| Authorised form of name | Hamilton; James (1686 - 1744); 7th Earl of Abercorn |
| Dates | 1686 - 1744 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 22 March 1686 |
| Place of death | Cavendish Square, London |
| Date of death | 11 January 1744 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
The Duke of Ormonde's vault in Westminster Abbey, London |
| Research field | Magnetism |
| Activity | Career:
Privy Councillor (1738); Privy Councillor (Ireland) (1739)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 10/11/1715 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1717-1719, 1721, 1723, 1725, 1727, 1729 |
| Relationships | Son of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Reading, Bart, of Dublin, (1671) and his wife, Jane, Dowager Countess of Mountrath and daughter of Sir Robert Hannay, Bart; succeeded his father (1734); married Anne, daughter of Colonel John Plumer of Blakesware, Ware, Hertfordshire, and his wife, Mary, daughter of William Hale of King's Walden, Hertfordshire |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (father's entry); GEC; Thomas
References:
'Gentleman's Magazine' 1744, p53
Notes:
Proposed by Sir Hans Sloane. Styled Lord Paisley between 1701 and 1734. |
| Code | NA7331 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EL/P1/117 | Extract of a letter, from Lord Paisley [James Hamilton] to George Graham | 1723 |
| CLP/22ii/31 | Paper, 'Account of a treatise entitled "Calculations and tables relating to the attractive virtue of loadstones, etc"' by Lord Paisley [James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn] | 1730 |
| EL/P1/116 | Letter, from Lord Paisley [James Hamilton] to George Graham, dated at Witham | 18 October 1723 |