Charles Hamilton, 7th Earl of Selkirk
Earl of Selkirk | |
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Coat of Arms of Earl of Selkirk | |
| Earl of Selkirk | |
| Tenure | 11 April 1885 – 2 May 1886 (1 year, 21 days) |
| Predecessor | Dunbar Douglas |
| Successor | William Hamilton |
| Other titles | Lord Daer and Shortcleuch[1] |
| Born | Lord Charles George Archibald Hamilton 18 May 1847 |
| Died | 2 May 1886 (aged 38) |
| Noble family | Hamilton |
| Father | William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton |
| Mother | Princess Marie Amelie of Baden |
Charles Hamilton, 7th Earl of Selkirk (18 May 1847 – 2 May 1886), was a Scottish nobleman and officer. Charles Hamilton was the youngest son of William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton and Princess Marie Amelie of Baden.
Family
Charles George Archibald Hamilton was born on 18 May 1847, the third son of William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton and Princess Marie Amelie of Baden. As a younger son of a duke, he was styled as Lord Charles Hamilton.[2] Save for the eldest son who was stillborn, his elder brother was William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton and a younger sister was Lady Mary Douglas-Hamilton, mother of Louis II, Prince of Monaco.[3]
Thourgh his mother, Charles had relations to many European royal houses: his cousin were Carol I of Romania, Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Queen of Portugal (Carol I and Stephanie were children of Princess Josephine of Baden) and Carola of Vasa, Queen of Saxony (daughter of Princess Louise Amelie of Baden). Moreover, Charles was great-grandson of Napoléon Bonaparte,[a] a distant cousin of Emperor Napoléon III of France and was seen as an extended member of French Imperial family.[4]
Career
In December 1862, Charles became a Cornet in Lanarkshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.[5] In March 1866, Charles purchased the rank Cornet of 11th Hussar in Royal Regiment of Artillery.[6] In October 1869, he retired from the military.[7]
Personal life
Charles was known for his financial difficulties, which led to his legal troubles.[8] In October 1869, Charles was arrested after his unsuccessful attempt to escape his creditors in a Hansom cab.[9][10] In 1871, bankruptcy proceedings against Charles Hamilton were initiated and dismissed in 1874.[11][12][13]
Earl of Selkirk
On 11 April 1885, a distant cousin of Lord Charles Hamilton, Dunbar Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk died with no issue.[14] Although his elder brother, William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton was the closest and most senior male relative, but Lord Charles inherited the title Earl of Selkirk by special remainder of the titles.[15][1][16]
Death
On 2 May 1886, The Earl of Selkirk died at 38 years old. Because he had no male heirs so his titles were inherited by his elder brother William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton.[15]
Ancestry
Notes
- ^ Charles Hamilton's maternal grandmother was Napoléon Bonaparte's adoptive daughter.
References
- ^ a b Cokayne 1896, pp. 108.
- ^ "Page 3655 | Issue 23395, 30 June 1868 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk.
- ^ Lodge 1861, pp. 285.
- ^ Davis 2022, pp. 178–179.
- ^ "Page 6585 | Issue 22694, 30 December 1862 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk.
- ^ "Page 1702 | Issue 23081, 9 March 1866 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk.
- ^ "Page 5617 | Issue 23547, 19 October 1869 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk.
- ^ "Page 3146 | Issue 23502, 1 June 1869 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Tìm kiếm lưu trữ của Google News". news.google.com.
- ^ Volks- und Schützenzeitung: politisches Volksblatt. 1869 (in German). Wagner. 1869.
- ^ "Page 5687 | Issue 23808, 19 December 1871 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk.
- ^ "Page 631 | Issue 24064, 10 February 1874 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk.
- ^ "Page 4162 | Issue 24124, 21 August 1874 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk.
- ^ Maxwell, Sir Herbert (1902). A History of the House of Douglas from the Earliest Times Down to the Legislative Union of England and Scotland. Freemantle. p. 205.
- ^ a b Morris 2020, pp. 2875.
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1885. p. 1188.
Bibliography
- Davis, Edward Hilary (2022-09-15). The British Bonapartes: Napoleon's Family in Britain. Pen and Sword History. ISBN 978-1-3990-8855-8.
- Lodge, Edmund (1861). Lodge's Peerage and Baronetage (knightage & Companionage) of the British Empire. Hurst & Blackett.
- Cokayne, George Edward (1896). The Complete Peerage (Edition 1, Volume 7).
- Morris, Susan (2020-04-20). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019. eBook Partnership. p. 2875. ISBN 978-1-9997670-5-1.