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Origin of the Surname HAMILTON.
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HAMILTON.
Originally Hambleton, from the manor of Hambleton, in
Buckinghamshire. William, third son of Robert, third Earl of Leicester,
took that surname from the place of his birth. He was the founder of the
family of that name in Scotland, whither he went about the year 1215. The
name is derived from Hamell, a mansion, the seat of a freeholder, and dun,
an enclosure, a fortified place, a town.
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