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| | Historical perspective for Hamilton Palace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | James, the third Marquess, was created in 1643 Marquess of Clydesdale, and later Duke of Hamilton, with a grant of the office of hereditary keeper of Holyrood Palace. |
 | | This nobleman, the first Duke of Hamilton, warmly espoused the cause of Charles I.; and being defeated and captured at the Battle of Preston, he was condemned by the same court as had condemned the king, and was beheaded in London, 9 March 1649. |
 | | His other titles are Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale, Earl of Angus, Arran, and Lanark, Lord Hamilton, Avon, Polmont, Mackanshire, Innerdale, Abernethy, and Jedburgh Forest in the peerage of Scotland, and Baron of Dutton. |
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