Frederick Hamilton (Donegal politician)

The Honourable Frederick Hamilton (c. 1663 – 13 December 1715) was an Irish politician.

Frederick Hamilton
Died	13 December 1715
Spouse(s)	Sophia Hamilton
Detail Issue Gustavus
Father	Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne
Mother	Elizabeth Brooke
Religion	Protestant

Birth and origins

Frederick was born about 1663 in Ireland. He was the eldest son of Gustavus Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Brooke. His father was the 1st Viscount Boyne. The viscounts Boyne are a noble branch of the House of Hamilton.[1] His mother was a daughter of Sir Henry Brooke from Brookeborough in Fermanagh.

Family tree

Frederick 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 Manor- hamilton d. 1652 Gustavus 1st Viscount 1642–1723 Elizabeth Brooke d. 1721 Frederick c. 1663 – 1715 Sophia Hamilton d. 1748 Gustavus c. 1685 – 1735 Dorothea Bellew Henry c. 1692 – 1743 Gustavus 2nd Viscount 1710–1746 Frederick 3rd Viscount 1710–1746 Richard 4th Viscount 1724–1789 Legend XXX Frederick 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.

Frederick listed among his siblings
He heads the list of siblings below as the eldest: Frederick (died 1715); Gustavus of Red Wood, King's County (died 1734), who would be MP for Donegal;[3] Elizabeth who married Charles Lambart;[4] and Henry (1692–1743), who would be MP for Donegal.[5]

Early life

Mr Frederick Hamilton was a Member of Parliament from 1707 to 1715 for Donegal County, the same constituency his father had represented. In 1707 he entered as a replacement for Henry Conyngham (soldier),[6] who had been killed in the Battle of St Estevan of the War of the Spanish Succession.[7] Frederick was reelected for that same seat in the parliaments of 1713–1714[8] and 1715–1727[9] He sat in that latter parliament until his death in 1715.

In 1710 Mr Hamilton was appointed Vice-Admiral of Ulster.[10]

Marriage and children

On 1 September 1707, Mr Hamilton married Sophia Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton of Tollymore and sister of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil (second creation).[11]

Frederick and Sophia had four children, two sons:

1. Gustavus (1710–1746), succeeded his grandfather as Viscount Boyne;
2. James (died 1740), lieutenant in the navy;

—and two daughters:

1. Anne (born 1712), died young; and
2. Elizabeth (born 1715), died young.

Death, succession, and timeline

Frederick Hamilton died on 10 December 1715[12] predeceasing his father, Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne, by eight years. At the time of Frederick's death his father had just been ennobled as Baron Stackallan and was not yet Viscount Boyne. Frederick therefore died as an heir apparent without a courtesy title. His father was succeeded by Frederick's son Gustavus as the 2nd Viscount Boyne.[13]

Timeline
Age	Date	Event
0	1687, estimate	Born in Ulster, Ireland.
20	1707, 1 Sep	Married Sophia Hamilton, sister of the Earl of Clanbrassil.[11]
27	1714, 1 Aug	Accession of King George I, replacing Queen Anne.[14]
28	1715, 20 Oct	His father created Baron Hamilton of Stackallan.[15]
28	1715, 10 Dec	Died.[12]

Notes and references

1. Lodge 1789, p. 172: "This noble branch of the house of HAMILTON derives from Sir Frederick, the fifth and youngest son of Claud Lord Paisley ..."
2. Cokayne 1910, p. 4: "Tabular pedigree of the Earls of Abercorn"
3. Burke 1949, p. 239, right column, line 44: "Gustavus of Red Wood, King's co., M.P. for the co. Donegal ..."
4. Burke 1949, p. 240, left column: "Elizabeth, m. Charles Lambart, of Painstown, M.P., grandson of the 1st Earl of Cavan, and had issue."
5. Burke 1949, p. 239, right column, line 52: "Henry, M.P. for Donegal ..."
6. House of Commons 1878, p. 645: "Frederick Hamilton, esq., in place of H. Cunningham, deceased / DONEGAL County"
7. Dalton 1896, p. 183, Note 2: "Killed at the battle of St. Estevan, in Spain,in Jan. 1706."
8. House of Commons 1878, p. 649: "Frederick Hamilton, esq. / DONEGAL County"
9. House of Commons 1878, p. 652: "Frederick Hamilton, esq. / DONEGAL County"
10. "Institute of Historical Research - Vice Admirals of the Coasts from 1660". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
11. Burke 1949, p. 239, right column, line 40: "Frederick, m. 1 September 1707, Sophia, sister of the 1st Earl of Clanbrassil and dau. of James Hamilton, of Tollymore."
12. Cokayne 1912, p. 267: "... [Frederick] d. v.p. 10 Dec. 1715."
13. Debrett 1828, p. 765 line 35: "The viscount d. 16 Sept. 1723 and was succeeded by his grandson GUSTAVUS, 2nd Viscount ..."
14. Smyth 1839, p. xiii, line 23: "George I. . [Accession] 1 August, 1714"
15. Cokayne 1912, p. 266, line 34: "He was on 20 October 1715, cr. BARON HAMILTON OF STACKALLAN [I.]."

• Burke, Bernard (1949), A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (99th ed.), London: Burke's Peerage Ltd.
• 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 (for Family tree)
• Cokayne, George Edward (1912), Gibbs, Vicary (ed.), The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, 2 (2nd ed.), London: St Catherine Press – Bass to Canning (for Boyne)
• Dalton, Charles (1896), English Army Lists and Commission Registers, 1661 – 1714, 3, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode – 1689 to 1694
• Debrett, John (1828), Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 2 (17th ed.), London: F. C. and J. Rivington – Scotland and Ireland
• House of Commons (1878), "Members of Parliament", Parliamentary Papers, London: H. M. Stationery Office, 62 (for the subject as MP)
• Lodge, John (1789), The Peerage of Ireland, 5, Dublin: James Moore – Viscounts (for Boyne)
• Smyth, Constantine (1839), Chronicle of the Law Officers of Ireland, London: Henry Butterworth (for Table of reigns)

External links

• Genealogy of Hon. Frederick Hamilton on The Peerage website

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Henry Conyngham Gustavus Hamilton	Member of Parliament for Donegal County 1707–1715 With: Gustavus Hamilton 1707–1713 Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt 1713–1715	Succeeded by Hon. Gustavus Hamilton Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt
Military offices
Preceded by Gustavus Hamilton	Vice-Admiral of Ulster 1710–1715	Succeeded by Gustavus Hamilton