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 130 HADDINGTON. III. 1640 3. TnoMAs (Hamilton), Earl of II aldington, &c. [S.J, s. and h. by first wife; b. about 1625 ; styled Lord BINNING 1637-10 ; sue. to the peerage [S.], 30 Aug. 16-10. He m. (contract 8 Aug. 1643, at Chatillon) Henrietta de Coligny, 1st da. of Gaspard, Count de Coligny (a Marshal of France), by Anne de Poliunac, da. of Gabriel, Sieur dp. St. Germain. He d. of consumption s.p. and under age 8 Feb. 1045, and was bur. in Holyrood Abbey. His widow, who was b. at Paris 1618, hi. Gaspard de Champagne, Count de la Size (a Huguenot noble) from whom she separated 9 Aug. 1661, and, having become a Roman Catholic, d. at Paris 10 March 1673, and was bur. in St. Paul's church there.( a ) IV. 1645. 4- John (Hamilton), Earl of Haddington, &c. [S.j, br. and h., b. about 1626 ; sue. to the peerage [S.], 8 Feb. 1645. He m. about Feb. 1C4S Christian, da. of John (Lindsay), 17th Haul of Crawford, 1st Earl of LINDSAY, &c. [8.1 by Margaret, da. of James (Hamilton), 2d Marquess of Hamilton [S.] He d. 31 Aug. 1C69, at Tyninghame. His widow was living 1691. V. 1G69. 5. Charles (Hamilton), Earl of Haddington, &c. [S.], only s. and h. ; b. about 1650 ; styled Lord Binsino till 1669 when (1 Sep.) he sue. to the peerage [S.] Ho ;»., 8 Oct. 1674, at Leslie, co. Fife, Margaret, afterwards (1681) mo jure Countess of Rothes [S.], 1st da. of John (Leslie), Duke of Rothes [S.], by Ann. da. of John (Lindsay), Earl of Crawford, and Earl of Lindsay [S.] In this contract he agreed to resign his peerage titles in favour (after his own death) of his second and other sons in tail male, so as to keep them distinct from the Earldom of Rothes and appears (according to a patent of 1689 hereafter quoted) to have actually effected such resignation in favour of his yr. sons Thomas and Charles. He d. at Leslie House, co. Fife, May 1685. His widow, who on the death of her father s.p.m., 27 July 16S1. had become (as abovestated) mo jure Countess of Rothes [S.] d. 20 Aug. 1700. Will dat. at Leslie 4 June 1688. VI. 1685, G. Thomas (Hamilton), Eari. of Haddington, &c. 1689, [8.], second s. but heir to his father's peerage dignities according qj, to the marriage contract of his parents as abovestated ; bap. 5 Sep. l -jQ-i 1680, at Tyninghame ; had a charter of the Earldom of Hadding- ton, 25 Feb. 1687, as also one of the hereditary Keepership of Holyroodhouse park, 23 Jan. 1691. By patent (in the preamble to which he is styled "Mr. Thomas Hamilton") dat. 18 Dec. 16S9, at Holland House (in which the abovenamed agreement of resignation^ 1 ) made in 1674 is recited) the Earldom of Haddington and Barony cf Binning and Uyres was confirmed on him in tail male, with rem. to his yr. br. Charles Hamilton in like manner with rem. to his eldest br. John, " Lord Leslie," in like manner, with rem. as in the orig. pateut of creation ; finally by yet another pat dat. 22 Oct. 1702, at St. James, the said digni'.iea were confirmed as above (omitting, however, mention of the yst. br. Charles Hamilton, then probably deed.) after a resignation of the said dignities in the month previous by John, Earl of Rothes [S.], the elder br., who ''jure sanguinis" was heir to the late Earl. He was a zealous Whig ; a promoter of the Union [S.], and a staunch supporter of the House of Hanover, being wounded at the battle of Sheriflmuir ; (») She was celebrated for her wit, her beauty, and her romantic adventures. On hot- picture (by Lagaliere) was written this quatrain — " Quae Dea sublimi rapitur per inania enrru ? An Juno, an Pallas, an Venus ipsa venit? Si genus inspicias, Juno ; si scripta, Minerva ; Si Bpectes oculos, Mater Avioris erit." ( b ) In this resignation, as quoted, is a clause that if the said Thomas should, by the death of his elder br. without heirs of his body, become Earl of Rothes that he should resign the title of Haddington in favour of his yr. br. This clause is, however, not alluded to in the ratification of this said resignation tho' theie is this clause therein, viz., "volentes pnedictum titnlum de Haddington in ejus persona, a pnedicto litttlo de Rothes separatum et distinctum remanere, et nunquam cum eo eonfusuni fore " in which clause, however, the " ejus persona" seems to restrict it merely to so far as it applies to the said Thomas.