Hamilton Baronets, of Silvertonhill (1646)
The Hamilton Baronetcy, of Silvertonhill in the County of Lanark, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1646 for Robert Hamilton, a Royalist and favourite of Charles I. He was a descendant of Alexander Hamilton of Silvertonhill, brother of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton (ancestor of the Dukes of Hamilton and the Dukes of Abercorn).
- Sir Robert Hamilton, 1st Baronet (d. c. 1670), MP for Lanarkshire(1661-1663).
- Major Sir Robert Hamilton, 2nd Baronet (d. 1708), MP for Lanarkshire (1678), served in the Earl of Leven's Regiment.
- Sir John Hamilton, 3rd Baronet (died 1748)
- Lt-General Sir Robert Hamilton, 4th Baronet (died 1786), Colonel of the 108th Regiment,from 1770 Colonel of 40th Regiment
- Sir Frederic Hamilton, 5th Baronet (1777–1853)
- Sir Robert North Collie Hamilton, 6th Baronet KCB (1802–1887)
- Sir Frederic Harding Anson Hamilton, 7th Baronet (1836–1919) married Mary Jane, daughter of Thomas W. Willan, a barrister of Lincoln's Inn, and Clerk of the Crown at Quebec, and his wife, Julia, fourth daughter of Hon. Louis Gugy, M.L.C. at St. George's Church, Montreal, 28 September 1865. He served as Captain H.M.'s 6oth Rifles. He succeeded his father in 1887, as 7th Baronet. The couple had two sons and four daughters.
- Sir Robert Caradoc Hamilton, 8th Baronet (1877–1959)
- Sir (Robert Charles) Richard Caradoc Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1911–2001)
- Sir Andrew Caradoc Hamilton, 10th Baronet (born 1953)
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