Lord Claud Hamilton (1843–1925)

For other people named Lord Claud Hamilton, see Lord Claud Hamilton (disambiguation).

"Bridegroom". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1878.

Lord Claud John Hamilton (20 February 1843 – 26 January 1925) was a British Member of Parliament (MP) during the Victorian era.

Born the second son of James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn (later the 1st Duke of Abercorn) and his wife Lady Louisa Jane Russell, Hamilton was educated at Harrow School. In 1865, he became Conservative MP for Londonderry City until 1868 when he was appointed a Lord of the Treasury in Benjamin Disraeli's first ministry. In 1869, he became MP for King's Lynn until 1880, for Liverpool from 1880 to 1885, for Liverpool West Derby from 1885 until he resigned his seat in 1888 and for Kensington South from January 1910 to 1918.

Hamilton married Carolina Chandos-Pole (a granddaughter of the 5th Earl of Harrington) on 20 July 1878 and they had two children:

• Gilbert Claud Hamilton (1879–1943), who gained the rank of Colonel in service of the Grenadier Guards, fought in the Second Boer War and was decorated several times. He married twice, firstly in 1911 Enid Awa Elgar (died 1916), daughter of Charles Elgar from Fernside, Featherston, New Zealand, and secondly in 1916 Mary Blair (died 1961), daughter of Joseph Allan Blair from New York City, U.S.A. He had no issue.
• Ida Hamilton (1883–1970), who in 1909 married Hugh Dunombe Flower (died 1950). They divorced in 1923 and had one son.

Lord Claud had been an aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria from 1887 to 1897 and was appointed to the Privy Council in 1917. He died in 1925, aged 81.

A memorial was erected by Ida Flower in 1925 to the memory of her father. It can be found on the south wall of St John's-Hyde Park Church, London, W2.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Claud Hamilton

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William McCormick	Member of Parliament for Londonderry City 1865 – 1868	Succeeded by Richard Dowse
Preceded by Lord Stanley Hon. Robert Bourke	Member of Parliament for King's Lynn 1869 – 1880 With: Hon. Robert Bourke	Succeeded by Sir William ffolkes, 3rd Baronet Hon. Robert Bourke
Preceded by Viscount Sandon Edward Whitley Lord Ramsay	Member of Parliament for Liverpool 1880 – 1885 With: Viscount Sandon 1880–1882 Edward Whitley 1880–1885 Samuel Smith 1882–1885	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby 1885 – 1888	Succeeded by Hon. William Cross
Preceded by Earl Percy	Member of Parliament for Kensington South Jan 1910 – 1918	Succeeded by William Davison
Party political offices
Preceded by Lord Randolph Churchill and Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt	Chairman of the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations 1885	Succeeded by Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett