Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton

Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton (13 October 1856 – 11 August 1928) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom, the sixth son of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn and Lady Louisa Jane Russell.

"The Pall Mall Magazine"
Hamilton as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, February 1895

Skiers in Ottawa, 1895. Lord Frederick Hamilton introduced the sport of skiing to Canada in 1887.

He was Second Secretary of the Diplomatic Service (1877–1884) and Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester South West (1885–1886) and North Tyrone (1892–1895). Lord Frederick also wrote the books Here, There and Everywhere, The Days Before Yesterday and Vanished Pomps of Yesterday which was first published in 1920 by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, London. These give vivid accounts of his life in the diplomatic service.

While serving as aide-de-camp to Lord Lansdowne, then Governor-General of Canada, in Ottawa, Lord Frederick was the first person to introduce skiing to Canada.[1]

From 1896 to 1900, he was editor of the Pall Mall Magazine.[2] He never married and died without children.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton

16. Captain The Hon. John Hamilton

8. John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn

17. Harriet Craggs

4. James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton

18. Sir Joseph Copley, 1st Baronet

9. Catherine Copley

19. Mary Buller

2. James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn

20. James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton

10. The Hon. John Douglas

21. Bridget Heathcote

5. Harriet Douglas

22. Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood

11. Lady Frances Lascelles

23. Anne Chaloner

1. Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton

24. John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford

12. Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock

25. The Hon. Gertrude Leveson-Gower

6. John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford

26. Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle

13. Lady Elizabeth Keppel

27. Lady Anne Lennox

3. Lady Louisa Jane Russell

28. Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon

14. Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon

29. Lady Catherine Gordon

7. Lady Georgina Gordon

30. Sir William Maxwell, 3rd Baronet of Monreith, Wigtownshire

15. Jane Maxwell

31. Magdalen Blair

Works

Here, There and Everywhere at Project Gutenberg, by Lord Frederic [sic] Spencer Hamilton, 1921

The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday at Project Gutenberg, by Lord Frederic [sic] Spencer Hamilton,1921

The Days Before Yesterday at Project Gutenberg, by Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton, 1921 or later, as per preface

References

Hamilton, Lord Frederick Spencer. "IX". The Days before Yesterday. Retrieved 3 December 2006.
"The Pall Mall Magazine". Retrieved 3 December 2006.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Frederick Hamilton
Works by Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton at Project Gutenberg
Works by or about Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton at Internet Archive
Works by or about Lord Frederic Spencer Hamilton at Internet Archive
"Hamilton, Lord Frederick Spencer" . Thom's Irish Who's Who . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. 101 – via Wikisource.
Lord Frederic Hamilton at Library of Congress Authorities, with 11 catalogue records

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Manchester South West 1885–1886	Succeeded by Jacob Bright
Preceded by Lord Ernest William Hamilton	Member of Parliament for North Tyrone 1892–1895	Succeeded by Charles Hare Hemphill

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[1] Hamilton, Lord Frederick Spencer. "IX". The Days before Yesterday. Retrieved 3 December 2006.

[2] "The Pall Mall Magazine". Retrieved 3 December 2006.