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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

James Hamilton

1686 - 1744

Born

22 March 1686

Died

11 January 1744

Cavendish Square, London

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
10/11/1715
Fields of Interest
Magnetism
Relationships
Son of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Reading, Bart, of Dublin, (1671) and his wife, Jane, Dowager Countess of Mountrath and daughter of Sir Robert Hannay, Bart; succeeded his father (1734); married Anne, daughter of Colonel John Plumer of Blakesware, Ware, Hertfordshire, and his wife, Mary, daughter of William Hale of King's Walden, Hertfordshire
Catalogue
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