Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton

Who was Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton?

Angus Alan Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton and 12th Duke of Brandon, styled Earl of Angus until 1940 and Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale between 1940 and 1973, was the premier peer of Scotland.

The son of the 14th Duke of Hamilton and Lady Elizabeth Percy, daughter of the 8th Duke of Northumberland, he was, educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford.

He also followed his father's interest in flying, becoming a Flight Lieutenant with the Royal Air Force until he was invalided out in 1967. He gained a Commercial Pilot's Licence the same year and was a test pilot for Scottish Aviation Ltd, a company with which his father had been associated .

He was a member of the Queen's Bodyguard for Scotland, an honorary member of the Royal Scottish Pipers Society and Patron of the British Airways Pipe Band. He was a Knight of St John. He was Hereditary Keeper of the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

By right of his subsidiary title of Lord Abernethy, he was hereditary bearer of the Crown of Scotland to the Parliament of Scotland. The Duke of Hamilton fulfilled that duty by carrying the Crown in front of Her Majesty The Queen at the opening ceremony of the Scottish Parliament.