James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn

James Edward Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn (29 February 1904 – 4 June 1979), styled Viscount Strabane until 1913 and Marquess of Hamilton between 1913 and 1953, was a British peer.

Early life and education Abercorn was born in 1904 at 15 Montagu Square, London, the son of James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, and Lady Rosalind Cecilia Caroline Bingham.

Career After Sandhurst, Lord Hamilton was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, where he rose to the rank of captain. In 1946, he was elected to the County Council of County Tyrone, served as High Sheriff of Tyrone, and then served in the Senate of Northern Ireland. James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn (born 1934) Lord Claud Anthony Hamilton (1939–2026), who was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of County Fermanagh in 1978; he was High Sheriff of Fermanagh in 1990 and was made a Justice of the Peace for the county in 1991. In 1982, he married Catherine Janet Faulkner (niece of Lord Faulkner of Downpatrick). They have a son and a daughter.

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