Lord Basil Hamilton
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Lord Basil Hamilton (1671 – 27 August 1701) was a Scottish aristocrat who drowned trying to save his servant.
Hamilton was baptized on 16 December 1671 at Hamilton, South Lanarkshire. His was the sixth son of William Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton and Anne Hamilton, suo jure 3rd Duchess of Hamilton. Among his siblings were Lt. Gen. James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Lady Catherine Hamilton (wife of John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl), Charles Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk, John Hamilton, 1st Earl of Ruglen and 3rd Earl of Selkirk, George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Lady Susan Hamilton (wife of John Cochrane, 2nd Earl of Dundonald and John Hay, 3rd Marquess of Tweeddale), Lady Margaret Hamilton (wife of James Maule, 4th Earl of Panmure), and Lord Archibald Hamilton.[1]