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HAMILTON, ARCHIBALD, second son of Richard Hamilton, Coleraine, co. Antrim; b. ; at school under Freind two years (J. Venn, Biog. Hist. of Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, ii, 11); Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Mar 1718/9, aged 17, matr. 1718/9; adm. Middle Temple 11 Oct 1718; called to Irish bar 1733; Recorder of Coleraine; of Stranocum, co. Antrim, and of Carrigans, co. Donegal; m. 1751/2 Elizabeth, dau. of John Corny MP (I); d. c. Dec 1753.

Hamilton, Arthur Douglas Bruce, son of Bernard Hamilton, of Pump Court, Temple, barrister-at-law; b. July 12, 1900; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (H); left July 1915.

HAMILTON, CHARLES POWELL, second son of Lord Anne Hamilton, and Anne Charlotte Maria, only surviving child of Charles Powell, Pen-y-Bank, Carmarthenshire; b. 26 Dec 1747; at school under Markham (Memoirs of William Hickey, ii, 384); entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 12 Dec 1769; Master and Commander, 11 Jun 1778; Capt., 18 May 1779; commanded HMS Apollo towards end of American War, HMS Canada 1793 and subsequently HMS Prince; Rear-Adm., 20 Feb 1797; Vice-Adm., 1 Jan 1801; Adm., 28 Apr 1808; m. May 1777 Lucretia, dau. of George Augustus Prosser, Hampstead, Middlesex; d. 12 Mar 1825.

HAMILTON, HON. CHARLES, youngest son of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn (qv); bapt. 13 Nov 1704; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1718/9; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Nov 1720; BA 1723; Grand Tour (Italy) 1725-7, again in Italy 1732-5; MP (I) Strabane 1727-60; Clerk of Household to Frederick, Prince of Wales 22 Apr 1738- Feb 1747; MP Truro 1741-7; Commissioner for examining Public Accounts 26 May 1742; Receiver-Gen. and Collector of Revenues, Minorca 1743-57; Deputy Paymaster 1758 [check]; of Painshill, Surrey, where he created a notable landscaped garden; FRS 26 Mar 1747; m. 1st, --; m. 2nd, Agnes, dau. of David Cockburn MD, Ayr; m. 3rd, Frances [Cavert ?]; d. 11 Sep 1786. DNB Missing Persons.

HAMILTON, CHEYNE, son of James Hamilton, Jamaica; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jul 1745; Clerk of Supreme Court, Jamaica; of Spanish Town, Jamaica; perhaps m. Mary --- (IGI); d. in Jamaica 1 Apr 1769 (will proved PCC 3 May 1771, as Cheney Hamilton).

HAMILTON, FREDERICK, brother of Archibald Hamilton (adm. 1737, qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1739/40 (Heath's); left 1746; Clare Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 May 1746, fellow commoner 20 Oct 1748; MA 1749; ordained deacon (London) 24 May 1752, priest (Peterborough) 14 Jan 1753; Vicar of Wellingborough, Northants., 20 Jan 1753-6; Archdeacon of Raphoe 1757-72; [? the Frederick Hamilton who was a Chaplain to George III in 1762-4 ?]; Rector of Stanton, Suffolk, from 1790; m. St. Mary, Dublin (IGI), 11 Jun 1757 Rachael Daniel [probably dau. of Rev. Thomas Daniell (sic), Londonderry, Ireland]; d. 19 Feb 1811.

HAMILTON, GEORGE BURTON, son of Sir Ralph Hamilton, Kt., Groom of the Bedchamber to Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, and --- Green, London; b. 14 Oct 1804; adm. 22 May 1815; Min. Can. 1818; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 Jun 1823, exhibitioner 1823-7; BA 1827; MA 1830; ordained deacon 1828, priest 1829 (both London); Chaplain, Chelmsford Gaol, Essex 1842-77; m. 1837 Sarah Catherine, dau. of John T. Deal, Shaftesbury, Dorset; d. 6 Jan 1886.

HAMILTON, GUSTAVUS, 2ND VISCOUNT BOYNE (I), only surviving son of Hon. Frederick Hamilton, and Sophia, dau. of James Hamilton, Tollymore, co. Down, and sister of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil (I) PC (I) MP; bapt. St. Maurice’s, Winchester, Hants., 26 Nov 1709 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) Jun 1719; succ. grandfather as 2nd Viscount Boyne (I) 16 Sep 1723; in under school list 1724; Grand Tour (Italy) 1730-1; MP Newport (IOW) 17 Feb 1736-41; Privy Councillor (I) 9 Aug 1736; a Commissioner of the Revenue, Ireland, from 1737; member, Society of Dilettanti 1736; d. unm. 18 Apr 1746.

Hamilton, Iain, son of Norman Fleming Hamilton of Abinger Common, Surrey, and Williamina Stewart, d. of John Russell of Johnstone, Renfrew; b. 21 Nov. 1935; adm. Sept. 1949 (B); left July 1953; a printer, journalist and poet; d. 15 July 1986.

HAMILTON, JAMES, 6TH EARL OF ABERCORN (S), son of Col. James Hamilton, Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles II, and Elizabeth, sister of Francis Culpepper (qv); b.; at school under Busby; his son, Hon. Charles Hamilton (qv), informed Horace Walpole in a letter dated 31 Jan 1784 that Charles II made Hamilton a Groom of the Bedchamber “though but 17 years old, just come from Westminster School” on the death of his father, who had been mortally wounded at the battle of Southwold Bay 28 May 1673, but Hamilton was not 17 until c. 1678 and the actual dates of Hamilton’s tenure of this post were 18 Apr 1680 – 6 Feb 1685; commanded a regt. of horse under James II, but sided with William III; went to Ireland Feb 1688/9 to take part in defence of Londonderry; MP (I) Co. Tyrone 1692-5; succ. cousin as 6th Earl of Abercorn (S) Jun 1701 [check]; created Viscount Strabane (I) 2 Sep 1703; Privy Councillor (I) (by Apr 1711); lic. to m. 24 Jan 1683/4 Elizabeth, only child of Sir Robert Reading, Bart. (qv); d. 28 Nov 1734, aged 73. Buried in Duke of Ormonde’s vault, Westminster Abbey. DNB.