Henry Hamilton (Irish politician)

Henry Hamilton (1692–1743) was an Irish politician who sat in two Irish parliaments.

Birth and origins

Henry was born in February 1692,[1] the third and youngest son of Gustavus Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Brooke. His father would become the 1st Viscount Boyne. His mother was a daughter of Sir Henry Brooke.

Family tree

Henry Hamilton with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.[lower-alpha 1]

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
d.v.p.*

Gustavus
c. 1685 –
1735

Dorothea
Bellew

Henry
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

XXX

Subject of
the article

XXX

Viscounts
Boyne

*d.v.p. = predeceased his father (decessit vita patris)

Frederick listed among his siblings
He appears at the bottom of the list of siblings as the youngest: Frederick Hamilton (Donegal politician) (died 1715)[3] Gustavus of Red Wood, King's County (died 1734), who would be MP for Donegal[4] Elizabeth who married Charles Lambart[5] Henry (1692–1743)

Honours and first parliament

On 20 October 1715, his father was created Baron Hamilton of Stackallan.[6] As son of a peer he acquired the style The Honouble. In the Irish election of 1715 the Honourable Henry Hamilton was elected as one of the two members of parliament (MPs) for St Johnstown Borough in the House of Commons of the only Irish Parliament of King George I.[7] He held that seat during the entire duration of the parliament from 12 November 1715 to 11 June 1727 when the parliament was dissolved by the death of the king.

Marriage and children

On 27 October 1722, the Honourable Henry Hamilton married Mary Dawson, eldest daughter of Joshua Dawson.[1][8]

Henry and Mary had seven children, two daughters and five sons.[9] His third son Sackville was under-secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,[10] while his fourth son Henry was governor of Bermuda and Dominica.[11]

Second parliament, death, and timeline

The Honourable Henry Hamilton did not contest the Irish election of 1727, which was held for the only Irish Parliament of King George II, which lasted from 14 November 1727 to 25 October 1760. However, in 1730 he contested and won the by-election for one of the two seats for Donegal County that was caused by the death of Alexander Montgomery on 19 December 1729.[12] He sat for this county until his death in 1743 when he was replaced by Andrew Knox.[13] His father and his two older brothers Frederick and Gustavus had also represented County Donegal in the House of Commons.

He was Collector of the Port of Cork.[1] Henry died on 3 June 1743.

Timeline
Age	Date	Event
0	1692, February	Born
10	1702, 8 Mar	Accession of Queen Anne, succeeding King William III[14]
22	1714, 1 Aug	Accession of King George I, succeeding Queen Anne[15]
23	1715, 20 Oct	Father created Baron Hamilton of Stackallan.[6] He becomes Honourable
23	1715, 12 Nov	Parliament 1715–1727 opened, he represented St Johnstown Borough
30	1722, 27 Oct	Married Mary Dawson.
35	1727, 11 Jun	Accession of King George II, succeeding King George I[16]
38	1730	Won a by-election and represented Donegal County in the parliament 1727–1760
51	1743, 10 Jun	Died.

Notes, citations, and sources

Notes

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.

Citations

Burke & Burke 1909, p. 259, left column, line 34: "3. Henry, MP for Donegal, and collector for the port of Cork, b. [born] Feb. 1692; m. [married] 27 Oct 1722 Mary, eldest dau. [daughter] of Joshua Dawson ..."
Cokayne 1910, p. 4: "Tabular pedigree of the Earls of Abercorn"
Cokayne 1912, p. 267, line 6: "Hon. Frederick Hamilton, by Sophia, sister of James, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil [I. [Ireland]], da. [daughter] of James Hamilton of Tollymore, which Frederick was s. [son] and h. app. [heir apparent] of the 1st Viscount and d. v.p. [predeceased his father] 10 Dec. 1715."
Burke 1949, p. 239, right column, line 44: "Gustavus of Red Wood, King's co., M.P. for the co. Donegal ..."
Burke 1949, p. 240, left column: "Elizabeth, m. Charles Lambart, of Painstown, M.P., grandson of the 1st Earl of Cavan, and had issue."
Cokayne 1912, p. 266, line 34: "He was on 20 October 1715, cr. BARON HAMILTON OF STACKALLAN [I.]."
House of Commons 1878, p. 653, left column: "Hon. Henry Hamilton / St. Johnstown Borough"
Lodge 1789, p. 178, line 23: "In October 1722 he married Mary, eldest daughter of Joshua Dawson of Castle-Dawson in the county of Derry."
Granville 1862, p. 26.
Haydn 1851, p. 446, right column, line 15: "Under Secretaries / 1780. Sackville Hamilton. Feb. 17"
Arthur 1976, p. 321.
House of Commons 1878, p. 657, right column, line 4: "Hon. Henry Hamilton, in place of Alexander Montgomery, deceased. / Donegal County"
House of Commons 1878, p. 657, right column, line 10: "Andrew Knox, in place of Hon. Henry Hamilton, deceased. / Donegal County"
Fryde et al. 1986, p. 45, line 31: "Anne ... acc. 8 Mar. 1702 ..."
Fryde et al. 1986, p. 45, line 38: "George I … acc. 1 Aug. 1714;"
Fryde et al. 1986, p. 46, line 11: "George II … acc. 11 Jun. 1727;"

Sources

Arthur, Elizabeth (1976). "Hamilton, Henry". In Halpenny, Francess G. (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. 4. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 321–325. ISBN 978-0-8020-3320-8. – 1771 to 1800
Burke, Bernard; Burke, Ashworth P. (1909). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (71st ed.). London: Harrison. OCLC 28297274.
Burke, Bernard (1949). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd.
Cokayne, George Edward (1910). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). London: St Catherine Press. – Ab-Adam to Basing (for Abercorn)
Cokayne, George Edward (1912). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). London: St Catherine Press. OCLC 228661424. – Bass to Canning (for Boyne)
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, No. 2 (3rd ed.). London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-86193-106-8. (for timeline)
Granville, Mary (1862). The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville. Vol. 1. London: Richard Bentley.
Haydn, Joseph (1851). The Book of Dignities; Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. OCLC 457727333.
House of Commons (1878). Return. Members of Parliament – Part II. Parliaments of Great Britain, 1705–1796. Parliaments of the United Kingdom, 1801–1874. Parliaments and Conventions of the Estates of Scotland, 1357–1707. Parliaments of Ireland, 1599–1800. London: H. M. Stationery Office. OCLC 13112546.
Lodge, John (1789). Archdall, Mervyn (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. Vol. 5. Dublin: James Moore. OCLC 264906028. – Viscounts

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[3] 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.

[FOOTNOTEBurkeBurke1909[httpsarchiveorgdetailsb31363945page259_259,_left_column,_line_34]-1] Burke & Burke 1909, p. 259, left column, line 34: "3. Henry, MP for Donegal, and collector for the port of Cork, b. [born] Feb. 1692; m. [married] 27 Oct 1722 Mary, eldest dau. [daughter] of Joshua Dawson ..."

[FOOTNOTECokayne1910[httpsarchiveorgdetailscompletepeerageo01cokapage4_4]-2] Cokayne 1910, p. 4: "Tabular pedigree of the Earls of Abercorn"

[FOOTNOTECokayne1912[httpsarchiveorgdetailscompletepeerageo02cokapage267_267,_line_6]-4] Cokayne 1912, p. 267, line 6: "Hon. Frederick Hamilton, by Sophia, sister of James, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil [I. [Ireland]], da. [daughter] of James Hamilton of Tollymore, which Frederick was s. [son] and h. app. [heir apparent] of the 1st Viscount and d. v.p. [predeceased his father] 10 Dec. 1715."

[FOOTNOTEBurke1949[httpsarchiveorgdetailsburkesgenealogic1949unsepage239_239,_right_column,_line_44]-5] Burke 1949, p. 239, right column, line 44: "Gustavus of Red Wood, King's co., M.P. for the co. Donegal ..."

[FOOTNOTEBurke1949[httpsarchiveorgdetailsburkesgenealogic1949unsepage240_240,_left_column]-6] Burke 1949, p. 240, left column: "Elizabeth, m. Charles Lambart, of Painstown, M.P., grandson of the 1st Earl of Cavan, and had issue."

[FOOTNOTECokayne1912[httpsarchiveorgdetailscompletepeerageo02cokapage266_266,_line_34]-7] Cokayne 1912, p. 266, line 34: "He was on 20 October 1715, cr. BARON HAMILTON OF STACKALLAN [I.]."

[FOOTNOTEHouse_of_Commons1878[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidL1ETAAAAYAAJpg653_653,_left_column]-8] House of Commons 1878, p. 653, left column: "Hon. Henry Hamilton / St. Johnstown Borough"

[FOOTNOTELodge1789[httpsarchiveorgdetailspeerageofireland05lodgpage178_178,_line_23]-9] Lodge 1789, p. 178, line 23: "In October 1722 he married Mary, eldest daughter of Joshua Dawson of Castle-Dawson in the county of Derry."

[FOOTNOTEGranville1862[httpsarchiveorgdetailsinernetdli201583925pagen40_26]-10] Granville 1862, p. 26.

[FOOTNOTEHaydn1851[httpsarchiveorgdetailsbookdignitiesco00haydgoogpagen469_446,_right_column,_line_15]-11] Haydn 1851, p. 446, right column, line 15: "Under Secretaries / 1780. Sackville Hamilton. Feb. 17"

[FOOTNOTEArthur1976[httpsarchiveorgdetailsdictionaryofcana0004unsepage321_321]-12] Arthur 1976, p. 321.

[FOOTNOTEHouse_of_Commons1878[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidL1ETAAAAYAAJpg657_657,_right_column,_line_4]-13] House of Commons 1878, p. 657, right column, line 4: "Hon. Henry Hamilton, in place of Alexander Montgomery, deceased. / Donegal County"

[FOOTNOTEHouse_of_Commons1878[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidL1ETAAAAYAAJpg657_657,_right_column,_line_10]-14] House of Commons 1878, p. 657, right column, line 10: "Andrew Knox, in place of Hon. Henry Hamilton, deceased. / Donegal County"

[FOOTNOTEFrydeGreenwayPorterRoy1986[httpsarchiveorgdetailshandbookofbritis0000unsepage45_45,_line_31]-15] Fryde et al. 1986, p. 45, line 31: "Anne ... acc. 8 Mar. 1702 ..."

[FOOTNOTEFrydeGreenwayPorterRoy1986[httpsarchiveorgdetailshandbookofbritis0000unsepage45_45,_line_38]-16] Fryde et al. 1986, p. 45, line 38: "George I … acc. 1 Aug. 1714;"

[FOOTNOTEFrydeGreenwayPorterRoy1986[httpsarchiveorgdetailshandbookofbritis0000unsepage46_46,_line_11]-17] Fryde et al. 1986, p. 46, line 11: "George II … acc. 11 Jun. 1727;"