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Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton

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There was a serious possibility that Alfred Hamilton would provide a good match for the twelfth duke's daughter, Lady Mary, but such hopes were dashed in 1890, when Hamilton was partially paralysed by a rare tropical disease he had caught while overseas on his last tour of duty. Hamilton recovered
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for use as a hospital. Following the end of the war it was considered necessary to demolish it due to subsidence, blamed on the family's own coal mines. Hamilton lived instead at
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property and assets from his cousin, as well as a £1 million debt secured on them, most of the unentailed Hamilton estates went to Lady Mary, who in 1906 married
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Hamilton died shortly after his 78th birthday, on 16 March 1940 at the family's property in
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Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton and 10th Duke of Brandon
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Lady Margaret Douglas-Hamilton (b. 1907), mother of
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contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Hamilton
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George Nigel Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk
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(1921). 208:Captain Charles Douglas-Hamilton 200:Lady Mairi Nina Douglas-Hamilton 702:Nobility from South Lanarkshire 166: 567:Burke's Peerage and Baronetage 507: 488: 468: 274: 190:Lady Margaret Douglas-Hamilton 1: 484:. 30 June 1885. p. 3002. 443: 350:Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 271:of the Duke, who had no son. 238: 193:Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton 16:Scottish nobleman and sailor 7: 371:On 4 December 1901, at the 197:Lord David Douglas-Hamilton 10: 748: 727:House of Douglas and Angus 348:of the 6th Battalion, the 184:Lady Jean Douglas-Hamilton 670: 661: 653: 646: 636: 627: 617: 608: 600: 593: 366: 204: 176: 148: 127: 101: 91: 81: 71: 63: 54: 46: 23: 674:Douglas Douglas-Hamilton 657:William Douglas-Hamilton 648:Peerage of Great Britain 621:Douglas Douglas-Hamilton 604:William Douglas-Hamilton 542:: CS1 maint: location ( 255:, himself a grandson of 640:George Douglas-Hamilton 339:Highland Light Infantry 312:Palace of Holyroodhouse 253:Charles Powell Hamilton 423:David Douglas-Hamilton 385:Nina Mary Benita Poore 337:of the 4th Battalion, 333:Hamilton was honorary 155:Nina Mary Benita Poore 722:Marquesses of Douglas 432:Hamilton's sons made 344:He was also honorary 326:on moorland close to 243:Hamilton was born at 732:People from Shanklin 562:at www.rcahms.gov.uk 95:10th Duke of Brandon 31:The Duke of Hamilton 595:Peerage of Scotland 412:Anneli Drummond-Hay 383:, Hamilton married 97:9th Earl of Selkirk 495:"Court circular". 481:The London Gazette 335:lieutenant-colonel 712:Dukes of Hamilton 680: 679: 671:Succeeded by 637:Succeeded by 618:Succeeded by 551:Marek, Miroslav. 212: 211: 739: 717:Dukes of Brandon 654:Preceded by 611:Duke of Hamilton 601:Preceded by 591: 590: 556: 547: 541: 533: 501: 500: 492: 486: 485: 472: 466: 459: 269:heir presumptive 170: 168: 134: 123: 111: 109: 59: 49:Duke of Hamilton 21: 20: 747: 746: 742: 741: 740: 738: 737: 736: 682: 681: 676: 667: 664:Duke of Brandon 659: 642: 633: 630:Earl of Selkirk 623: 614: 606: 576: 555:. 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Index

His Grace
TD
DL
Duke of Hamilton

William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton
Shanklin
Isle of Wight
Ferne House
Dorset
Nina Mary Benita Poore
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton
George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk
Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton
Lord David Douglas-Hamilton
Lieutenant
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DL
Scottish
sailor
Shanklin
Isle of Wight
Charles Powell Hamilton
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
Royal Navy
William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton
heir presumptive
entailed
James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose

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