Robert Hamilton, Lord Presmennan

[1] Barncluith is an L-plan tower house built in 1583 by John Hamilton (still extant).

At some point in the later 17th century he bought the estate of Presmennan or Pressmennan near Dunbar, east of Edinburgh.

[3] In November 1689 he was elected a Senator of the College of Justice and adopted the title of Lord Presmennan.

[4] His older brother bought a baronetcy in Nova Scotia and became Sir Archibald Hamilton, 1st Baronet of Rosehall.

They had 11 sons and 7 daughters including James Hamilton, Lord Pencaitland.