Hamilton Baronets, of Rosehall (1703)
The Hamilton Baronetcy, of Rosehall in the County of Lanark, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 10 April 1703 for Archibald Hamilton, a merchant of Edinburgh. He was a descendant of Walter Hamilton, brother of Sir James Hamilton, father of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, ancestor of the Dukes of Hamilton and Dukes of Abercorn. He was succeeded by his elder son, the second Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament for Lanarkshire. He died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baronet. On his death in 1755 the baronetcy became dormant.
The first Baronet's brother Sir Robert Hamilton was a Lord of Session under the judicial title of Lord Pressmennan. He was the father of John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Belhaven and Stenton (see Lord Belhaven and Stenton and also the Hamilton Baronetcy of Broomhill above).
- Sir Archibald Hamilton, 1st Baronet (died 1709)
- Sir James Hamilton, 2nd Baronet (1682–1750)
- Sir Hugh Hamilton, 3rd Baronet (died 1755)
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