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'''Sir Patrick Hamilton''' (died 1520) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] nobleman. He was an illegitimate son of [[James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton]], and a younger brother of [[James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran]].

==Royal legitimation==
In January 1513 James IV declared that because the 1st Earl of Arran then had no heirs, [[James Hamilton of Finnart]] the 1st Earl's son, with Patrick Hamilton of Kincavil and John Hamilton of Broomhill, the Earl's two half-brothers, would be considered legitimate and able to inherit Hamilton lands. Patrick bought a house in [[Linlithgow]] on the south side of High Street in February 1500, which his son James sold to James Hamilton of Finnart in 1531 when he bought the neighbouring house.<ref>''HMC, Manuscripts of the Duke of Hamilton'', 11th Report Part VI (1887), p. 20 no. 27, pp. 214–5 no. 138, pp. 217–8 nos. 152–3</ref>

==Mining and fighting==
In March 1516, the infant [[James V of Scotland]] and the Governor, [[John Stewart, Duke of Albany|Regent Albany]] leased Patrick to rights to [[gold mining in Scotland|mine for gold, silver, tin and other metals]] on [[Crawfordjohn|Crawford Moor]] and other places.<ref>''Register of the Privy Council of Scotland'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1908), p. 421, no. 2729.</ref>
In 1520, as a result of rivalry between the Hamiltons and the 'Red' Douglases, he helped instigate the street brawl in [[Edinburgh]] known as '[[Cleanse the Causeway]]'. The fight turned out badly for the Hamiltons, and Sir Patrick and about 70 others were killed. [[Cardinal Wolsey]] was told that [[Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus]] killed Patrick by his own hand.<ref>Tytler, P.F., ''History of Scotland'', vol.5 (1841), p.119: ''Letters & Papers Henry VIII'', vol. 4 (London, 1875), no. 576.</ref>

==Family==
His widow, Margaret Stewart, contracted a marriage with a John Hamilton, which was annulled on grounds of affinity in 1530–32.<ref>''Liber officialis Sancti Andree: Curie metropolitane Sancti Andree in Scotia'', Abbotsford Club, (1845), pg. 41.</ref>

His heir was his oldest son, Sir James Hamilton of [[Kingscavil|Kincavil]]. A younger son, [[Patrick Hamilton (martyr)|Patrick]], become one of the first Lutherans in Scotland and a preacher. In 1528, he became a martyr of the [[Scottish Reformation]].{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

A daughter was also a Protestant, and for a time wife of the captain of [[Dunbar Castle]]. She had been to London and had met [[Jane Seymour]], and was living in [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] in March 1539.<ref>''State Papers of Henry VIII'', vol. 5 part 4 cont. (London, 1836), p. 155.</ref>

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