Earl Hamilton Marsden

George Douglas-Hamilton 10th Earl of Selkirk George Earl Hamilton Marsden
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Group Captain George “Geordie” Nigel Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk KT, GCMG, GBE, AFC, AE, PC, QC (Scot.), (4 January 1906 – 24 November 1994) was a Scottish nobleman and Conservative politician.
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Born at Merly, Wimborne, Dorset, he was the second son of the 13th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon and Nina Mary Benita, youngest daughter of Major R. Poore, Salisbury. He was educated at Eton College, Balliol College, Oxford, Edinburgh University (LLB) and at the University of Bonn, Vienna University and the Sorbonne. He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1935, taking silk in 1959. He played cricket for Wiltshire in the 1927 Minor Counties Championship. He was a member of Edinburgh Town Council from 1935–40 and served as a Commissioner of General Board of Control (Scotland) from 1936–39 and as a Commissioner for Special Areas in Scotland from 1937-39. He commanded 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force from 1934-38.
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World War II With the outbreak of World War II, Douglas-Hamilton joined the Royal Air Force. He served as Fighter Command’s chief intelligence officer and the personal assistant to Air Chief Marshal Dowding. Douglas-Hamilton was also involved in countering the German task force operating near Ceylon. Douglas-Hamilton was twice Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Air Force Cross ...

Birthdate: January 4, 1906
Death: Died November 24, 1994
Occupation: 10th Earl of Selkirk
Managed by: Ric Dickinson
Last Updated: June 4, 2011
Immediate Family



FAMILY TREE RELATION DETAILS
Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilt 1 MOTHER Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton
Birthdate: May 13, 1878
Birthplace: Old Lodge, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: Died January 12, 1951


Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton FATHER Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton
Birthdate: March 6, 1862
Birthplace: Shanklin, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
Death: Died March 16, 1940 in Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom


Air Commodore Douglas Douglas-Hamilton 14th BROTHER Air Commodore Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton
Birthdate: February 3, 1903
Birthplace: 71 Eccleston Square, Pimlico, City of Westminster, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Death: Died March 30, 1973 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom


Lady Jean Norton-Bell (Douglas-Hamilton) SISTER Lady Jean Norton-Bell (Douglas-Hamilton)
Birthdate: June 11, 1904
Death: (Date and location unknown)


SISTER Lady Margaret Drummond-Hay (Douglas-Hamilton)
Birthdate: October 13, 1907
Death: (Date and location unknown) ...

Born at Merly, Wimborne, Dorset, he was the second son of the 13th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon and Nina Mary Benita, youngest daughter of Major R. Poore, Salisbury. He was educated at Eton College, Balliol College, Oxford, Edinburgh University (LLB) and at the University of Bonn, Vienna University and the Sorbonne. He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1935, taking silk in 1959.

The Earldom of Selkirk passed back to Charles’ and John’s great nephew Dunbar Hamilton (1722-1799). He was the great grandson of the 1st Earl of Selkirk through Basil Hamilton (1671-1701) youngest brother of the 2nd and 3rd earls) and his son Basil Hamilton (1696-1742) (Dunbar Hamilton’s father).

Upon acceeding to the title, Dunbar changed surname to Douglas and became Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk. His son Thomas Douglas (1771-1820) and grandson Dunbar James Douglas (1809-1885) succeeded him but upon the 6th Earl’s death the title Earl of Selkirk devolved upon the 12th Duke of Hamilton, given special remainder this meant that the title was inherited by the 12th Duke’s younger brother, Charles George Douglas-Hamilton (1847-1886).

The 7th earl died childless and the title passed back to the 12th Duke. When he died without a male issue his distant cousin Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton (1862-1940) inherited the earldom of Selkrik along with the dukedom. Upon his death the dukedom went to his eldest son whilst the earldom of Selkirk (as per the remainder) went to his younger son George Nigel Douglas-Hamilton (1906-1994).

Upon the death of the 10th duke the younger brother of the 15th Duke of Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton became the 13th Earl. He renounced the title Earl of Selkirk in order to remain in the House of Commons, he was later elevated to the House of Lords with a life peerage as Baron Selkirk of Dougl...

William Douglas (1634-1694), younger son of the 1st Marquess of Douglas was created Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch in the peerage of Scotland on 4 August 1646. He married Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton 29 April 1656. In 1660 he legally changed his name surname to Douglas-Hamilton and received his wife’s titles becoming the 3rd Duke of Hamilton.

The Earl of Selkirk is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created on the 4th August 1646 and awarded to a William Douglas the younger son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas. Since the younger William Douglas was only twelve at the time this award of the earldom (together with the subsidiary title of Lord Daer and Shortcleuch) had little to do with his specific accomplishments and a great deal to do with generally encouraging the loyalty of the Douglases to the crown.

Our William later hit the jackpot in the seventeenth century marriage game when he married Anne Hamilton in 1656. Not only was Anne Hamilton a wealthy heiress but also Duchess of Hamilton in her own right. Duke of Hamilton by virtue of this marriage, on the 20th September 1660 William was additionally created Duke of Hamilton for life and adopted the surname of Douglas-Hamilton to reflect his new status. It later occurred to William that since he was now a duke and that his eldest son would inevitably inherit that title, that his own title of Selkirk was surplus to requirements. Therefore on the 6th October 1688 ...

Group Captain George “Geordie” Nigel Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk KT, GCMG, GBE, AFC, AE, PC, QC (Scot.), (4 January 1906 – 24 November 1994) was a Scottish nobleman and Conservative politician.



Born at Merly, Wimborne, Dorset, he was the second son of the 13th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon and Nina Mary Benita, youngest daughter of Major R. Poore, Salisbury. He was educated at Eton College, Balliol College, Oxford, Edinburgh University (LLB) and at the University of Bonn, Vienna University and the Sorbonne. He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1935, taking silk in 1959.



He played cricket for Wiltshire in the 1927 Minor Counties Championship.



He was a member of Edinburgh Town Council from 1935–40 and served as a Commissioner of General Board of Control (Scotland) from 1936–39 and as a Commissioner for Special Areas in Scotland from 1937-39. He commanded 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force from 1934-38.

World War II



With the outbreak of World War II, Douglas-Hamilton joined the Royal Air Force. He served as Fighter Command’s chief intelligence officer and the personal assistant to Air Chief Marshal Dowding. Douglas-Hamilton was also involved in countering the German task force operating near Ceylon.



Douglas-Hamilton was twice Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the A...

Hamilton John Agmondesham Cuffe (1848 – 1934)
5th Earl of Desart

The life of “Ham” Cuffe, 5th Earl of Desart, is succinctly explained in his autobiographical contribution to his daughter’s memoirs, A Page from the Past, published by Jonathan Cape in 1940. His granddaughter Iris Origo also provides a charming account of her relationship with him in her own memoirs, Images and Shadows, published by John Murray in 1970. As such, Ham Cuffe is the Earl of whom we know most about. In attempting to reconstruct his life and times, it may be that we can find something of the lifestyle likely to have been enjoyed by his elder brother, William, the 4th Earl. However, it should also be born in mind that the brothers Cuffe – the three sons of the 3rd Earl of Desart – were somewhat different in outlook. Where the eldest son, William, enjoyed the leisurely life of a country squire from his youth until his death, Ham Cuffe had a more sober career as one of the leading solicitors in Edwardian England while the youngest brother, Otway Cuffe, was of a decidedly more Celtic temperament and dedicated much of his life to the promotion of the ideals of W. B. Yeats and others, as envisioned by the Gaelic League.