{"id":3759,"date":"2006-04-07T01:38:02","date_gmt":"2006-04-07T08:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/07\/clan-hamilton\/"},"modified":"2019-12-20T09:39:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T17:39:00","slug":"clan-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/07\/clan-hamilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Clan Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6677,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.tartanday.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20130613164212\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.tartanday.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 08:48:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 10:42:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 10:42:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6678,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.tartankilts.com\\\/Clan_Tartan.asp?ClanId=81&amp;varSurname=hamilton&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m a day late on this (April 6th is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tartanday.com\/\" title=\"Tartan Day\">Tartan Day<\/a>), but&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2006\/04\/graphics\/MW1108.jpg\" height=\"110\" width=\"110\" alt=\"Hamilton Clan Tartan\" \/>According to our family genealogical charts, six generations ago my ancestor Robert Hamilton was born in Bansbridge Down, Ireland on the 16th of May, 1760. This makes me 1\/128th Irish (that we know of), and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tartankilts.com\/Clan_Tartan.asp?ClanId=81&amp;varSurname=hamilton\" title=\"Tartankilts.com: Clan Hamilton\">according to Tartankilts.com<\/a>, this is the Hamilton clan tartan (though, admittedly, that&#8217;s probably the <em>Scottish<\/em> Hamilton Clan&#8230;I have no real idea if there was\/is an <em>Irish<\/em> Hamilton Clan, or whether they have a tartan).<\/p>\n<p>Maybe one of these days, I&#8217;ll spring for a &#8220;real&#8221; tartan kilt. For now, though, the Utilikilts will do me just fine. At least I know I <em>have<\/em> a tartan in my background, even if it&#8217;s pretty far back there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" title=\"Get iTunes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" alt=\"\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DSpahn Ranch%2526songTerm=Succumber (Remix)%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Succumber (Remix)' on the iTMS\">Succumber (Remix)<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DSpahn Ranch%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Spahn Ranch' on the iTMS\">Spahn Ranch<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DSpahn Ranch%2526albumTerm=Industrial Revolution, 2nd Edition%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Industrial Revolution, 2nd Edition' on the iTMS\">Industrial Revolution, 2nd Edition<\/a><\/em> (1992, 4:58).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe one of these days, I&#8217;ll spring for a &#8216;real&#8217; tartan kilt. For now, though, the Utilikilts will do me just fine. At least I know I _have_ a tartan in my background, even if it&#8217;s pretty far back there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2043],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-3759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","tag-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}