HAMILTON, MALCOLM [SSNE 5948]
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Malcolm Hamilton was the son of Ludovick Hamilton[SSNE 2603], Baron of Dalserf and Baron and Lord of Nabben and Anna Catherina Grubbe-Stjernfelt [SSNE 7272] (1631-1689). His father received his final dismissal permit from Swedish service in 1662 along with a travel pass to England though he was either killed on his homeward journey or died before leaving Gothenburg. His mother made it to Ireland where she was styled Anna Catherine, Lady Hamilton of Tullykeltyre, Co. Fermanagh where she went on to marry Capt. James Somerville of Tallacht. She was later forfeited by King James in 1689, the year in which she died. After having served in the Swedish army as a cornett, Malcolm and his brother Gustavus [SSNE 5947] both served in Ireland. In 1680 Malcolm was an ensign. By 1691 he was a major in the Enniskillen Regiment for King William, while Gustavus was Colonel and Governor of the city. Thus they revenged their mother's forfeiture. Malcolm married Jane, daughter of Colonel Robert Sanderson and with her had a son, also Malcolm.
Sources: Riksarkivets ämnessamlingar. Personhistoria https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0069704_00363#?c=&m=&s=&cv=362&xywh=2234%2C2745%2C3686%2C2126
Lt. Colonel George Hamilton, 'A History of the House of Hamilton' (Edinburgh, 1933), pp.1014-1015; G. Elgenstierna, Svenska Adelns Attartavlor, vol.9, p.244; Steve Murdoch, Network North: Scottish Kin, Commercial and Covert Associations in Northern Europe, 1603-1746 (Brill, Leiden, 2006), pp.28, 234, 247.
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- SWEDEN, ARMY
- Arrived 1680-01-01, as CORNETT
- Departed 1680-12-31, as CORNETT
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- IRELAND, ENNISKILLEN REGIMENT
- Arrived 1690-01-01, as MAJOR
- Departed 1700-08-24, as LIEUTENANT COLONEL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY