'''James Hamilton''' may refer to: <!-- PLEASE RESPECT CHRONOLOGICAL-ALPHABETICAL ORDER --> {{TOC right}}
==Dukes== *James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton (1606–1649), heir to the throne of Scotland *James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton (1658–1712), Scottish nobleman *James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton (1703–1743), Scottish nobleman *James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton (1724–1758), Scottish nobleman *James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton (1755–1769), Scottish nobleman *James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn (1811–1885), twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland *James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn (1838–1913), British nobleman and diplomat *James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn (1869–1953), first governor of Northern Ireland *James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn (1904–1979), Northern Irish senator *James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn (born 1934), Northern Irish politician
==Marquesses== *James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton (1589–1625), 4th Earl of Arran, Scottish nobleman
==Earls== *James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran (c. 1475–1529), Scottish nobleman *James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault (c. 1516–1575), and 2nd Earl of Arran, Scottish nobleman *James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran (c. 1537–1609), Scottish nobleman *James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn (c. 1575–1618), Sheriff of Linlithgow *James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn (c. 1604–c. 1670), Scottish nobleman *James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn (c. 1661–1734), Scottish and Irish nobleman *James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn (1686–1744), Scottish nobleman and amateur scientist *James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn (1712–1789), Scottish and Irish nobleman *James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil (first creation) (died 1659), Anglo-Irish Royalist peer, soldier and politician *James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil (second creation) (1694–1758), British politician *James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil (1730–1798), Irish peer
==Viscounts== *James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye (1560–1644), Ulster Scot land owner and settler *James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton (1786–1814), British politician
==Barons and other nobles== *Sir James Hamilton of Cadzow (before 1397–c. 1440), 5th Laird of Cadzow *James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton (1415–1479), Scottish nobleman *Sir James Hamilton of Finnart (died 1540), military engineer, illegitimate son of the 1st earl and guardian to the 2nd *James Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Strabane (1633–1655), Irish nobleman *James Hamilton, Lord Paisley (died before 1670), eldest son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn *James Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell (1938–2006), British politician *James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas (born 1942), member of the Scottish Parliament *James Hamilton, Lord Pencaitland (1659–1729), Scottish judge
==Arts and entertainment== *James Hamilton (painter), Scottish painter *James Whitelaw Hamilton (1860–1932), Scottish artist *Neil Hamilton (actor) (James Neil Hamilton, 1899–1984), American actor *Jimmy Hamilton (1917–1994), American jazz musician *James Hamilton (photographer), American photographer *James Alexander Hamilton (music writer) (1785–1845), English compiler of musical instruction books *James G. C. Hamilton, American sculptor *James Hamilton (DJ and journalist) (1942–1996), British DJ and journalist for ''Record Mirror'' and ''Music Week''
==Clergy== *James Hamilton (bishop of Argyll) (died 1580), Scottish prelate *James Hamilton (minister, born 1600) (1600–1666), Scottish minister, active in Ireland *James Hamilton (bishop of Galloway) (1610–1674), Scottish prelate *James Hamilton (archdeacon of Raphoe) (1636–1689), Irish Anglican priest *James Hamilton (priest, born 1748) (1748–1815), Irish priest and astronomer *James Hamilton (minister, born 1814) (1814–1867), Scottish minister and author, primarily in London
==Military== *James Hamilton (English army officer) (c. 1620–1673), Irish courtier and soldier, during the reign of Charles II of England *James Inglis Hamilton (died 1803), general in the British Army *James Hamilton (British Army officer, born 1777) (1777–1815), British army colonel *James de Courcy Hamilton (1860–1936), British Royal Navy officer and fire officer
==Politics== *Sir James Hamilton (died 1605), shire commissioner for Lanarkshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency) *James Hamilton (died 1633), burgh commissioner for Glasgow (Parliament of Scotland constituency) *James Hamilton (1617–1646), member of parliament for Bangor (Parliament of Ireland constituency) *James Hamilton (died 1707), shire commissioner for Lanarkshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency) *James Hamilton of Bangour (died 1706), burgh commissioner for Dunfermline (Parliament of Scotland constituency) *Sir James Hamilton (1644–1706), member of parliament for Bangor and County Down (Parliament of Ireland constituency) *James Hamilton (1651–1700), member of parliament for Down and Downpatrick (Parliament of Ireland constituency) *Sir James Hamilton, 2nd Baronet, of Rosehall (1682–1750), member of parliament for Lanarkshire *James Hamilton (1685–1771), member of parliament for Newry (Parliament of Ireland constituency) and Carlow *James Hamilton (Pennsylvania politician) (1710–1783), mayor of Philadelphia and lieutenant-governor of Pennsylvania *James Hamilton Jr. (1786–1857), governor and representative for South Carolina *James Alexander Hamilton (1788–1878), acting U.S. secretary of state under president Andrew Jackson *Sir James Hamilton, 2nd Baronet, of Woodbrook (1802–1876), British politician, member of parliament for Sudbury *James Hans Hamilton (1810–1863), Anglo-Irish member of parliament *James Kent Hamilton (1839–1918), mayor of Toledo, Ohio *James A. Hamilton (1876–1950), secretary of state of New York 1923–1924 *James Hamilton (Scottish politician) (1918–2005), Scottish politician *James Harold Hamilton (1932–2009), American politician in the Alabama House of Representatives *James E. Hamilton (born 1935), American politician in the state of Oklahoma *James R. Hamilton (1938–2011), American politician in the Georgia State Senate *James Hamilton (barrister) (born 1949), Irish barrister and director of public prosecutions in Ireland
==Sports== *James Hamilton (American football) (born 1974), American football player *James Hamilton (cricketer) (1843–1881), Australian cricketer *James Hamilton (footballer, born 1869) (1869–1951), Scottish football (soccer) player for Queen's Park and the national team *James Hamilton (footballer, born 1884) (1884–?), English football (soccer) player *James Hamilton (footballer, born 1901) (1901–1975), Scottish football (soccer) player for St Mirren, Rangers, Blackpool and the national team *James Hamilton (footballer, born 1904), English footballer for Crystal Palace *James Hamilton (footballer, born 1906), Scottish footballer for Carlisle United and Rochdale *James Hamilton (footballer, born 1955), Scottish footballer for Sunderland and Carlisle United *James Hamilton (snowboarder) (born 1989), New Zealand Olympic snowboarder *Jimmy Hamilton (curler), 1963 World Curling Championships known as the Scotch Cup
==Other people== *James Alexander Greer Hamilton (1854–1925), principal surgeon at North Adelaide Hospital, South Australia *James Hamilton (assassin) (died 1581), assassin *James Hamilton (physician) (1767–1839), Scottish physician *James Hamilton (language teacher) (1769–1829), Irish proponent of the "Hamiltonian system" for teaching languages *James M. Hamilton (1861–1940), third president of Montana State University, 1904–1919 *James Stevenson-Hamilton (1867–1957), founder of the Kruger National Park, South Africa *Jamie Hamilton (publisher) (1900–1988), Scottish-American book publisher and champion oarsman *James Hamilton (physicist) (1918–2000), Irish mathematician and theoretical physicist *James D. Hamilton (born 1954), econometrician *Sir James Arnot Hamilton (1923–2012), British aerospace engineer *James P. Hamilton, professor of chemistry *James Hamilton (attorney), known for participation in the United States Senate Watergate Committee
==See also== *Jamie Hamilton (disambiguation) *Jim Hamilton (disambiguation) *Jimmy Hamilton (disambiguation) *Hamish Hamilton, a former British book publishing house (Gaelic version of the name James Hamilton)
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