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Lady Barbara Hamilton, dau of the Duke of Chatelherault and formerly Lady Gordon
b. after 1535, d. before 26 November 1577
Birth
Lady Barbara Hamilton, dau of the Duke of Chatelherault and formerly Lady Gordon, was born after 1535.1
Parents
| Father | Duke James ("Governor of Scotland and 2nd Earl of Arran") Hamilton, of Chatelherault (b. 1519, d. 22 January 1575) |
Family life
Sir James ("the loyal") Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming, and Lady Barbara Hamilton, dau of the Duke of Chatelherault and formerly Lady Gordon, were married on 22 December 1553.2,3,4
Partner with Alexander Gordon, Lord Gordon, (d. 1553)
Child with Sir James ("the loyal") Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming, (b. circa 1527, d. 18 December 1558)
| Daughter | Jean ("Jane") Fleming, Countess of Cassilis+ (b. circa 1555, d. 23 June 1609) |
Property
Lady Barbara Hamilton, dau of the Duke of Chatelherault and formerly Lady Gordon, possessed had a charter from her husband of part of the barony of Lenzie on 14 December 1553 in Lenzie.2,5,6 She possessed had a charter from her husbands of her liferent in Kildowan and Auchtermony on 21 December 1553 in Kildowan and Auchtermony.52
Death
Lady Barbara Hamilton, dau of the Duke of Chatelherault and formerly Lady Gordon, died before 26 November 1577.1
Citations
- [S29] Various, Various, "WikiTree," pedigree, Commons, WikiTree (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki: accessed ), ., online; 8 November 2023; Barbara (Hamilton) Fleming (aft. 1535 - bef. 1577) at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hamilton-1212
- [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558
- [S36] James Toshach Clark (ed), Genealogical Collections concerning families in Scotland, made by Walter MacFarlane 1750-51, Vol 1, page 27, "Elizabeth (or Barbara according to Bishop Leslie) married to James Lord Flyming"
- [S68] KM Brown and others, Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, 1569/11/5
- [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming, p 528
- [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: accessed ), ., viewed; 25 September 2025; GD103/2/2/10, 23 Dec 1553, Bond by Barbara Hammiltoun, relict of Lord Gordoun, with consent of John, Archbishop of St. Andrews, her curator, to James, Lord Flemyng
| Last Edited | 27 April 2025 |