James Hamilton, 1st duke of Abercorn
1811–85
Landowner and politician. Educated at Harrow School and at Christ Church College, Oxford. Lord lieutenant of Ireland, 1866–8 and from 1874. Succeeded as second marquess of Abercorn in 1818; raised to the dukedom of Abercorn, 1868.
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Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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