Hamel, Gustav Wilhelm, son of Gustav Hamel, M. D., M. V. O., of London; b. June 25, 1889; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (A); left Easter 1907; became a pupil at the Blériot flying ground at Issy-les-Moulineaux in 1910; took his pilot's certificate in Feb. 1911; was the first official aerial postman; made his first cross-Channel flight from Boulogne to Wembley Park Oct. 11, 1911, and his first cross-Channel flight with a passenger in 1912; won the first 'Aerial Derby' a flight of 81 miles round London, June 8, 1912, and the second 'Aerial Derby' in the following year; flew from Dover to Cologne with a passenger in four hours and eighteen mins. in 1913; looped the loop fourteen times before the King at Windsor Feb. 2, 1914; author of Flying : Some Practical Experiences (1914); drowned in the Channel while flying from Paris to Hendon May 23, 1914; unm.
HAMERSLEY, ARTHUR, third son of Hugh Hamersley, Pyrton Manor, Oxfordshire, and his first wife Philippa Mary Anne, dau. of John Shaw Philipps, Culham House, Oxfordshire; b. 21 Mar 1841; adm. 6 Oct 1853 (G); left 1859; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Feb 1860; BA 1864; ordained; Rector of Nuffield, Oxfordshire, from 1867; m. 14 Feb 1865 Jane, dau. of Rev. William Toovey Hopkins, Rector of Nuffield, Oxfordshire; d. 21 Nov 1872.
HAMES, GEORGE HAYTER, son of John Hames, Croydon, Surrey, and Grace, dau. of George Hayter, St. Pancras Lane, London, banker, and niece of Right Rev. Thomas Hayter DD, Bishop of London; b. 1791; adm.; probably “G. Hannes 1805” and “G. H. Hannes 1808” (names inscribed up School); left 1809; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 May 1809, aged 18; BA 1813; MA 1817; ordained; Rector of Chagford, Devon, from 13 Jan 1819; d. unm. 28 Nov 1820.
HAMES, WILLIAM, brother of George Hayter Hames (qv); b. 1792; adm.; left 1810; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 Apr 1810, matr. Mich. 1810; BA 1814; ordained priest 18 Sep 1818; Rector of Chagford, Devon 11 Jan 1821-52; Rector of Ham, Kent, from 10 Aug 1827; JP Devon; m. 10 Aug 1824 Jemima Belinda, dau. of Rev. John David Perkins DD, Rector of St. Lawrence, Exeter, and Mamhead, and Vicar of Dawlish, Devon; d. 5 Aug 1859.
HAMILTON, ---; b.; in under school list 1717.
HAMILTON, ---; b.; in school list 1729. [in sixth form : same individual as Hon. James Hamilton ?]
HAMILTON, ---; b.; in school lists 1740-6.
HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, eldest son of George Hamilton MP (I), Baron of the Exchequer (I), Hampton Hall, co. Dublin, and Elizabeth, dau. of George Hamilton, Tyrella, co. Down; b.; adm. 11 Mar 1778; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 12 Nov 1778, aged 14; BA 1783; LLD 1789; adm. Middle Temple 11 Oct 1780; called to Irish bar 1786; Cursitor of the Exchequer (I) 1791; MP Belfast (Carrickfergus ?) 1798; resigned seat and office rather than vote for Act of Union; of Hampton Hall, co. Dublin; m. 13 Feb 1796 Catherine, dau. of Robert Burgh, Comptroller-General Inland Revenue (I); d. 1808.
Hamilton, Anthony Walter Patrick, son of Walter B. Hamilton, of the Middle Temple, writer and barrister-at-law, and Ellen Adèle, writer; b. 17 March, 1904; attended Holland House School, Hove (1912-13), Colet Court, Hammersmith (1915); adm. 26 Sept. 1918 (G); left April 1919; asst. stage man., actor (under Patrick Henderson), author and playwright, author of Monday Morning (1925), Rope (1929), Gas Light (1938) and Hangover Square (1941), along with numerous other works; m. 1st, 6 Aug. 1930 (div. 1953) Lois Marie Martin; 2nd, 10 Apr. 1954 Lady Ursula Chetwynd-Talbot, dau. of Viscount Ingestre; d. 23 Sept. 1962. DNB.
HAMILTON, ARCHIBALD, second son of Lord Archibald Hamilton MP, Capt. Royal Navy, Governor of Jamaica, and his third wife Lady Jane Hamilton, Mistress of the Robes to Augusta, Princess of Wales, sister of Hon. Charles Hamilton (qv); b. 11 Sep 1727; adm. Oct 1737; drowned while boating on the Thames 30 May 1744. Buried North Transept, Westminster Abbey.