Hamilton, Charles, 1704-1786

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Hamilton, Charles, 1704-1786

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        1704-1786

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        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.

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        Hamilton, James, ca. 1661-1734 (ca. 1661-1734)

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        GB-2014-WSA-08547

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        family

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        Hamilton, James, ca. 1661-1734 is the parent of Hamilton, Charles, 1704-1786

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        Hamilton, John, ca. 1726-1756 (ca. 1726-1756)

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        GB-2014-WSA-08552

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        family

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        Hamilton, John, ca. 1726-1756 is the nephew of Hamilton, Charles, 1704-1786

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        GB-2014-WSA-08541

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        GB 2014

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        International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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