Henry Hamilton (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 XXX 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

1. "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
2. Cokayne 1910, p. 4: "Tabular pedigree of the Earls of Abercorn"
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. V. Dublin: James Moore. p. 178.
5. Granville, Mary (1862). The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville. vol. I. London: Richard Bentley. p. 26.
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. 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, 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