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	Hamilton Mausoleum
		It was acquired by the 14th Duke of Hamilton in 1946 and remains a splendid setting for the famous Hamilton Palace collection of furniture and paintings as well as mementoes of Mary Queen of Scots.
		The Clan Hamilton are somewhat connected to the Douglas Clan due to the fact that the daughter of the Duke of Hamilton married the Earl of Selkirk, William Douglas.
		Ironically the Hamilton's wealth was largely built on the mining of the rich coal seams under their lands, but this proved to be the Palace's undoing as coal was removed from underneath it.
	www.sorbie.net /hamilton_mausoleum.htm (3062 words)

	Marquesses And Dukes Of Hamilton - LoveToKnow 1911
		At the pacification of Perth in 1573 the Hamiltons abandoned Mary's cause, and a reconciliation with the Douglases was sealed by Lord John's marriage with Margaret, daughter of the 7th Lord Glamis, a cousin of the regent Morton.
		James Douglas, 4th duke of Hamilton (1658-1712), eldest son of the preceding and of Duchess Anne, succeeded his mother, who resigned the dukedom to him in 1698, and at the accession of Queen Anne he was regarded as leader of the Scottish national party.
		The title of duke of Chatellerault, granted to his remote ancestor in 1548, and claimed at different times by various branches of the Hamilton family, was conferred on the 11th duke's son, William Alexander, 12th duke of Hamilton (1845-1895), by the emperor of the French in 1864.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Marquesses_And_Dukes_Of_Hamilton (1663 words)

	Texas House of Representatives: Member Dawnna Dukes
		Dawnna Dukes is a sixth term member of the Texas House of Representatives and a third generation native of District 46, which comprises inner-city East Austin and Northeast Travis County.
		Dukes currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars, Chair of Budget and Oversight for the Culture, Recreation and Tourism Committee and a respected member of the Appropriations Committee.
		In her commitment to increase school safety and build safer neighborhoods, Representative Dukes created tougher penalties against gang recruitment and activity; expanded the "gun free school zones" provision and protected a child´s right to due process under the law by requiring that proper counsel be provided to youth during law enforcement interrogations.
	www.house.state.tx.us /members/dist46/bio/dukes.htm (627 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Hamilton, Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hamilton Palace, the former seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, was first built in 1695 and stood until its demolition in 1921.
		The 2001 Census recorded a population of 48,546 in Hamilton, and the town is twinned with Châtellerault, in France.
		Hamilton, during his unfortunate career, had often been suspected of betraying the kings cause, and, as an heir to the Scottish throne, of intentionally playing into the hands of the Covenanters with a view of procuring the crown for himself.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hamilton%2C-Scotland (1396 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Duke of Hamilton (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Duke of Hamilton is one of the most ennobled individuals in the United Kingdom, holding, in addition to the Dukedoms, nine subsidiary titles.
		ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1757-1804), American statesman and economist, was born, as a British subject, on the island of Nevis in the West Indies on the 11th of January 1757.
		Hamilton stigmatized his great opponent as a political fanatic; but actualist as he claimed to be, 9 Hamilton could not see, or would not concede, the predominating forces in American life, and would uncompromisingly have minimized the two great political conquests of the colonial period - local selfgovernment and democracy.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Duke_of_Hamilton/Dukes_of_Hamilton_and_Brandon_.281711.29 (728 words)

	The OHL Arena & Travel Guide - Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Dukes, Hamilton Steelhawks
		The Hamilton Steelhawks were moved from Brantford in 1984 and left for greener pastures in Niagara Falls in 1988, and are now the Erie Otters.
		The Hamilton Dukes were once the Toronto Marlboros but moved to Hamilton in 1989, and left for Guelph in 1991 to become the Storm.
		Hamilton is a big city and the OHL seems to have been lost in the action, plus no OHL team could ever draw 17,500 people regularly to a game so Copps is too large anyway.
	www.ohlarenaguide.com /steelhawk.htm (660 words)

	Duke of Hamilton - Definition, explanation
		The 1st Earl of Selkirk's eldest son James Hamilton (1658-1712) was known as the Earl of Arran until 9 July 1698 when his mother, Anne Hamilton, abdicated her titles of Duchess of Hamilton, Marchioness of Clydesdale, Lady Aven and Innerdale, Countess of Arran and Cambridge, Countess of Lanark and Lady Machansyre and Polmont.
		The 4th Duke's son James Douglas (1703-1743) was succeeded by his son James Douglas-Hamilton (1724-1758) and he by his son James George Douglas-Hamilton (1755-1769) who became the 7th Duke of Hamilton upon his father's death.
		The 11th Duke's son William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton (1845-1895) died without a male heir and the title of 13th Duke of Hamilton passed to his distant cousin Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton (1862-1940) who was descended from the 4th Duke of Hamilton.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/d/du/duke_of_hamilton.php (1376 words)

	§3. "Memoires of the Hamiltons". VII. Historical and Political Writers. Vol. 9. From Steele and Addison to Pope ...
		The Memoires of the Lives and Actions of James and William Dukes of Hamilton and Castleherald grew out of a series of visits to Hamilton, where Anne, the gifted wife of the third, and daughter of the first, duke, gave the eager young professor access to her father’s, and her husband’s, papers.
		Whether its purpose of vindicating the character of the first duke of Hamilton from the reflections freely cast upon it was successfully accomplished is not a question which calls for discussion here.
		At least, it thoroughly refutes “one of the most bloody and pernicious of all the hellish slanders” to which the duke’s name was subjected—the charge that he confused Scottish affairs in order to fish a crown for himself out of the troubled waters.
	www.bartleby.com /219/0703.html (332 words)

	The Hamilton-Douglases
		JAMES GEORGE, seventh Duke of Hamilton, on the death of the Duke of Douglas, in 1761, became the male representative and head of the house of Douglas.
		The most ancient cadet of the house of Hamilton is the family of Hamilton of Preston and Fingalton, represented by Colonel Sir William Hamilton, son of the late Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the University of Edinburgh, one of the most eminent metaphysicians in Europe.
		CLAUD HAMILTON, fourth Earl of Abercorn, unlike his self-seeking and politic kinsman, adhered firmly to the cause of James after the Revolution of 1688, accompanied him when he came from France to Ireland, and upon his arrival in Dublin was sworn a member of the Privy Council.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/families/hamilton_douglases.htm (3043 words)

	The Heater: Tampa Bay Devil Rays blog \| tampabay.com - St. Petersburg Times and tbt*: Archives
		Dukes was taken off the Rays active roster in June after.a series of personal and off-field issues.
		Dukes said he hadn't addressed any of the previous reports or accusations by his estranged wife, but decided to call in to the station after hearing about a caller claiming Dukes admitted to him during an anger management session that Dukes' mother had smoked crack:
		The order means Dukes, who waived his appearance and was not present in the Hillsborough Circuit Court in Plant City, cannot contact his wife for one year.
	blogs.tampabay.com /rays/elijah_dukes (1637 words)

	Hamilton Palace : dispersal and demolition
		The remains of the two most recent Dukes - the 11th and 12th - were taken to their beloved Isle of Arran for burial, but all the other members of the family were interred in a large grave adjoining the local cemetery.
		On 13 October 1921, the Egyptian sarcophagus containing the 10th Duke, together with all the other coffins in the crypt, were transported to Bent Cemetery, on a lorry, by Wylie & Lochhead of Glasgow, with assistance from estate workers.
		A large monument records that the grave contains James, Lord Hamilton (d.1479); the 1st Marquess of Hamilton; the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Dukes of Hamilton; the wives of the 9th and 10th Dukes; and three sons of the 4th, 9th and 11th Dukes.
	www.rcahms.gov.uk /hamilton/demolition37.html (240 words)

	Hamilton, Strathclyde, Scotland
		The ancient burgh of Hamilton was originally known as Cadzow, an Anglicization of the Celtic name "Cadihou," which means "beautiful castle." King David I of Scotland made Cadzow a Royal Barony in the 12th century.
		Situated near the industrial city of Glasgow, Hamilton provides the opportunity to visit historical Chatelherault, the hunting lodge of the Dukes of Hamilton, and the Hamilton Mausoleum, which boasts the longest echo of any building in Europe.
		Although magnificent Hamilton Palace was demolished in the 1920's due subsidence from mining, many treasures from the Palace were transferred to the present family seat at Lennoxlove.
	home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamiltown.htm (289 words)

	EARLS AND DUKES OF CAM... - Online Information article about EARLS AND DUKES OF CAM...
		1625), created him earl of Cambridge, a title which came to his son and successor James, 3rd marquess and first duke of Hamilton (d.
		In 1651 when William, 2nd duke of Hamilton, died, his English title became extinct.
		dukes of Cambridge, but both died in childhood.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /CAL_CAR/CAMBRIDGE_EARLS_AND_DUKES_OF.html (749 words)

	MARQUESSES AND DUKES O... - Online Information article about MARQUESSES AND DUKES O...
		Hamilton of Cadzow, who was made an hereditary See also:
		father, James Hamilton of Cadzow, who was one of the hostages in See also:
		James, and Lord Hamilton, son of the 1st lord and Princess Mary, was created earl of Arran in 15o3; and his son James, who was See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GUI_HAN/HAMILTON_MARQUESSES_AND_DUKES_O.html (345 words)

	The Dukes of Hazzard on Series-80.net
		Bo and Luke Duke were handsome and honest hotshots and cousins living with their Uncle Jesse and sexy short-shorts-wearin' cousin Daisy on a farm in Hazzard County located somewhere in the Southern United States.
		While mostly interested in minding their own business (and driving at very high speeds in their souped-up Dodge Charger [nicknamed the General Lee]), the Duke boys sometimes fell prey to the greedy schemes of corrupt town leader Boss Hogg and his dimwitted flunky Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane.
		Sometimes serving as "Robin Hood" types (replete with bows and flaming arrows), the Dukes attempted to help out their friends and neighbors in distress and avoid being jailed by the unscrupulous Hogg.
	www.series-80.net /us/tv-show/the-dukes-of-hazzard.html (282 words)

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