Hamilton baronets of Barnton (1692)

The Hamilton baronetcy, of Barnton, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 1 March 1692 for George Hamilton, with background the Hamiltons of Binning. The title became extinct on his death in 1726.[1]

Escutcheon of the Hamilton baronets of Barnton

Hamilton baronets, of Barnton (1692) edit

  • Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet (died 1726). He married Helen Balfour, given a probable identification by Cokayne as a daughter of Sir Andrew Balfour MD. He was said to have died in poverty, on the streets of Edinburgh.[1]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Cokayne, George Edward (1904). Complete Baronetage. Vol. IV. W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. p. 362.