Thomas Boyd1st Lord Earl of Arran HAMILTON
Individual: He was a Privy Councillor in 1440 and in 1445 (He was sent into England as a hostage for the payment of a ransom of 40,000 mares for King James I. He was created Lord Hamilton 28 Jun 1445 and surrendered all his lands and baronies for erection into a new lordship of Hamilton, the name used thereafter for the town of Cadzow. His loyalties lay initially with his Douglas kinsmen, with whose chief he visited Rome in 1450 and Canterbury in 1451, and with whom he joined in the league with the Earls of Crawford and Ross against James II, but he subsequently moved over to the King's side to help suppress their revolt. He was rewarded with the office of sheriff of Lanarkshire 1 Jul 1455, and on 23 Oct 1455 was granted a new charter of his lands and baronies.
2 GIVN Mary 2 SURN STUART
Individual: Obtained a charter in 1503 for the lands and earldom of Arran for himself and his male heirs, in failure of which thay were to revert to theCrown. He was Adm, of Scotland (1513); Lt.Gen. of the Kingdom of Scotland, Warden of the Marches and one of the Lords of the Regency in 1517.
He married Mary Stuart Princess of Scotland Apr 1474 . Mary Stuart Princess of Scotland was born at Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland 16 May 1452 daughter of James II of Buchan Stuart, King of Scotland Hrh and Mary Gueldres, Queen of Scotland Hrh .
They were the parents of 2
children:
James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran
born Abt 1475.
Blocked
Thomas Boyd1st Lord Earl of Arran Hamilton died 16 Nov 1479 at Hamilton, Clydesdale, Larnarkshire, Scotland .
Mary Stuart Princess of Scotland died 1488 at Hamilton, Clydesdale, Larnarkshire, Scotland .