James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn

The Right Honourable The Earl of Abercorn
Born	(1712-10-22)22 October 1712 London, England
Died	9 October 1789(1789-10-09) (aged 76) Boroughbridge, England
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Parent	James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn (father)

James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn PC (Ire) (22 October 1712 – 9 October 1789), styled Lord Paisley from 1734 to 1736, was an Anglo-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.