Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Robert Hamilton (1650<unk>1701), te rua o nga Baronet o Preston, tetahi o nga kaiarahi o nga Kawenata Scottish. Ko ia te tama a Sir Thomas Hamilton, me te tuakana o Sir William, tuatahi o Preston. I whakaakona a Hamilton i te Whare Wananga o Glasgow i raro i te Ahorangi Burnet. I piri ia ki te take o te Covenanters, a puta i roto i te whakahau i Drumclog me
Whai muri i te hinganga ka hoki ia ki Holland, i noho ai ia me tana taina-wahine, Gordon o Earlston, tae noa ki te Revolution o 1688. I whakakahore ia ki te mohio ki te taitara o te Pirinihi o Orange, i runga i te take ehara ia i te rangatira o te Kawenata. I mauheretia ia i Edinburgh mo te whakaaro ki te Whakapuakanga Sanquhar tuarua o Akuhata, 1692, i tukuna e te "United Societies". I runga i te whakaoranga, ka waiho e ia tana whakaaturanga hou ki te whakahekenga i roto i te Hahi me te Kawanatanga, a ka waiho hei tangata kotahi te noho nui o "te Toenga e mate ana". I mate ia, i te kore marena, 51 ona tau.