Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boyne

Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boyne (24 March 1724 – 30 July 1789)[1] was an Irish peer and politician.

Early life

He was the younger son of Hon. Gustavus Hamilton, second of Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne, and his wife Hon. Dorothea Bellew, daughter of Richard Bellew, 3rd Baron Bellew of Duleek.[2] His uncles were Frederick Hamilton and Henry Hamilton.[2] In 1772, he succeeded his older brother Frederick as viscount.[3]

Career

Hamilton entered the Irish House of Commons in 1755 and sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Navan until 1761.[4] He was High Sheriff of Meath in 1766.[5]

Personal life

Hamilton married Georgiana Bury, second daughter of William Bury and his wife Hon. Jane Moore. Her maternal grandfather was John Moore, 1st Baron Moore,[6] and her mother was the sister and heiress of Charles Moore, 1st Earl of Charleville. Together, they were the parents of seventeen children, seven sons and ten daughters, including:[6]

  • Gustavus Hamilton (1749–1816), who married Martha Somerville, only daughter of Sir Quaile Somerville, 2nd Baronet, in 1773.[7]
  • Charles Hamilton (1750–1794), who married Ms. Lister, daughter of Christopher Kirwan Lister, in 1785.[7]
  • Jane Hamilton (b. 1751)
  • John Hamilton (b. 1752)
  • Dorothy Hamilton (b. 1753)
  • Catherine Hamilton (1754–1795), who married Hugh Montgomery Lyons of Belhaval on 2 February 1773.[7]
  • Elizabeth Hamilton (b. 1755)
  • Georgiana Hamilton (b. 1756)
  • Richard Hamilton (b. 1758)
  • Mary-Anne Hamilton (b. 1760)
  • Mary Hamilton (b. 1762)
  • William Hamilton (1763–1779)
  • Richard Hamilton (b. 1764)
  • Barbara Hamilton (b. 1766)
  • Sophia Hamilton (b. 1769), who married William John Lowe and, secondly, Rev. Bigoe Henzell, Rector of Kilwahon.[7]
  • Anne Hamilton (1771–1828), who married Thomas Craven.[7]
  • Richard Hamilton (b. 1774)

Hamilton died on 30 July 1789, aged 65, and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his oldest son Gustavus.[3]

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References
  1. "Leigh Rayment - Peerage". Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  2. 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. 180–181.
  3. Lodge, Edmund (1838). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage (6th ed.). London: Saunder and Otley. pp. 59.
  4. "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  5. "ThePeerage - Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boynet". Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  6. Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. vol. II (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 766.
  7. "Boyne, Viscount (I, 1717)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited.
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
John Preston
Nathaniel Preston		 Member of Parliament for Navan
1755 – 1761
With: Nathaniel Preston		 Succeeded by
John Preston
Joseph Preston
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Frederick Hamilton		 Viscount Boyne
1772 – 1789		 Succeeded by
Gustavus Hamilton


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