, etc.

James Hamilton
1838–1913
2nd Duke of Abercorn, 3rd Marquess of Abercorn, 11th Earl of Abercorn, etc.,
12th Lord Hamilton of Strabane

Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton
1862–1940
13th Duke of Hamilton, etc.,
10th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus (1633 creation), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 20th Earl of Angus (1389 creation), 9th Earl of Selkirk, etc.,
12th Earl of Lanark, etc.

James Albert Edward Hamilton
1869–1953
3rd Duke of Abercorn, 4th Marquess of Abercorn, 12th Earl of Abercorn, etc.,
13th Lord Hamilton of Strabane

Douglas Douglas-Hamilton
1903–1973
14th Duke of Hamilton, etc.,
11th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus (1633 creation), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 21st Earl of Angus (1389 creation), 13rd Earl of Lanark, etc.

George Nigel Douglas-Hamilton
1906–1994
10th Earl of Selkirk, etc.,
10th Lord Daer and Shortcleuch

Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton
1909–1964

James Edward Hamilton
1904–1979
4th Duke of Abercorn, 5th Marquess of Abercorn, 13th Earl of Abercorn, etc.,
14th Lord Hamilton of Strabane

Baron Selkirk of Douglas, 1997

Angus Alan Douglas Douglas-Hamilton
1938–2010
15th Duke of Hamilton, etc.,
12th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus (1633 creation), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 22nd Earl of Angus (1389 creation), 14th Earl of Lanark, etc.

James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton
1942–2023
11th Earl of Selkirk, etc., Earldom disclaimed, 1994, Baron Selkirk of Douglas

Alasdair Douglas-Hamilton
b. 1939

James Hamilton
b. 1934
5th Duke of Abercorn, 6th Marquess of Abercorn, 14th Earl of Abercorn, etc.,
15th Lord Hamilton of Strabane

Barony Selkirk of Douglas expired as a life peerage, 2023

Alexander Douglas-Hamilton
b. 1978
16th Duke of Hamilton, etc.,
13th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus (1633 creation), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 23rd Earl of Angus (1389 creation), 15th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machanshyre and Polmont

John William Douglas-Hamilton
b. 1979

John Andrew Douglas-Hamilton
b. 1978
12th Earl of Selkirk, etc.

Charles Douglas Douglas-Hamilton (b. 1979)

Angus Gavin Douglas-Hamilton
b. 1968

James Hamilton
b. 1969
styled Marquess of Hamilton

Heir presumptive to the Earldom of Selkirk

Douglas Douglas-Hamilton
b. 2012
styled Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale

William Frederick Douglas-Hamilton
b. 2014

Basil George Douglas-Hamilton
b. 2016

William Douglas-Hamilton
b. 1999

James Hamilton
b. 2005
styled Viscount Strabane

Heir apparent to the dukedoms of Hamilton and Brandon

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