Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton (1684 – 28 December 1763) of Innerwick and of Ballencrieff, Linlithgow was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1741.

Early life Hamilton was the only son of James Hamilton of Ballencrieff and his wife Margaret (née Nicolson) Hamilton. After his father's death, his mother remarried to Sir Thomas Nicolson, 1st Baronet, with whom she had several daughters (his half-sisters), one of whom was Margaret Nicolson, the wife of William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian (Hamilton's brother-in-law).

In 1687, at age three, he succeeded his father. His wardship was granted to George Baillie in 1692. He succeeded Sir Francis Hamilton, 3rd Baronet, to the name but not the lands of Innerwick in 1714. His family, the Hamiltons of Innerwick, acquired their lands in the fourteenth century.

Personal life He married before 1724, Lady Margaret Kerr (1691–1768), daughter of William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian and Lady Jane Campbell, the third daughter of Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll. Together, they were the parents of:

James Hamilton, who was keeper of His Majesty's Stores, appointed as of Chattam, and succeeded his father.

Descendants Through his eldest son James, he was a grandfather of Alexander James Hamilton (b. 1755), who served in the 45th Regiment and fought in America from 1776 to 1778, when he married Mary Deane (1759–1851), daughter of Irish-born Richard Deane of New York, where Hamilton thereafter resided.