Claud Hamilton of Cochno

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Claud Hamilton of Cochno was a Scottish landowner and Captain of Dumbarton Castle.

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He was a son of Andrew Hamilton of Cochno, captain of Dumbarton Castle and Margaret Noble. [1] Andrew Hamilton's brother was the soldier Robert Hamilton of Briggis, Captain of Linlithgow Palace and Dunbar Castle.

Cochno is in Faifley, and is known for the Cochno Stone. The family were supporters of Mary, Queen of Scots, and in 1568 Regent Moray and Lord Sempill took possession of the House of Cochno.

His father died in 1573 and his older brother John Hamilton inherited, then after his death Cochno came to Claud Hamilton. He was also Captain of Dumbarton Castle from 1590 to 1596.

In February 1597 he complained about a neighbour to the Privy Council. John Menteith in Lettir, whose father rented his lands from David Haldane, Tutor of Gleneagles, with other neighbours, had stolen oxen grazing on the Muir of Cochno which belonged to Claud Hamilton and his tenants. [2]

Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline wrote in 1621 that he knew "Claud of the Cochno", father of the Minister of Paisley, and he was a very honest man. [3] Seton was the feudal landlord of Wester Cochno. [4]

Marriage and children

Some older sources state that his wife was Margaret Edmondstone of Duntreath, but he married Margaret Beaton, a daughter of Robert Beaton of Creich. His children included:

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References

  1. ↑ Joseph Irving, Book of Dumbartonshire, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1879), p. 355.
  2. ↑ David Masson, Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1592-1599, vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1892), p. 622.
  3. ↑ Original Letters Relating to the Ecclesiastical Affairs of Scotland: 1614-1625, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1851), p. 647.
  4. ↑ HMC 8th Report: Miss Hamilton of Barns and Cochno (London, 1881), no. 16.
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