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.
HAMILTON, HON. JAMES, brother of Gustavus Hamilton, 2nd Viscount Boyne (I) (qv); b.; adm. (aged 7) Jan 1721/2; in school list 1729; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 3 Sep 1741; d. on board ship in the Mediterranean Nov 1744.
HAMILTON, JAMES, son of Samuel Hamilton, Brabant; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1760.
HAMILTON, JOHN LEVESON, eldest son of Vice-Adm. Thomas Hamilton, Royal Navy, Much Hadham, Herts., and Sally --- (IGI); b. 30 Jun 1788; adm. 16 Jan 1798 (Clapham); in school list 1801; KS (Capt. ) 1803; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1807, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 May 1807; 1st cl. Maths 1810; BA 1811; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 7 Nov 1810; ordained; Rector of Ellesborough, Bucks., from 15 May 1823; m. 14 Aug 1819 Susan, eldest dau. of Rev. Dr. --- Woodward; d. 5 Apr 1825.
HAMILTON, JOHN RANDOLPH, son of Capt. John Randolph Hamilton, Chester, South Carolina, Confederate States Navy, and Mary Louisa Whaley, Charleston, South Carolina; b. 21 Mar 1860; adm. 21 Jan 1875 (G); left Dec 1877; entered tobacco trade; with Rover Company Ltd, Coventry, from 1886; m. 31 Dec 1883 Ethel Mary, dau. of John Herriot, Tweed Hill, Berwickshire.
HAMILTON, JOHN, second son of Hon. George Hamilton MP, and Bridget, dau. of Col. William Coward, Wells, Somerset, Virginia merchant; nephew of Hon. Charles Hamilton (qv); b.; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1741/2 (Heath's); left 1743; Univ. Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 Mar 1743/4; BA 1747; MA 1751; ordained; Archdeacon of Raphoe from 26 Feb 1754; d. unm. 12 Aug 1756.
HAMILTON, LEVESON RUSSELL, eldest son of John Leveson Hamilton (qv); b. 12 Jul 1822; adm. 4 Jun 1834 (Stelfox's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 May 1841; BA 1845; MA 1850; ordained deacon 1846, priest 1847 (both Bath & Wells); Curate, Lovington, Somerset; author, The Lives of the Sovereigns of England, 1868, and other works; m. 17 Jul 1866 Wilhelmina, youngest dau. of William Thomas Dilkes (qv); d. 14 Oct 1869.
Hamilton, Richard Neville Dalton, son of Arthur James Stanley Hamilton, barrister-at-law, of Northwood, Middx, and Winifred Louisa Chisholm, d. of Rev. William Edward Dalton, Vicar of Glynde, Sussex; b. 23 Nov. 1913; adm. Sept. 1927 (A); left July 1931; Univ. of Lond., LLB (1st class hons) 1935; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1936; practised at Aylesbury; RAOC 1940-5 (Maj.), DADOS; despatches (Italy) Jan. 1945; asst solicitor Bucks CC; dep. Clerk of the Peace 1954; d. 8 Sept. 2000.
Hamilton, Spencer Hugh, son of Hugh Hamilton of Beckenham, Kent, and Gertrude Jane, d. of Thomas Jones of Forest Hill, Kent; b. 9 May 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (A); left July 1923; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. 1924, BA 1927, MA 1931; ord. deacon 1929, priest 1930 (Southwark); Curate-in-charge St Peter Gt Yarmouth 1933-5, asst priest Chichester Centre of Divine Healing 1935-8; Curate Preston Church Brighton 1938-40; Rector of West Blatchington, Hove, 1940-1; Vicar of St Elizabeth Eastbourne 1941-50; m. 7 May 1931 Florence Mary, d. of Rev. Sidney James Nightingale, Vicar of Tetsworth, Oxon.; d. 1 June 1953.
Son of Walter George Hamilton and Caroline Mary Stiff; b. 10 Feb. 1908; ed. St Dunstan's Coll. Catford and Trin. Coll. Camb.; BA 1929 (1st class hons Classical Trip. Pts 1 & 2), Craven Schol. 1927, Chancellor’s Medallist 1928, Craven Student and Person Prizeman 1929; MA 1933; asst. lecturer in Classics Univ. of Manchester 1931-3; Fellow of Trinitv 1931-5 and 1946-50, Tutor 1947-50; Univ. lecturer in Classics 1947-50; asst. master Eton 1933-46, Master in College 1937-46; succeeded as Head Master of the School Jan. 1950; Chairman Headmasters’ Conference 1955 and 1956; resigned June 1957; DLitt (Durham) 1958; HM Rugby Sch. 1957-66; Master of Magdalene Coll. Camb. 1967-78; author of translations of Plato’s Symposium and Gorgias; m. 31 Mar. 1951 Jane Elizabeth, d. of Sir Robert John Formby Burrows of Limpsfield Chart, Surrey; died 8 Feb. 1988.