Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boyne

Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boyne (24 March 1724 – 30 July 1789) was an Irish peer and politician. After serving in the Royal Navy and Irish House of Commons, he inherited the viscountcy from his Frederick Hamilton, 3rd Viscount Boyne in 1772 and died in 1789.

Viscount Boyne
Born24 March 1724
Died30 July 1789
OccupationNaval officer and politician
Spouse(s)Georgiana Bury
Children17
Parent(s)
RelativesGustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne (grandfather)

Life

Hamilton was the younger son of the Honourable Gustavus Hamilton, second of Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne, and his wife the Honourable Dorothea Bellew, daughter of Richard Bellew, 3rd Baron Bellew of Duleek.[1] He was born on 24 March 1724.[2] His uncles were Frederick Hamilton and Henry Hamilton.[1] Hamilton joined the Royal Navy, and was promoted to lieutenant on 2 June 1748. Two days after this he was appointed to the 80-gun ship of the line HMS Russell as her third lieutenant, in the Mediterranean Sea.[2]

Hamilton entered the Irish House of Commons in 1755 and sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Navan until 1761.[3] He was High Sheriff of Meath in 1766.[4] On 8 June 1757 he joined the 74-gun ship of the line HMS Magnanime as her third lieutenant; he served in her until 11 July and did not receive any further appointments in the navy.[2] On 2 January 1772 he succeeded his older brother Frederick Hamilton, 3rd Viscount Boyne as viscount.[5] Hamilton died on 30 July 1789.[2]

Family

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, 5th Viscount Boyne (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)

References
  1. 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.
  2. Harrison (2019), p. 234.
  3. "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "ThePeerage - Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boynet". Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  5. Lodge, Edmund (1838). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage (6th ed.). London: Saunder and Otley. pp. 59.
  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.
  • Harrison, Cy (2019). Royal Navy Officers of the Seven Years War. Warwick, England: Helion. ISBN 978-1-912866-68-7.


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