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Hamilton, William, of Bangour (1704–1754), poet and Jacobite army officer, was born in 1704, after 25 March, at Bangour, Linlithgowshire, the second son of James Hamilton of Bangour, advocate, who died in 1706, leaving an estate of £10,000 Scots (£800), and Elizabeth Hamilton (...
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Robertson, Alexander, of Struan (c. 1670–1749), Jacobite army officer and poet, was thirteenth holder of the barony of Struan or Strowan and chief of clan Robertson. He was the son of Alexander Robertson of Struan and his second wife, Marion, daughter of General Baillie...