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208 elder brother, the handsome James Hamilton, the hero of the celebrated adventure at Bretby, with, or rather without, the Countess of Chesterfield. His portrait was at the Marquis of Abercorn's, at Stanmore, but, I suppose, was sold with the rest of the Stanmore pictures, at Christie and Hanson's, a few years back.

, the second son of Sir George and Lady Hamilton, married "the lovely Jennings;"—Frances Jennings, elder daughter and coheir of Richard Jennings, of Sandridge, in Hertfordshire, and sister of Sarah Jennings, the celebrated Duchess of Marlborough. He had three daughters (his elder brother had three sons), all nobly married: Elizabeth to Richard, Viscount Ross; Frances to Henry, Viscount Dillon; and Mary to Nicholas, Viscount Kingsland. The king, by a warrant before me, dated 20th April, 1666, granted him a pension of 500l. a-year, "the better to enable him to support himself and family." He is there called "George Hamilton, Esq., Lieutenant of our troop of Guards." He was in love with Miss Stewart, and a most amusing account of the doings in her chamber is put into his mouth by his brother Anthony. This