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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.

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.