Gustavus Hamilton (politician)

Gustavus Hamilton (c. 1685 – 26 February 1735),[1] styled The Honourable from 1715, was an Irish politician.

Family tree

Gustavus 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 Georgiana Bury Gustavus 5th Viscount 1749–1816 Martha Somerville Legend XXX Gustavus 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.

Gustavus was born about 1685 in Ireland. He was the second son of Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne and his wife Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of Sir Henry Brooke.[3] His younger brother was Henry Hamilton.[4] In 1716, he entered the Irish House of Commons for Donegal County, the same constituency his father and his older brother Frederick had represented before.[1] Hamilton sat as Member of Parliament until his death in 1735.[1]

Marriage

In January 1717, he married Dorothea Bellew, only daughter of Richard Bellew, 3rd Baron Bellew of Duleek.[5] They had five daughters and two sons.[6] Both sons Frederick and Richard succeeded successively as Viscount Boyne.[5]

References

1. "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
2. Cokayne 1910, p. 4: "Tabular pedigree of the Earls of Abercorn"
3. "ThePeerage - Hon. Gustavus Hamilton". Retrieved 28 April 2009.
4. Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 136.
5. Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. vol. II (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 765.
6. 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. pp. 179–180.

• 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

External links

• Genealogy of Hon. Gustavus Hamilton on The Peerage website

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Hon. Frederick Hamilton Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt	Member of Parliament for Donegal County 1716–1735 With: Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt 1716–1727 Alexander Montgomery 1727–1730 Hon. Henry Hamilton 1730–1735	Succeeded by George Knox Hon. Henry Hamilton