Lot 199

Hamilton, Thomas. First Earl of Haddington.

Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 July 2006 at 12:00 BST
£777
Description
Seventeenth century manuscript copy of the Earl of Haddington's rulings, entitled ''My Lord Haddington's Decisions'', 262pp. manuscript record of legal cases 1609- 1623; and a further manuscript, 124pp. relating to cases 1633-1636, 4to, nineteenth-century cloth
Footnote
Footnote: In 1616 Hamilton was appointed President of the Court of Session, in 1619 was created Earl of Melrose, a title he exchanged in 1627 for that of the Earl of Haddington.
