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| | Hamilton, James Hamilton, 3d marquess and 1st duke of - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 3D MARQUESS AND 1ST DUKE OF [Hamilton, James Hamilton, 3d marquess and 1st duke of] 1606-49, Scottish nobleman; grandson of John Hamilton, 1st marquess of Hamilton. |
 | | He succeeded (1625) his father as marquess of Hamilton and earl of Cambridge and was appointed (1628) privy councilor in Scotland. |
 | | Later his attempt to come to terms with Archibald Campbell, 8th earl of Argyll, apparently gave rise (1641) to the obscure plot known as the Incident, devised by James Graham, 5th earl of Montrose, to seize and probably murder Hamilton, his brother William (later 2d duke of Hamilton), and Argyll. |
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