Editing Duke of Hamilton (section)

{{Short description|Scottish nobility}}
{{for|the current duke|Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton}}
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{{Infobox nobility title
| name              = Dukedom of Hamilton<br />''<small>held with</small>''<br />Dukedom of Brandon 
| image             = [[File:Coat of Arms of the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon.svg|200px]] 
| image_size        =  
| alt               =  
| caption           = ''Quarterly, first and fourth grandquarters counterquartered, first and fourth gules, three cinquefoils ermine (for Hamilton); second and third argent, a lymphad with sails furled proper, flagged gules (for Arran); second and third grandquarters argent, a heart gules imperially crowned proper, on a chief azure three stars of the field (for Douglas).''
| creation_date     = 12 April 1643 
| creation          =  
| monarch           = [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] 
| peerage           = [[Peerage of Scotland]] 
| baronetage        =  
| first_holder      = [[James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton|James Hamilton, 3rd Marquess of Hamilton]] 
| last_holder       =  
| present_holder    = [[Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton|Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke]] 
| heir_apparent     = Douglas Charles Douglas-Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale 
| heir_presumptive  =  
| remainder_to      = [[heirs male]] [[heirs of the body|of the body]] of the [[James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton|grantee]]; the grantee's [[William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton|brother]]; heirs male of the body of the grantee's brother; the grantee's ''[[Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton|eldest daughter]]'', followed by her heirs male; nearest heirs whatsoever of the grantee<ref name="books.google.com">Sinclair, Alexander: [https://books.google.com/books?id=I7-7AAAAIAAJ&dq=special+remainder+Duke+of+Hamilton+Duke's+daughter+heirs+male&pg=PA32 Dissertation upon "heirs male,": when used as a clause of remainder in grants of Scotch peerages, with some incidental discussions], William Blackwood and sons, 1837.</ref> 
| subsidiary_titles = Marquess of Douglas<br />Marquess of Clydesdale<br />Earl of Angus<br />Earl of Lanark<br />Earl of Arran and Cambridge<br />Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest<br />Lord Machanshire and Polmont<br />Lord Aven and Innerdale<br />Baron Dutton 
| status            = Extant 
| extinction_date   =  
| family_seat       = [[Lennoxlove House]] 
| former_seat       = [[Hamilton Palace]]<br />[[Brodick Castle]]<br />[[Dungavel House]]<br />[[Kinneil House]]<br />[[Ashton Hall]]<br />[[Ferne House]]<br />[[Cadzow Castle]] 
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'''Duke of Hamilton''' is a title in the [[Peerage of Scotland]], created in April 1643. It is the senior [[duke]]dom in that peerage (except for the [[Duke of Rothesay|Dukedom of Rothesay]] held by the sovereign's eldest son), and as such its holder is the premier peer of Scotland, as well as being head of both the [[Clan Hamilton|House of Hamilton]] and the [[House of Douglas]]. The title, the town of [[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire|Hamilton]] in [[Lanarkshire]], and many places around the world are named after members of the [[Clan Hamilton|Hamilton family]]. The ducal family's surname, originally "[[Hamilton (surname and title)|Hamilton]]", is now "[[Douglas-Hamilton]]". Since 1711, the dukedom has been held together with the Dukedom of Brandon in the [[Peerage of Great Britain]], and the dukes since that time have been styled '''Duke of Hamilton and Brandon''', along with several other subsidiary titles.