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60. Henry David, 12th Earl of Buchan 1832-3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Erskine%2C_12th_Earl_of_Buchan
Henry David Erskine, 12th Earl of Buchan (1783–13 September 1857) was the grandson of the 10th Earl of Buchan [10th GM
Scotland,.Henry David, 10th Earl of Buchan 1745-46]
On 28 September 1809, he married Elizabeth Cole Shipley and they had one child, David Stuart Erskine, 13th Earl of Buchan
(1815–1898).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Erskine
The Hon. Henry Erskine (1 November 1746 - 8 October 1817) was a Scottish politician and lawyer.
The second son of Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan and brother of the Lord Chancellor Thomas Erskine, he studied at St
Andrews University, Edinburgh University and the University of Glasgow.
He was appointed Lord Advocate from 1783 to 1784 in the Fox-North Coalition and again from 1806 to 1807 in the Grenville
ministry. He was advocate and state councillor to the Prince of Wales in Scotland from 1783. He was Dean of the Faculty of
Advocates from 1785 to 1795, but was not re-elected, having condemned the "sedition" and "treason" bills as unconstitutional.
He was Member of Parliament for Haddington burghs from April to November 1806, and for Dumfries burghs from 1806 to 1807. He
was appointed as a Commissioner to inquire into administration of justice in Scotland in 1808. In 1811 he gave up his practice at the
bar and retired to his country residence of Almondell, in Linlithgowshire.
His eldest son, Henry David, succeeded as 12th Earl of Buchan on his uncle's death in 1829
Described as a "friend of the poor", he published The Emigrant, an Eclogue, 1773 and other poems.
61. William Alexander, Marquis of Douglas, afterwards 11th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon 1833-34
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alexander_Anthony_Archibald_Hamilton%2C_11th_Duke_of_Hamilton
11th Duke of Hamilton and 8th Duke of Brandon (19 February 1811 – 8 July 1863), styled Earl of Angus before 1819 and Marquess
of Douglas and Clydesdale between 1819 and 1852, was a Scottish nobleman.
Son of the 10th Duke, he was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He was Knight Marischal of Scotland from 1846 and
Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire.
In 1843 he married Marie Amélie von Baden, daughter of the Grand Duke of Baden and Stéphanie de Beauharnais the adopted
daughter of Napoleon I. He died in Paris.
Their daughter, Lady Mary Victoria Hamilton, married firstly Albert I, Prince of Monaco.
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10947.htm#i109467
William Alexander Anthony Archibald Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton was born on 19 February 1811 in Grosvenor Place,
London, England. He was the son of Sir Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton and Susan Euphemia Beckford. He married
Marie Amelie Elisabeth Karoline Prinzessin von Baden, daughter of Karl Ludwig Friedrich Großherzog von Baden and Stéphanie
Louise Adrienne de Beauharnais, Vicomtesse de Beauharnais, on 23 February 1843 in Ducal Palace, Mannheim, Baden-
Württemburg, Germany. He died on 15 July 1863 at age 52 in Masion Dorée, Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, France, from a fall after
supper.
William Alexander Anthony Archibald Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton was styled as Marquess of Douglas between 1819 and
1852. He was educated in Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England. He matriculated in Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford,
Oxfordshire, England, on 2 July 1829. He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, on 15 November
1832 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).
He held the offices of:
Grand Master of the Freemasons [Scotland] between 1833 and 1835.
Knight Marischal of Scotland between 1846 and 1863.
Lord-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire between 1852 and 1863.
He succeeded to the titles of:
8th Earl of Angus [S., 1633] on 18 August 1852.
8th Marquess of Douglas [S., 1633] on 18 August 1852.
11th Lord Aven and Innerdale [S., 1643] on 18 August 1852.
10th Earl of Lanark [S., 1639] on 18 August 1852.
11th Earl of Arran and Cambridge [S., 1643] on 18 August 1852.
11th Duke of Hamilton [S., 1643] on 18 August 1852.
11th Marquess of Clydesdale [S., 1643] on 18 August 1852.
8th Baron of Dutton [G.B., 1711] on 18 August 1852.
8th Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest [S., 1633] on 18 August 1852.
8th Duke of Brandon [G.B., 1711] on 18 August 1852.
10th Lord Machansyre and Polmont [S., 1639] on 18 August 1852.
He held the office of President of the Highland and Agricultural Society [Scotland] between 1853 and 1858.
Cockayne and Gibbs state "he lived chiefly in Paris or Baden, taking little interest in English politics. According to the The Days of
the Dandies, he, 'having inherited in some measure his father's grandeeship of manner,' was the Duke of whom Lord Brougham
wrote as 'Very Duke of Very Duke'. He was a book collector and a member of the Roxburghe Club. His Lancashire estates, which
he sold in 1853, realised £329,800."
Married Marie Amelie Elisabeth Karoline Prinzessin von Baden b. 11 October 1818, d. 18 October 1888
Children
1. Sir William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton+ b. 12 Mar 1845, d. 16 May 1895
2. Lieutenant Charles George Douglas-Hamilton, 7th Earl of Selkirk b. 18 May 1847, d. 2 May 1886
3. Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton+ b. 11 Dec 1850, d. 14 May 1922
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