James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran
1475 - 1529 (53 years)-
Name James Hamilton Title 1st Earl of Arran Birth 25 Apr 1475 Lanarkshire, Scotland 
Gender Male FSID LBRD-MGY Burial 1529 Lanarkshire, Scotland Death 26 Mar 1529 West Lothian, Scotland Person ID I567 footsteps | Bangs, Byrd, Carroll, Harrison, Hayne, Bruce, Stewart, Lady Godiva, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II Last Modified 21 Apr 2025
Father James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton , b. 1415, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 6 Nov 1479, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 64 years) Relationship natural Mother Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran , b. 13 May 1453, Sterlingshire, Scotland d. 16 May 1488, Refrewshire, Scotland (Age 35 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1440 Lanarkshire, Scotland Family ID F695 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Janet Bethune Of Easter, Countess of Arran , b. 1486, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 1522, West Lothian, Scotland (Age 36 years) Marriage 1500 Kincardineshire, Scotland Children + 1. Janet Hamilton, Lady , b. Jan 1510, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 23 Nov 1574, Dumfries-shire, Scotland (Age 64 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 2. James Hamilton, Second Earl of Arran , b. 1 Jan 1515, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 22 Jan 1575, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 60 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F693 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Apr 2025
Family 2 Beatrix Drummond, b. 1476, Perthshire, England d. May 1507, Perthshire, England (Age 31 years) Marriage Abt 1490 Scotland Children + 1. John Hamilton, Sir , of Samuelston and Clydesdale, b. 1496, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Bef 1574, Scotland (Age < 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F11650 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Apr 2025
Family 3 Marriage Abt 1490 Scotland Family ID F20289 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Apr 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - 25 Apr 1475 - Lanarkshire, Scotland 
Marriage - Abt 1490 - Scotland Marriage - Abt 1490 - Scotland 
Marriage - 1500 - Kincardineshire, Scotland Burial - 1529 - Lanarkshire, Scotland 
Death - 26 Mar 1529 - West Lothian, Scotland = Link to Google Earth
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James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran and 2nd Lord Hamilton (c. 1475 - 1529 ) w a s a S c o ttish nobleman, naval commander and first cousin of James IV o f S c o t l and.
He was the eldest of two sons of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, and h i s w i f e , Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran. Mary was a daughter of King J a m e s I I o f Scotland and his Queen consort Mary of Guelders, and a siste r o f K i n g J ames III of Scotland.
Hamilton succeeded to his father's lordship, inheriting his lands when h i s f a t h er died in 1479. In 1489 his first cousin King James IV made him S h e r i f f of Lanark, a position his father had previously held,[1] and a S c o t t i sh Privy Counsellor. By 28 April 1490 he was married to Elizabeth H o m e , d a ughter of Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home.
Between April and August 1502, Hamilton commanded a naval fleet sent to h e l p K i n g Hans of Denmark, James IV's uncle, defeat a Swedish rebellion. H e n e g o t iated James's marriage to Margaret Tudor and was present at the w e d d i n g on 8 August 1503. On the same day Lord Hamilton was created Earl o f A r r a n , with the formal grant three days later, "for his nearness of b lo o d " a n d his services at the time of the marriage. He was appointed Li e u t e n ant General of Scotland and in May 1504 commanded a naval expediti o n t o s u p press an uprising in the Western Isles.
In September 1507, James IV sent Hamilton as his ambassador on a diplom a t i c m i ssion to the court of Louis XII of France. When returning in ear l y 1 5 0 8 , he was briefly detained in the Kingdom of England by Henry VII , w h o w a s s uspicious of a renewal of the Auld Alliance between Scotland a n d F r a n ce.