James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn
18th-century Scottish and Irish peer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn PC (Ire) (22 October 1712 – 9 October 1789), styled Lord Paisley from 1734 to 1736, was an Anglo-Irish peer. He inherited large estates in Ireland, where he built a mansion, and re-acquired some of the family's ancestral lands in Scotland.
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Born | (1712-10-22)22 October 1712 |
Died | 9 October 1789(1789-10-09) (aged 76) Boroughbridge, England |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
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