 James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn

James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn PC (Ire) (22 October 1712 – 9 October 1789), styled Lord Paisley from 1734 to 1736, was a Scottish and Irish peer.He inherited large estates in Ireland, where he built a mansion, and re-acquired some of the family's ancestral lands in Scotland.