Henry Hamilton (Irish politician)

Henry Hamilton (c. February 1692 – 3 June 1743),^[1] styled The Honourable from 1715, was an Irish politician.

Family tree

Henry Hamilton with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.

Claud
1st Ld
Paisley
1546–1621

Margaret
Seton
d. 1616

James
1st Earl
Abercorn
1575–1618

Claud
of Shawfield
d. 1614

George
of Greenlaw
& Roscrea
d. bef. 1657

Frederick
1590–1647

Sidney
Vaughan

Christiana
b. c. 1629

Frederick
d. bef. 1646

James
of
Manorhamilton
d. 1652

Gustavus
1st
Viscount
1642–1723

Elizabeth
Brooke
d. 1721

Frederick
c. 1663 –
1715

Gustavus
c. 1685 –
1735

Dorothea
Bellew

Henry
c. 1692 –
1743

Mary
Dawson

Gustavus
2nd
Viscount
1710–1746

Frederick
3rd
Viscount
1710–1746

Richard
4th
Viscount
1724–1789

Sackville
Hamilton
1732–1818

Henry
Hamilton
c. 1734 –
1796

Gustavus
5th
Viscount
1749–1816

Martha
Somerville

Legend

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Henry
Hamilton

XXX

Viscounts
Boyne

This family tree is partly derived from the Abercorn pedigree pictured in Cokayne.^[2] Also see the lists of siblings and children in the text.

He was the youngest son of Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne and his wife Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of Sir Henry Brooke.^[3] In 1725, he entered the Irish House of Commons for St Johnstown (County Donegal), a seat he held until 1727.^[1] Three years later, he was returned for Donegal County, the same constituency his father and his two older brothers Frederick and Gustavus had also represented, and sat as Member of Parliament until his death in 1743.^[1] He was Collector of the Port of Cork.^[3]

On 27 October 1722, he married Mary Dawson, eldest daughter of Joshua Dawson.^[4] They had seven children, two daughters and five sons.^[5] His third son Sackville was Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,^[6] while his fourth son Henry was Governor of Bermuda and Dominica.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
^ Cokayne 1910, p. 4: "Tabular pedigree of the Earls of Abercorn"
^ ^a ^b "ThePeerage - Hon. Henry Hamilton". Retrieved 30 April 2009.
^ Lodge, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. Vol. vol. V. Dublin: James Moore. p. 178. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
^ Granville, Mary (1862). The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville. Vol. vol. I. London: Richard Bentley. p. 26. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
^ Haydn, Joseph (1851). The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman's. pp. 446.
^ Arthur, Elizabeth (1979). "Hamilton, Henry". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved 30 April 2009.

Cokayne, George Edward (1910), Gibbs, Vicary (ed.), The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol. 1 (2nd ed.), London: St Catherine Press – Ab-Adam to Basing

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by James Topham William Forward	Member of Parliament for St Johnstown (County Donegal) 1725–1727 With: William Forward	Succeeded by Hon. George Hamilton William Forward
Preceded by Hon. Gustavus Hamilton Alexander Montgomery	Member of Parliament for Donegal County 1730–1743 With: Hon. Gustavus Hamilton 1730–1735 George Knox 1735–1741 Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Bt 1741–1745	Succeeded by Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Bt Andrew Knox

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[Rayment-1] "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2009.

[FOOTNOTECokayne1910[httpsarchiveorgdetailscompletepeerageo01cokapage4_4]-2] Cokayne 1910, p. 4: "Tabular pedigree of the Earls of Abercorn"

[thePeerage-3] "ThePeerage - Hon. Henry Hamilton". Retrieved 30 April 2009.

[4] Lodge, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. Vol. vol. V. Dublin: James Moore. p. 178. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

[5] Granville, Mary (1862). The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville. Vol. vol. I. London: Richard Bentley. p. 26. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

[6] Haydn, Joseph (1851). The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman's. pp. 446.

[7] Arthur, Elizabeth (1979). "Hamilton, Henry". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved 30 April 2009.

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