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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.⁵ She possessed with consent of John, Archbishop of St Andrews, her curator, bound herself not to uplift her conjunct-fee rents of two parts of the barony of Lenzie so long as her lord and his heirs let her uplift the rents of the barony of Harbertshire on 23 December 1553 in Lenzie.⁷^2,8,9

Death

Lady Barbara Hamilton, dau of the Duke of Chatelherault and formerly Lady Gordon, died before 26 November 1577.¹

Citations

[S29] Various, "WikiTree," pedigree, Commons, WikiTree (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki: 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: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh: T and A Constable, 1911), 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: Edited from the original manuscripts in the Advocate's Library (Edinburgh: University Press, 1900), 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, online (St Andrews: University of St Andrews, between 2007 and 2025), 1569/11/5; online transcription and translation, (https://www.rps.ac.uk/ : accessed 9 March 2025.
[S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar District, Archeological, Historical and Biographical, second edition (Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1867), p 528.
[S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 25 September 2025), GD10 22/10, 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.
[S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charter 324.
[S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charter 285.
[S169] Eric Robertson Collection of Fleming Family Charters (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library), "MSS gen ovs 3," Item 1.13, 2 April 1571, Linlithgow. Barbara, Lady Fleming, precept of clare constat for James Fleming, brother and heir of William Fleming of Bord, in Nether Auchinreoch; University of Toronto, Canada.

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Last Edited

27 April 2025