John Hamilton, Marquis na farko na Hamilton

John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton (1540-1604) shi ne wanda ya kafa dogon layin Marquesses da Dukes na Hamilton a Scotland.

 Haihuwar da asalinsa 
An haifi John game da shekara ta 1540 a Scotland. Shi ne ɗan na uku na James Hamilton da matarsa Margaret Douglas . Mahaifinsa shi ne Earl na 2 na Arran da Duke na Châtellerault a Faransa.

Mahaifiyar John 'yar James Douglas ce, 3rd Earl of Morton . Iyaye biyu 'yan Scotland ne. Sun yi aure a watan Satumba na shekara ta 1532. John na ɗaya daga cikin 'yan uwa tara, waɗanda aka jera a cikin labarin mahaifinsa.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
A ranar 28 ga Nuwamba 1547, an nada John, har yanzu yaro, a matsayin Commendator na Inchaffray Abbey, matsayin da ya rike har zuwa 1551, lokacin da aka sanya shi Commendator of Arbroath a maimakon haka. Yana da fa'idar Arbroath har zuwa 1579, kodayake George Douglas (ɗan Earl na Angus wanda daga baya zai zama Bishop na Moray) ya yi jayayya da hakkinsa.

Iyalinsa sun goyi bayan Maryamu, Sarauniya ta Scots, har ma bayan da aka ɗaure ta a Lochleven Castle, ta yi murabus don goyon bayan ɗanta mai shekara guda a ranar 24 ga Yuli 1567, da aka ci ta a Langside a 1568 da kuma gudu zuwa Ingila jim kadan bayan haka. A shekara ta 1570 Moray, wanda ya kasance mai mulki a lokacin wani ɓangare na 'yan tsiraru na Sarki James VI, John Hamilton na Bothwellhaugh, mai goyon bayan Sarauniya Maryamu, ya kashe shi a Linlithgow. Mahaifin John (Duke na Châtellerault da 2nd Earl na Arran) Murray ne ya ɗaure shi a lokacin kuma John da kansa na iya taimakawa wajen kisan. Wanda ya gaje shi, Regent Lennox, ya mutu a shekara ta 1571 daga harbi a bayansa yayin rikici a Stirling tare da jam'iyyar Sarauniya. A ƙarshe, a ranar 23 ga Fabrairu 1573, mahaifinsa ya ba da goyon bayansa ga Maryamu kuma ya amince da jaririn Maryamu James a matsayin Sarkin Scotland.

 Shugaban iyali 
Mahaifinsa ya mutu a Hamilton a ranar 22 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1575. Babban ɗan'uwansa James ya yi nasara a matsayin 3rd Earl na Arran, amma saboda hauka, an sanya shi a ƙarƙashin kulawar John  wanda ya sa John ya zama Earl na zahiri kuma shugaban iyali. 

A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1575, John da ɗan'uwansa Claud sun shiga cikin tseren doki da 'yan iyakar Ingila a Solway sands . 

 Aurensa da yaransa 
A ranar 30 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 1577 John ya yi kwangila don auren Margaret Lyon, Countess na Cassilis, gwauruwar Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl na Cassilis، kuma 'yar John Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis,  ya yi alkawarin auren ta kafin 10 ga Fabrairu 1578 .   Matarsa ta kasance mai tsayin daka na Furotesta. Ta tuba da mijinta na farko wanda ya kasance Katolika kafin aurensu.

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