His father , also John Hamilton ( first Lord Bargany ) , took the Parliamentarian side before the Civil War but joined with his cousin William Hamilton , 2nd Duke of Hamilton , on the Cavalier side in 1648 .
His family suffered during the English Civil War .
His father , also John Hamilton ( first Lord Bargany ) , took the Parliamentarian side before the English Civil War   but joined with his cousin William Hamilton , 2nd Duke of Hamilton , on the Cavalier side in 1648 .
His family suffered during the English Civil War .