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
XXXHenry
Hamilton
XXXViscounts
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.
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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