_Hamilton Queries_ (Vol. vi., p. 429.).--LORD BRAYBOOOKE says, in writing
of Lord Spencer Hamilton, that he "was a younger son of James, third Duke
of Hamilton." I find, on referring to a Peerage, date about 1720 (I cannot
quote it more particularly, as it has no title-page), that the third
inheritor of the dukedom of Hamilton was Anne, daughter of the first and
niece of the second Duke of Hamilton; and that she married William, Earl of
Selkirk, eldest son of the Marquis of Douglas. The date would better accord
with Lord Spencer's being a son of James, _fifth_ Duke of Hamilton. Was it
not so?
_Sir William Hamilton._--Who was the first wife of Sir W. Hamilton, the
celebrated ambassador, and when did he marry her? Who was the second, who
has attained such notoriety in connexion with Nelson's name; and when and
where were they married?
Was Single-speech Hamilton a member of the ducal family of Hamilton? If so,
his lineage from that house?