Biography
James Douglas-Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton was born 5 January 1703 to James Douglas-Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton (1658-1712) and Elizabeth Gerard (c1681-1744) and died 2 March 1743 Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom of unspecified causes. He married Anne Cochrane (1707-1724) 14 February 1723 . He married Elizabeth Strangways (c1694-1729) 1727 . He married Anne Spencer (1720-1771) 21 August 1737 .
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| James Douglas-Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton (1724-1758) | 5 July 1724 | 17 January 1758 Great Tew, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom | Elizabeth Gunning, 1st Baroness Hamilton (c1733-1790) |
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Anne Douglas-Hamilton (1738-1780) | |||
| Archibald Douglas-Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton (1740-1819) | 15 July 1740 Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland, United Kingdom | 16 February 1819 | Harriet Stewart (c1744-1788) |
| Spencer Douglas-Hamilton (1742-1791) | |||
Footnotes (including sources)
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