William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton

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William Alexander Archibald Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton and 8th Duke of Brandon (London, 19 February 1811 – Paris, 8 July 1863), styled Earl of Angus before 1819 and Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale between 1819 and 1852, was a Scottish nobleman.

He is the son of Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton and Susan Beckford, daughter of English novelist William Beckford. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He was Knight Marischal of Scotland from 1846 and Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire from 1852 until his death.

In 1843 at the Mannheim Palace, he married Marie Amélie von Baden, daughter of the Grand Duke Charles of Baden and Stéphanie de Beauharnais, the adopted daughter of Napoleon I. They had three children:


Honorary Titles
Preceded by:
The Earl of Buchan		 Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Scotland
1833–1835		 Succeeded by:
Viscount Fincastle
Preceded by:
The Earl of Erroll		 Knight Marischal
1846–1863		 Succeeded by:
Office Vacant
Preceded by:
The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon		 Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire
1852–1863		 Succeeded by:
The Lord Belhaven and Stenton
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by:
Alexander Hamilton		 Duke of Hamilton and Brandon
1852–1863		 Succeeded by:
William Douglas-Hamilton
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