Who was William Hamilton from Scotland?

Question

I am asking because I aquired an antique pie or display cabinet that has an old auction tag on the back with the name:
William Hamilton and the address: 15 Sunnyside Terrace, Holytown. I have looked up the address and I think it is inside a cemetary(like a burial plot?) I am very confused and any help would be great.

So was there an estate sale of Hamilton family furniture? I heard there was also a furniture maker by the name William Hamilton, but I'm not sure if he ws from Scotland or if he was burried there. Does anyone know anything about this or if the families are tied together?

Answer 1

I have looked up the addresss and it it not in a cemetery. The full postal addres is
15 Sunnyside Terrace
MOTHERWELL
ML1 4SL
(Holytown is now in the postal district of Motherwell)

You could always write to the people at this address and ask them!

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Answer 2

Scotland is in north-west Europe and is part of significant Britain, an island us of a ( See map ) and the united kingdom (uk) . ScotlandScotland is a mountainous us of a contained in the north of the island of significant Britain and stocks a land border to the south with England and is bounded through the North Sea on the east and the Atlantic Ocean on the west. Its capital city is Edinburgh. i imagine that each city or city has its solid and undesirable factors yet on the completed i imagine its a touch dissimilar position to stay. you may have the peace and tranquillity of the highlands and the bustling liveliness of the city, and each little thing in between in various ranges. the everyone is often pleasant and open with a cracking experience of wit and impressive sarcasm.

Answer 3

William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton (1616–September 12, 1651), was a Scottish nobleman who supported both Royalist and Presbyterian causes during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

He was created Earl of Lanark in 1639, and in the next year became Secretary of State in Scotland. Arrested at Oxford on the orders of King Charles I in 1643 for "concurrence" with his brother the Duke of Hamilton, he escaped and was temporarily reconciled with the Presbyterian party.

After taking part in the battle of Kilsyth on the covenanter side, he was sent by the Scottish committee of estates to treat with Charles I at Newcastle in 1646, when he sought in vain to persuade the king to consent to the establishment of Presbyterianism in England. On 26 September 1647 he signed, on behalf of the Scots, the treaty with Charles known as the "Engagement", at Carisbrooke Castle, and helped to organize the Second English Civil War.

In 1648 he fled to Holland. The following year he succeeded to the dukedom of Hamilton on his brother's execution, making him an important personage among the Royalist exiles. He returned to Scotland with King Charles II in 1650, but, finding a reconciliation with the Marquess of Argyll impossible, he refused to prejudice Charles’s cause by pushing his claims.

He lived in retirement until the Scottish invasion of England during the Third English Civil War, when he acted as colonel of a body of his dependants. He died from the effects of wounds received at the battle of Worcester. He left no male heirs, and the dukedom of Hamilton devolved on the 1st duke’s eldest surviving daughter Anne, who became Duchess of Hamilton in her own right.