Archibald Hamilton 1667-ca.1739

Archibald HAMILTON of Dalserf 1667-ca. 1739

Hamilton's bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection *548)

Biographical Note

Fourth son of the Edinburgh lawyer William Hamilton 3rd of Wishaw, he was himself an advocate and served as the baillie of the Dukedom and regality of Hamilton. He married the granddaughter of William Hamilton of Dalserf, heiress of Dalserf.

Books

Used an engraved bookplate:

Franks *548 Hamilton, Mr. Archibald, of Dalserfe, Advocat; 13444 Hamilton, Archibald, of Dalserfe, Esqr. (The last plate with inscription altered.)

Sources

• Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.
• J. Anderson, Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton, Edinburgh, 1825, pp. 268-270
• The Scots Peerage, vol. 2, p. 49.