James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye
James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye (c. 1560 – 24 January 1644) was a Scot who became owner of large tracts of land in County Down, Ireland, and founded a successful Protestant Scots settlement there several years before the Plantation of Ulster. Hamilton was able to acquire the lands as a result of his connections with King James I, for whom he had been an agent in negotiations for James to succeed Queen Elizabeth I.
James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye | |
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| Member of the Ireland Parliament for County Down | |
| In office 1613–1634 | |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Bagenal |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1560 Dunlop, East Ayrshire |
| Died | 24 January 1644 Bangor, County Down |
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| Children | James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
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