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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.

HAMILTON, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, brother of John Leveson Hamilton (qv); b. 9 Feb 1790 (IGI); adm. Jan 1798; in school lists 1801, May 1803, Oct 1803.

HAMILTON, HON. WILLIAM, brother of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn (S); b. c. 1668; d. 1737. “see new slip”]

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-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.