HAMMANS, ARTHUR WILLIAM; b. (Marcham, Berks. ) 31 Aug 1846; adm. 28 Sep 1860 (James'); left Aug 1864; Ensign, 32nd Foot 18 Dec 1866; Lieut., 25 Sep 1869; Capt., 32nd (Duke of Cornwall’s) Light Infantry 29 Jun 1881; Maj., 14 Dec 1887; retd. 31 Aug 1894; served Burma 1892-3; re-employed as Recruiting Officer, Bletchley District, in First World War; m. 23 Oct 1889 Mary Josephine, eldest dau. of John Wagner, Stormont, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia; d. 13 Jun 1916, from effects of overwork as Recruiting Officer. [evidently kin to Robert Hammans, Marcham, Berks., maltster, will proved PCC 23 Apr 1856]

Hamilton-Johnston, Douglas Charles, eldest son of Augustus Hamilton:Johnston, of Chelsea, by Bessie, daughter of Major-Gen. Patrick Robertson-Ross, C. B., of Glenmoidart, Inverness-shire; b. May 20, 1889; adm. from Charterhouse Sept. 22, 1904 (G); left July 1906; matric. at London Univ. and afterwards went to Frankfurt; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1908; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. the Black Watch (the Royal Highlanders) Feb. 24, 1909; Lieut. Feb. 14, 1912; Capt. Feb. 25, 1915; temp. Major Jan. 7, 1916; arrived with his batt. from India at the western front in Oct. 1914; wounded in Dec. 1914, and again in May 1915; was invalided home after the second casualty; returned to the western front in Nov. following, and at the end of the month went with his batt. to Mesopotamia; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 1, 1916; killed in action at El Shaad, Mesopotamia, while leading his batt. against the Turks Jan. 21, 1916; unm.

HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM, brother of Archibald Hamilton (adm. 1737, qv); b. 13 Dec 1730; adm. Jan 1739/40 (Heath's); left 1746; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 27 Jan 1747; Lieut. and Capt., 8 Jun 1753; retd. 1757; Equerry to George III 1760 – 7 Nov 1782; MP Midhurst Mar 1761 – Aug 1764; Envoy Extraordinary at Naples 1764-7, Minister Plenipotentiary there 1767- Apr 1800; KB 15 Jan 1772; Privy Councillor 8 Jun 1791; sold a collection of Greek vases and antiquities to British Museum 1772, and another collection to Thomas Hope of Deepdene 1801; purchased the Warwick Vase from Gavin Hamilton and the Portland Vase from James Byres; entertained Nelson at Naples after the Battle of the Nile 1798; accompanied the Neapolitan Court to Palermo Dec 1798; FRS 6 Nov 1766, Copley Medal 1770; FSA 6 Feb 1772; Society of Dilettanti 1777; DCL Oxford 30 Jul 1802; author, Campi Phlegraei, 1776; m. 1st, 25 Jan 1758 Catherine, eldest dau. of Hugh Barlow, Lawrenny Hall, Pembs.; m. 2nd, 6 Sep 1791 Emma Hart (DNB), dau. of Henry Lyon, Neston, Cheshire, blacksmith; d. 6 Apr 1803. DNB.

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.

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, 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, 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, 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 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, 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.