James George hamilton" target="_blank">Hamilton, 7th Duke of hamilton" target="_blank">Hamilton and 4th Duke of Brandon (18 February 1755 – 7 July 1769) was a short-lived Scottish peer.
hamilton" target="_blank">Hamilton was born at Holyrood Palace, the son of the 6th Duke of hamilton" target="_blank">Hamilton and his wife, Elizabeth. Styled as Marquess of Clydesdale from his birth until his father's death, he succeeded to his father's title of Duke of hamilton" target="_blank">Hamilton in 1758, at the age of two.
Upon the death in 1761 of his distant cousin, the Duke of Douglas, he inherited the title of Marquess of Douglas. A dispute concerning the estate of the late Duke of Douglas led to the Douglas Cause.
hamilton" target="_blank">Hamilton was educated at Eton from 1763 to 1767. However, he died in 1769, aged 14, at hamilton" target="_blank">Hamilton Palace from a fever. He was interred in the family mausoleum at hamilton" target="_blank">Hamilton, Scotland, and his titles passed to his younger brother, Douglas hamilton" target="_blank">Hamilton.
