Richard Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis · notable family archive
Notable figures represented in Richard’s family archive
Seven source-linked profiles bring the archive’s most historically significant people into one clear record. One is an authenticated direct-line ancestor; the others are carefully qualified wider archive connections where the surviving material does not preserve every generation into Richard’s modern line.
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documented historic profiles
Ordered by historical prominence and evidential clarity, not by inherited status.
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Who are the notable people linked with Richard Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis’s family archive?
The published material names Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke, Mary Stewart, Sir John Keith, James Hamilton, Richard Whalley and John Cunningham within wider historic family groups. Robert Sharp Borgnis Hammond-Chambers is identified by the authenticated tree as Richard’s second great-grandfather. Each profile below states exactly what the surviving evidence does—and does not—establish.
Seven source-linked profiles
The archive’s most prominent historic figures
1765–1818
Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke
1st Duke of Feltre · French Minister of War
French-born military officer, diplomat and politician of Irish émigré descent who served as Minister of War under the First French Empire.
Archive context
The historic person named in the supplied Clarke family material.
Relationship boundary
The Clarke material in Richard’s family archive names this historic figure; the surviving export does not preserve a complete generation-by-generation route into the modern line.
Hamilton Palace from the north-west, photographed by Thomas Annan around 1860.
Image credit1453–1488
Mary Stewart
Countess of Arran · daughter of James II of Scotland
A royal Stewart figure whose marriages linked the Boyd and Hamilton families in fifteenth-century Scotland.
Archive context
The historic Countess of Arran named in the supplied material; separate from the later Lady Mary Stewart cards.
Relationship boundary
The Stewart–Hamilton material in Richard’s family archive names the Countess; the surviving chart does not establish the proposed Dalserf route as a complete line of descent.
London’s Law Courts around 1890, shown as period context for Robert Sharp Borgnis Hammond-Chambers’s documented legal career.
Image credit1855–1907
Robert Sharp Borgnis Hammond-Chambers
Barrister-at-law · Queen’s Counsel
A British barrister whose 1859 Royal Licence documents the Hammond-Chambers form and whose 1897 appointment as Queen’s Counsel is supported by the archive’s legal evidence control.
Archive context
The exact sourced family-tree profile and the canonical source card identify the same barrister and immediate family.
Relationship boundary
The authenticated family tree identifies Robert as Richard’s second great-grandfather. The 1859 licence documents Hammond-Chambers, not the later Borgnis element; neither it nor his professional rank establishes a personal legal appointment to Queen Victoria.
Source-linked profile · no attributed portrait used
died 1715
Sir John Keith
1st Earl of Kintore
Scottish nobleman associated with preserving the Honours of Scotland during the Cromwellian period.
Archive context
The historic Earl of Kintore named in the supplied material; separate from the tree’s Inverugie record.
Relationship boundary
The Keith material in Richard’s family archive names the Earl. The similarly named Inverugie record is treated as a separate person.
The gateway at Cadzow Castle in a 1900 illustration, used as place context for the Hamilton material in the supplied family archive.
Image creditc. 1415–1479
James Hamilton
1st Lord Hamilton · 6th Laird of Cadzow
Scottish nobleman, scholar and politician who married Mary Stewart, daughter of James II.
Archive context
The documented Hamilton figure connected to Mary Stewart in the supplied historic material.
Relationship boundary
The Stewart–Hamilton material in Richard’s family archive names Lord Hamilton; the surviving chart does not establish the separate Dalserf cadet route as a complete line of descent.
Source-linked profile · no attributed portrait used
c. 1558–c. 1632
Richard Whalley
English landowner and Member of Parliament
Nottinghamshire politician of Kirton and Screveton who married Frances Cromwell, aunt of Oliver Cromwell.
Archive context
Matches the spouse and Nottinghamshire places in the tree’s Cromwell–Whalley group.
Relationship boundary
The Whalley–Cromwell group appears in Richard’s family archive; the surviving export does not preserve every generation into the modern family.
Source-linked profile · no attributed portrait used
died 1585
John Cunningham of Drumquhassle
Scottish courtier and political figure
Master of the Royal Household to James VI and a prominent figure during the Lennox regency.
Archive context
The historic Drumquhassle figure named in the supplied Cunningham material.
Relationship boundary
The Cunningham material in Richard’s family archive names Drumquhassle; the surviving spouse and descendant links do not preserve a complete route into the modern line.
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The canonical Richard Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis identity
The complete family surname used by this archive is Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis. Search-like spellings are shown only to help visitors reach the verified identity record.
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