Science - Its In the Genes. This James Hamilton wrote the book Calculations and Tables on the Attractive Power of Lodestones, published 1729.

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James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn¹

M, #110267, b. 22 March 1685/86, d. 11 January 1743/44

James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn|b. 22 Mar 1685/86\nd. 11 Jan 1743/44|p11027.htm#i110267|James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn|b. c 1661\nd. 28 Nov 1734|p10660.htm#i106600|Hon. Elizabeth Reading|b. c 1669\nd. 19 Mar 1754|p10662.htm#i106612|Colonel James Hamilton|b. c 1620\nd. 6 Jun 1673|p11025.htm#i110243|Elizabeth Colepeper|b. c 1637\nd. 1709|p11027.htm#i110263|Sir Robert Reading, 1st and last Bt.|d. c Mar 1689|p10662.htm#i106613|Jane Hannay|d. c Nov 1684|p11027.htm#i110265|

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James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn was born on 22 March 1685/86.¹ He was the son of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn and Hon. Elizabeth Reading.¹ He married Anne Plumer, daughter of Colonel John Plumer and Mary Hale, between 26 March 1711 and 28 April 1711 at Widford, Hertfordshire, England.¹ He died on 11 January 1743/44 at age 57.¹ He was buried on 16 January 1743/44.¹
He was styled as Lord Paisley between 1701 and 1734.¹ He was invested as a Fellow, Royal Society (F.R.S.) on 10 November 1715.¹ He wrote the book Calculations and Tables on the Attractive Power of Lodestones, published 1729.¹ He succeeded to the title of 7th Lord Paisley, co. Renfrew [S., 1587] on 28 November 1734. He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet Hamilton, of Donalong, co. Tyrone and of Nenagh, co. Tipperary [I., 1660] on 28 November 1734. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Viscount Strabane [I., 1701] on 28 November 1734.¹ He succeeded to the title of 8th Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane, co. Tyrone [I., 1617] on 28 November 1734.¹ He succeeded to the title of 7th Earl of Abercorn [S., 1606] on 28 November 1734.¹ He succeeded to the title of 7th Lord Abercorn, co. Linlithgow [S., 1603] on 28 November 1734. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Mountcastle, co. Tyrone [I., 1701] on 28 November 1734.¹ He succeeded to the title of 7th Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcashell and Kirkpatrick [S., 1606] on 28 November 1734. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 20 July 1738.¹ He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] on 26 September 1739.¹

Children of James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn and Anne Plumer

• James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn¹ b. 22 Oct 1712, d. 9 Oct 1789
• Captain Hon. John Hamilton+¹ b. c 1714, d. 18 Dec 1755
• William Hamilton² b. bt 1715 - 1717
• Lady Anne Hamilton+² b. 12 Jun 1715, d. 14 Dec 1792
• Rev. Hon. George Hamilton+³ b. 11 Aug 1718, d. 26 Nov 1787
• Plumer Hamilton² b. 1719/20
• Hon. Lt. William Hamilton² b. 18 Feb 1721, d. 1744
• Lady unknown daughter Hamilton² b. 27 Feb 1736

Citations

1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 6. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
2. [S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 63. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage.
3. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 7.