Hamilton, William Hamilton, 2nd duke of, Earl of Cambridge
- Hamilton, William Hamilton, 2nd duke of, Earl of Cambridge
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▪ Scottish Royalist
also called (1639–49) Earl of Lanark
born Dec. 14, 1616
died Sept. 12, 1651, Worcester, Worcestershire, Eng.
Scottish Royalist during the English Civil Wars, who succeeded to the dukedom on the execution of his brother, the 1st duke, in 1649.
He was a loyal follower of his brother and was created earl of Lanark in 1639; in the next year he became secretary of state for Scotland. Sent by the Scottish committee of estates to treat with Charles I at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1646, he sought in vain to persuade the King to consent to the establishment of Presbyterianism in England. In December 1647 he was one of the Scots who signed the treaty with Charles known as the “Engagement” and thereafter he helped to organize the second phase of the Civil War. He fled abroad in 1649, returning to Scotland with the future Charles II in 1650, and the next year he joined in the Scottish invasion of England. He died from wounds received at the Battle of Worcester. He left no male heirs and the title devolved on the 1st Duke's elder surviving daughter Anne (c. 1631–1716), duchess of Hamilton in her own right.
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