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Anglo-Irish politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sackville Hamilton PC (Ire) (14 March 1732 – 29 January 1818)[1] was an Anglo-Irish politician.
Sackville Hamilton | |
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Member of Parliament for Armagh Borough | |
In office 1796–1798 | |
Preceded by | George Rawson Robert Hobart, Lord Hobart |
Succeeded by | Hon. Thomas Pelham Patrick Duigenan |
Member of Parliament for Clogher | |
In office 1783–1795 | |
Preceded by | Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Bt Thomas St George |
Succeeded by | Hon. Thomas Pelham Richard Townsend Herbert |
Member of Parliament for Rathcormack | |
In office 1783–1783 | |
Preceded by | William Tonson Francis Bernard Beamish |
Succeeded by | Charles Francis Sheridan Thomas Orde |
Member of Parliament for St Johnstown (County Longford) | |
In office 1780–1783 | |
Preceded by | Sir Ralph Fetherston, 1st Bt Hon. John Vaughan |
Succeeded by | Sir Thomas Fetherston, 2nd Bt Nicholas Colthurst |
Personal details | |
Born | 14 March 1732 |
Died | 29 January 1818 85) | (aged
Spouse | Arabella Berkeley |
Parent(s) | Hon. Henry Hamilton Mary Dawson |
Relatives | Henry Hamilton (brother) Frederick Hamilton (uncle) Gustavus Hamilton (uncle) Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne (grandfather) |
Hamilton was born on 14 March 1732. He was the third son, of seven children born to Mary Dawson (daughter of Joshua Dawson) and Hon. Henry Hamilton, MP and Collector of the Port of Cork.[2] His younger brother was Henry Hamilton, who served as royal Governor of Bermuda and Dominica.[3][4]
His uncles were Frederick Hamilton and Gustavus Hamilton. His grandfather was Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne, his great-grandfather was Sir Frederick Hamilton, and his great-great grandfather was Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley.[5]
Hamilton entered the Irish House of Commons for St Johnstown (County Longford) in 1780 and sat for the constituency until 1783.[1] Subsequently he was elected for Rathcormack and Clogher.[1] He chose the latter and was a Member of Parliament for the constituency until 1795, resigning the seat to be Escheator of Munster, a notional 'office of profit under the crown'.[1] In the following year he stood successfully for Armagh Borough, which he represented until 1798.[1]
In 1780, Hamilton was appointed Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.[6] He held this post until February 1795 and again from May of the same year until 1796.[6] In 1796, he was sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland.[7]
He married Arabella Berkeley, daughter of Reverend Dr. Robert Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne.[8][9] Together, they were the parents of a son:[10]
Hamilton died on 29 January 1818.[10]
Through his son Sackville, he was a grandfather of Sackville Deane Hamilton (1808–1878), who married Eleanor Sankey, and General Henry Hamilton (1812–1891), who married Isabella Freeman (a daughter of Joseph Deane Freeman).[10]
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