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Sir James HAMILTON of  Fynnart, Scotland. His descendants include the known ancestors of Honor Beryl HAMILTON. Some of her relations were also friends of hers, such as some of the members of the BLACKWOOD family. Her aunt Letitia Marion HAMILTON (Irish artist) 1878 – 1964 was also a key presence in her life. NOTE: The sources used to compile this tree were varied, and I cannot vouch for all of them. Suggestions for correction are always welcome.
Sharon Oddie Brown. July 21, 2026

2026 July 21 Sir James HAMILTON

This tree includes the known ancestors of Honor Beryl HAMILTON. Some of these relations were friends of hers, such as members of the BLACKWOOD family, as well as her aunt Letitia Marion HAMILTON (Irish artist) 1878 – 1964. NOTE: The sources used to compile this tree were varied, and I cannot vouch for all of them. Suggestions for correction are always welcome.


1-Sir James HAMILTON d. , Of  Fynnart, Scotland

 + Helen CUNNINGHAME

 

|--2-Hugh HAMILTON b. 1590, d. May 1671, Of  Lisbane, County Down, Ireland

   |--3-Alexander HAMILTON b. 1615, Bangor, Co. Down, d. 26 Jun 1676, of

   |    Killyleagh

       + Jean HAMILTON

 

      |--4-Hugh HAMILTON b. 1664, d. 16 Nov 1728, Of  Ballybranagh, Ireland

          + Mary ROSS , par. George ROSS and Ursula HAMILTON

 

         |--5-Jane HAMILTON d. 1726

         |--5-Alexander HAMILTON M. P. Killyleagh b. 1690, d. 1768, of

         |    Newtownhamilton Co. Armagh & Hampton, Co. Dublin & Knock Co.

         |    Dublin

             + Isabella MAXWELL b. 1701, m. Bef 1729, par. Robert MAXWELL and

              Jane CHICHESTER

 

            |--6-Rt. Rev. Hugh HAMILTON Dean of Armagh Lord Bishop Clonfort,

            |    Bishop of Ossory b. 26 Mar 1729, d. 1 Dec 1805

                + Isabella WOOD m. 1772, d. 1834, par. Hans Wildman WOOD and

                 Frances KING

 

               |--7-Alexander HAMILTON QC b. 27 Jan 1774, of Newtownhamilton,

               |    Co. Down, d. Oct 1852

                   + Julia TISDALL b. , of Charleville, Co. Meath, m. 29 Jan

                    1799, d. 1840, par. Michael TISDALL Esq and Unknown

 

                  |--8-Isabella HAMILTON b. After 1799, d. 1830

                      + John SYNGE Esq. D.L. , d. , of Glanmore

 

                  |--8-Julia HAMILTON b. After 1799, d. 29 Aug 1827

                      + Rev. Hon. John Pratt HEWITT b. 26 May 1796, m. 19 Oct

                       1819, d. 5 Jan 1880, par. James HEWITT 2nd Viscount

                       Lifford and Alicia OLIVER

 

                  |--8-Catherine HAMILTON b. After 1799, d. 1891

                      + Rev. Joseph WRIGHT

 

                  ---8-Alicia HAMILTON b. After 1799, d. 29 Apr 1876

                      + Archibald TISDALL Esq. m. 20 Sep 1849, d. 1 Apr 1885

 

               |--7-Frances HAMILTON b. 2 May 1775

                   + Rev Michael Dodson MADDEN m. 11 Sep 1802

 

               |--7-Rev. Hans HAMILTON D. D. b. 22 May 1776, d. 8 Feb 1839,

               |    Leamington, Warwickshire, England, & of Knocktopher &

               |    Kilmogrannny

                   + Susanna OLIVER b. Abt 1765, Ardagh, Co. Limerick, m. 1801,

                    d. 23 May 1857, Parlington Hall, par. Silver OLIVER M. P.

                    and Isabella Sarah NEWMAN

 

                  |--8-Sarah HAMILTON

                      + Gerge WOOD

 

               |--7-Isabella HAMILTON b. 24 Aug 1777, d. 1845

               |--7-Henry HAMILTON J. P. b. 24 Nov 1780, d. 7 Dec 1834, of

               |    Tullylish House, Co. Down

                   + Sarah SANDYS m. 1808, d. 28 Nov 1871

 

               |--7-Rev. George HAMILTON b. 19 Dec 1784, Armagh, Co. Armagh, d.

               |    9 Aug 1830

                   + Sophia Dorothea KIERNAN m. 31 Oct 1809, d. 1820

 

                   + Frances Anne FORTESCUE m. 1825, d. 26 Jul 1875, par.

                    Chichester FORTESCUE Admiral Sir and Frances Anna JONES

 

               ---7-Rev. Hugh HAMILTON b. 13 Aug 1790, d. 1865, Of

                    Innishmacsaint, County Fermanagh, Ireland

            |--6-Robert HAMILTON d. Jul 1790, Of Gloucester Street, Dublin,

            |    County Dublin, Ireland

                + Hester CHETWODE

 

            |--6-Solicitor-General George HAMILTON M. P. Belfast d. 1793, Of

            |    Hampton Hall, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

                + Elizabeth HAMILTON , par. George HAMILTON and Elizabeth ECHLIN

                

 

               |--7-Alexander HAMILTON d. 1808

               ---7-Rev. George HAMILTON d. Mar 1833

            |--6-Charles HAMILTON b. 1738, d. 16 Feb 1818, Wellesbourne,

            |    Warwick, England

                + Elizabeth CHETWODE b. 1745, m. Bef 1772, d. 3 Apr 1824,

                 Hamwood, Co. Meath, par. Crew CHETWODE and Anna HOLFORD

 

               |--7-Charles HAMILTON b. 1772, d. 29 Sep 1857, of Hamwood, Co.

               |    Meath

                   + Marianne Caroline TIGHE b. 1777, m. 29 Apr 1801, d. 29 Jul

                    1861, (Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Ireland), par. William TIGHE M.

                    P. and Sarah FOWNES

 

                  |--8-Charles William HAMILTON b. 1 Apr 1802, d. 16 Feb 1880,

                  |    of Hamwood, Co. Meath

                      + Letitia Charlotte ARMSTRONG b. 1810, m. 1 Jun 1841, d.

                       28 Jun 1872, (Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Ireland), par.

                       William Henry ARMSTRONG M. P. and Bridget MACDONNELL

 

                     |--9-Charles Robert HAMILTON J. P. b. 29 Aug 1846, d. 26

                     |    Oct 1913, of Hamwood, Co. Meath

                         + Louisa Caroline Elizabeth BROOKE b. 24 Jan 1851, of

                          Somerton, Co. Dublin, m. 10 Sep 1874, Dublin, d. 5

                          Jan 1922, par. Francis Richard BROOKE and Hon.

                          Henrietta MONCK

 

                        |--10-Eva Henrietta HAMILTON b. 1876, Leixliss, Co.

                        |    Dublin, d. 14 Mar 1960, (Dunboyne, Co. Meath,

                        |    Ireland)

                        |--10-Gerald Francis Charles HAMILTON b. 1877, d. 27

                        |    Feb 1961

                            + Violet Travers HAMILTON b. 1882, d. 19 Sep 1947,

                             (Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Ireland), par. Robert

                             Craigie HAMILTON and Charlotte Sherwood LEWIS

 

                        |--10-Letitia Marion HAMILTON b. 30 Jul 1878, Hamwood

                        |    House, Co. Meath, d. 11 Aug 1964, (Dunboyne, Co.

                        |    Meath, Ireland)

                        |--10-Amy Kathleen HAMILTON b. 1879, d. 23 Feb 1960,

                        |    (Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Ireland)

                        |--10-Lt. Col. Frederick Arthur HAMILTON OBE, DL, JP b.

                        |    1880, d. 8 Feb 1962, (Dunboyne, Co. Meath,

                        |    Ireland)

                        |--10-Ethel Grace HAMILTON b. 1 Apr 1882, d. 22 Apr

                        |    1925, (Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Ireland)

                        |--10-Constance Louisa HAMILTON b. 1883, Hamwood House,

                        |    Co. Meath, d. 1955

                        |--10-Ellen May HAMILTON b. 1885, d. 1971

                        ---10-Henry John HAMILTON b. 25 Sep 1885, d. 16 Dec

                             1885, (Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Ireland)

                     |--9-Edward Chetwood HAMILTON b. 23 Aug 1847, Quebec

                     |    Canada - of Hamwood Co. Meath, d. 1937, Of  Kilmatead,

                     |    Clondalkin, County Dublin

                         + Eleanor Georgina Anna Blanche DENNISS m. 4 Jan 1870

 

                        |--10-Blanche Letitia HAMILTON b. 1 Nov 1870, Dacca,

                        |    India

                        |--10-Eleanor Georgina HAMILTON b. 2 Oct 1871, Lucknow,

                        |    Bengal, India

                        |--10-Edward Charles Bayley HAMILTON b. 1 May 1873, d.

                        |    1881

                        |--10-George Chetwood Digby HAMILTON b. 29 Jul 1874,

                        |    Dublin

                            + Matilda Phoebe COOPER m. 6 Jul 1907, Saint Mark,

                             Notting Hill: Saint Mark's Road, Kensington and

                             Chelsea, England

 

                        ---10-Kathleen Maude Albina HAMILTON b. 30 Sep 1877

                     ---9-Arthur HAMILTON b. 16 Aug 1848, d. 1941, of Hollybrook

                         

                  |--8-William Tighe HAMILTON b. 1807, d. 6 Apr 1886,

                  |    (Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Ireland)

                      + Annie Louisa PONSONBY m. 27 Sep 1832, par. Sir William

                       PONSONBY K. C. B. and Georgiana

 

                     |--9-Frederick Fitzroy HAMILTON b. 1837

                  |--8-Frederick John Henry Fownes HAMILTON b. 27 Jul 1816

                      + Frances Catherine GETHIN m. 22 May 1860, par. Richard

                       GETHIN Esq. and Unknown

 

                     |--9-Frederick Evandale Gethin HAMILTON b. 12 Mar 1861

                  |--8-Sarah HAMILTON

                      + Francis HOWARD m. Jun 1836

 

                     |--9-HOWARD

                     |--9-HOWARD

                     |--9-HOWARD

                     |--9-HOWARD

                     ---9-HOWARD

                  |--8-Mary HAMILTON

                  |--8-Caroline Susan HAMILTON

                      + Capt. Trevor STANNUS

 

                      + John FINLAY , d. , of Corkagh, Co. Dublin

 

                  ---8-Elizabeth HAMILTON

               |--7-Robert HAMILTON b. After 1773, d. Jul 1822, of Liverpool

               |--7-William Henry HAMILTON

                   + Bridget COLCLOUGH b. , of Kildarrin, Co. Carlow, m. 1821

 

                  |--8-Georgina HAMILTON b. After 1821

                      + William SCOUGALL Esq. m. 1849

 

                  ---8-Henry HAMILTON b. 1826

                   + Margaret McMILLAN m. 1831

 

                  |--8-Henrietta HAMILTON b. After 1831

                      + William King KAINS Esq.

 

               |--7-Lt. Col. George HAMILTON b. 13 Apr 1781, Hamwood House, Co.

               |    Meath, d. 7 Jan 1839

                   + Susannah Christiana "Lucy" CRAIGIE b. 1795, m. 18 Mar

                    1816, Quebec, d. 1857, Hamwood House, Quebec, par. John

                    CRAIGIE and Susannah COFFIN

 

                  |--8-Robert HAMILTON b. 1822, d. 1898, of Hamwood, Quebec

                      + Isabella THOMPSON , par. John THOMPSON and Unknown

 

                     |--9-George HAMILTON b. 1850

                     |--9-John HAMILTON b. 1852

                     |--9-Isabella HAMILTON

                     |--9-Susan HAMILTON

                     |--9-Robina HAMILTON

                     |--9-Frances HAMILTON

                     ---9-Jessie HAMILTON

                  |--8-George HAMILTON b. 1824, d. 1856

                      + Julia JARVIS b. 1823, m. 1846, d. 1893, par. Judge

                       George Stephen Benjamin JARVIS and Julia SHERWOOD

 

                     |--9-George Wellesley HAMILTON b. 1847, Hawksbury, Canada

                     |    West, d. 1897, of Montreal

                         + Henrietta Louise SICOTTE b. 1847, m. Bef 1871, d.

                          1926

 

                        |--10-George Arthur Sicotte HAMILTON b. 1871, d. 1938

                            + Mabel RAE b. 1869, d. 1942

 

                     |--9-Charles Chetwood HAMILTON b. 1851

                     |--9-Robert Craigie HAMILTON b. 1852, d. 1930, of

                     |    Ravenhurst, Cheltenham & London

                         + Charlotte Sherwood LEWIS b. 1855, d. 1903

 

                        |--10-Violet Travers HAMILTON b. 1882, d. 19 Sep 1947,

                        |    (Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Ireland)

                            + Gerald Francis Charles HAMILTON b. 1877, d. 27

                             Feb 1961, par. Charles Robert HAMILTON J. P. and

                             Louisa Caroline Elizabeth BROOKE

 

                     ---9-Julia HAMILTON

                  |--8-Hon John HAMILTON Senator b. 16 Dec 1827, Hawksbury,

                  |    Canada West, d. 3 Apr 1888, Montreal, Quebec

                      + Rebecca LEWIS b. Abt 1830, m. 1852, d. 22 Dec 1861,

                       Montreal, Quebec, par. Rev. John LEWIS and Unknown

 

                     |--9-Alice Mary HAMILTON b. After 1852

                     ---9-George Chetwood HAMILTON b. 1857, Canada West, d. 19

                          Sep 1891, Hawkesbury, Prescott and Russell, Ontario,

                          Canada

                      + Ellen Marion WOOD b. Abt 1837, England, m. 1864, d. 22

                       Jan 1872, Sherbrook St., Montreal, Quebec, Canada

 

                     |--9-Louisa Henrietta HAMILTON b. Abt 1864, Canada East

                     |--9-Frances Ellen Wood HAMILTON b. 1865, d. 11 Dec 1905

                     |--9-Marion Ashton Key HAMILTON b. 1867, Hawkesbury,

                     |    Prescott and Russell, Ontario,, d. 1946, Wokingham,

                     |    Berkshire, England,

                         + James Caledon Forbes GILDER b. Abt 1850, Ramsey,

                          Isle of Man, m. 22 Nov 1888, Hawkesbury, Prescott and

                          Russell, Ontario, Canada, d. 31 Dec 1932

 

                     |--9-Edmund Charles HAMILTON b. Abt 1868, Quebec and of

                     |    Great Somerford, Wiltshire, England, d. 7 Mar 1922,

                     |    Cavalry Club, Picadilly

                         + Adelaide Augusta McDOUGALL b. 1871, m. 17 Feb 1892,

                          St. Mary Abbotts Church, Kensington, d. 1945

 

                        |--10-Honor Beryl HAMILTON b. 3 Jan 1893, Hamwood,

                        |    Dunboyne, Co. Meath, d. 9 May 1961, Ahakista,

                        |    Durrus, Co. Cork

                     ---9-Arthur Cyril HAMILTON b. 17 Jan 1870, Quebec, d. 5

                          Sep 1888, St George Hanover Square, London, England,

                  |--8-Henrietta HAMILTON b. 1830, d. 1857

                  |--8-Rev. Charles HAMILTON Archbishop Ottawa b. 1834, d. 1919

                  |--8-Francis HAMILTON b. 1838

                  ---8-Isabella HAMILTON

               |--7-John HAMILTON b. Bef 1800, d. 23 Jun 1823, of Liverpool

                   + Caroline FRANCE m. 1821

 

               ---7-Henrietta HAMILTON

            |--6-Anne HAMILTON

                + Lt. Col Henry CALDWELL

 

            |--6-Isabella HAMILTON d. 28 May 1810

                + Richard SHEFFIELD

 

                + Mathew CASSAN Esq.

 

            ---6-Elizabeth HAMILTON

                + Robert LAW D. D.

 

         |--5-George HAMILTON b. 1698, d. 1770-1773, Of  Tyrella, County Down,

         |    Ireland

             + Elizabeth ECHLIN , par. John ECHLIN and Unknown

 

            |--6-George HAMILTON M. P. d. 6 Jul 1796, Of Tyrella, County Down,

            |    Ireland

            ---6-Elizabeth HAMILTON

                + Solicitor-General George HAMILTON M. P. Belfast , d. 1793, Of

                 Hampton Hall, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, par. Alexander

                 HAMILTON M. P. Killyleagh and Isabella MAXWELL

 

               |--7-Alexander HAMILTON d. 1808

               ---7-Rev. George HAMILTON d. Mar 1833

         |--5-HAMILTON

         ---5-HAMILTON

      ---4-Jane HAMILTON

          + William SLOAN

 

   |--3-John HAMILTON d. Abt 1703, of Ballymenoch near Hollywood & Ballyvernon

   |    near Bangor

      |--4-Alexander HAMILTON b. 1648

          + Isabella BLACKWOOD , d. 12 Oct 1738, par. John BLACKWOOD and Anna

           WAUCHOPE

 

      ---4-John HAMILTON d. 2 May 1722, Of Balmenoch, Holywood, County Down,

           Ireland

          + Margaret CRAWFORD

 

         |--5-James HAMILTON d. Mar 1789, Of Balmenoch, Holywood, County Down,

         |    Ireland

             + Mary TRAIL m. 26 Mar 1729, par. James TRAIL and Mary HAMILTON

 

   ---3-Robert HAMILTON b. 1617, d. 1689, of Killyleagh, Co. Down

       + Jane PHILLIPS

 

      |--4-Ursula HAMILTON b. Bef 1670, of Killyleagh, d. 12 Sep 1741

          + John BLACKWOOD , d. , Of  Ballyleidy, County Down, Ireland, par.

           John BLACKWOOD and Anna WAUCHOPE

 

         |--5-James BLACKWOOD

         |--5-Ursula BLACKWOOD

             + Michael CROMIE

 

         ---5-Sir Robert BLACKWOOD b. 5 Nov 1694, d. 1774

             + Joyce LEESON m. 1719

 

            |--6-Sir John BLACKWOOD 2nd Bart b. 1721, d. 27 Feb 1799

                + Dorcas STEVENSON Baroness Dufferin and Clandeboye b. 1726, m.

                 22 May 1751, d. 8 Feb 1807, Hinde Street, Marylebone, London),

                 par. James STEVENSON and Ann PRICE

 

               |--7-Anne BLACKWOOD d. Sep 1827

                   + Very Rev John RYDER m. 1 Feb 1777, d. Apr 1790

 

                   + Rev. James Thomas JONES m. 1 Oct 1796, d. 29 Aug 1836,

                    (Urney, Londonderry, Ireland), par. Theophilus JONES M. P.

                    and Catherine BERESFORD

 

               |--7-James Stephenson BLACKWOOD 2nd Lord b. 8 Jul 1755, d. 8 Aug

               |    1836

               |--7-Hon. Rev. John BLACKWOOD b. 9 Oct 1757, d. 5 Jan 1833

               |--7-Hon. Hans BLACKWOOD b. 1758, 3rd Baron Dufferin and

               |    Claneboye, d. 18 Nov 1839

                   + Mehatabel Hester TEMPLE m. 19 Jun 1784, d. 7 Feb 1798

 

                  |--8-Capt. Price BLACKWOOD 4th Baron Dufferin & Clandeboye b.

                  |    6 May 1794, d. 21 Jul 1841

                      + Helen Selina SHERIDAN b. 1807, London or Tunbridge

                       Wells Kent, m. 1825, d. 13 Jun 1867, her home, Dufferin

                       Lodge, Highgate, London,, par. Thomas SHERIDAN and

                       Caroline Henrietta CALLENDAR

 

                     |--9-Frederick Temple Hamilton BLACKWOOD 5th Baron

                     |    Dufferin & Clandeboye b. 21 Jun 1826, Florence,

                     |    Italy., d. 12 Feb 1902, Clandeboye.

                         + Hariot Georgina HAMILTON Lady Dufferin b. 1843, m.

                          23 Oct 1862, Killyleagh Castle, Co. Down, d. 1936,

                          par. Archibald Rowan HAMILTON and Catherine Ann

                          CALDWELL

 

                        |--10-Lady Victoria Alexandrina Hamilton Temple

                        |    BLACKWOOD

                        |--10-Archibald James Leofric Temple Hamilton BLACKWOOD

                        |    Earl of Ava b. 28 Jul 1863, d. 11 Jan 1900

                        |--10-Lady Hermione Hamilton Temple BLACKWOOD b. 1865,

                        |    d. 9 Apr 1941

                        |--10-Terence Hamilton Temple BLACKWOOD 2nd Marquess of

                        |    Dufferin and Ava b. 16 Mar 1866, d. 7 Feb 1918

                        |--10-Sydney Temple BLACKWOOD b. 29 May 1867, d. 29 May

                        |    1867, St Katherine's Church, in Friern Barnet

                        |    Lane, London:

                        |--10-Lady Hermione Catherine Helen Templeton BLACKWOOD

                        |    b. 1869, d. 19 Oct 1960

                        |--10-Ian Basil Gawaine Temple Hamilton BLACKWOOD b. 14

                        |    Nov 1870, d. 3 Jul 1917

                        ---10-Frederick Hamilton Temple BLACKWOOD 3rd Marquess

                             of Dufferin and Ava b. 26 Feb 1875, Ottawa,

                             Ontario, Canada, d. 21 Jul 1930

                            + Brenda WOODHOUSE b. , of Orford House, Bishop's

                             Stortford, Hertfordshire, m. 10 Jun 1908

 

                           |--11-Basil Sheridan Hamilton Temple BLACKWOOD 4th

                           |    Marquess of Dufferin and Ava b. 6 Apr 1909, d.

                           |    25 Mar 1945

                               + Maureen Constance GUINESS Marchioness of

                                Dufferin and Ava b. 31 Jan 1907, m. 3 Jul 1930,

                                d. 3 May 1998, London

 

                              |--12-Lady Caroline Maureen Hamilton Temple

                              |    BLACKWOOD b. 1931, d. 1996

                                  + Lucian FREUD b. 8 Dec 1922, m. 1953, d. 20

                                   Jul 2011

 

                                  + Israel CITKOWITZ b. 6 Feb 1909, m. 15 Aug

                                   1959, d. 4 May 1974

 

                                 |--13-Natalya CITKOWITZ b. 1961, d. 22 Jun 1978

                                 |   

                                 ---13-Eugenia CITKOWITZ b. 1964

                                  + Robert LOWELL b. 1 Mar 1917, m. 1972, d. 12

                                   Sep 1977

 

                                 |--13-Sheridan LOWELL

                              |--12-Perdita Maureen Hamilton Temple BLACKWOOD

                              |    b. 1934

                              ---12-Sheridan Frederick Terence Hamilton Temple

                                   BLACKWOOD 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava

                                   b. 9 Jul 1938, d. 29 May 1988

                                  + Serena "Lindy" Belinda Rosemary GUINESS

                                   Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava b. 25 Mar

                                   1941, m. 21 Oct 1964, Westminster Abbey, d.

                                   26 Oct 2020, Belfast City Hospital

 

               |--7-Price BLACKWOOD b. 24 Jan 1760, d. Jun 1816

               ---7-Sir Henry Martin BLACKWOOD b. 28 Dec 1770, d. 14 Dec 1832

                   + Harriet GORE m. 9 May 1808, d. 5 May 1851, par. Lt.

                    Francis GORE Governor of Greneda and Caroline BERESFORD

 

 

 

 

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