 The Hamilton Baronetcy, of Rosehall in the County of Lanark, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 10 April 1703 for Archibald Hamilton, a merchant of Edinburgh.He was a descendant of Walter Hamilton, brother of Sir James Hamilton, father of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, ancestor of the Dukes of Hamilton and Dukes of Abercorn.He was succeeded by his elder son, the second Baronet.