By James Taylor

The Hamilton-Douglases, is one of the great historic families of Scotland, This is a short extracted portion from the book GREAT HISTORIC FAMILIES OF SCOTLAND, which is a 2 vol. set. Read about Lord William Douglas who married the heiress of the Hamilton family, was created Earl of Selkirk, Lord Daer and Shortcleuch in 1644 when he was only ten years of age. He was made Duke of Hamilton for life. His opposition to the most flagrant acts of tyranny was timid and feeble. Later he was appointed President of the Council and Lord High Admiral of Scotland and quarrelled with the Court. We are given the history and biographical sketches of continuing Lords and Dukes, the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh eighth and continuing to the twelfth, and their roles in the government and public life. This history continues to about 1885 in Europe. SOFTCOVER.

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