Henry Hamilton (Irish politician)

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c. 1663 – 1715
d.v.p.*

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c. 1685 – 1735
Politician

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Hamilton
1732–1818
Politician

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Hamilton
c. 1734 – 1796
Governor}}

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Henry was born in February 1692,{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/289/ 289, right column, line 30]|ps=. "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 ..."}} the third and youngest son of Gustavus Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Brooke. His father would in 1715 be ennobled as Baron Stackallan and in 1717 advanced to Viscount Boyne.{{Sfn|Cokayne|1912|p=[https://archive.org/details/completepeerageo02coka/page/266/ 266, line 34]|ps=. "He was on 20 October 1715, cr. [created] Baron Hamilton of Stackallan [I. [Ireland] ]."}}{{Sfn|Cokayne|1912|p=[https://archive.org/details/completepeerageo02coka/page/266/ 266, line 35]|ps=. "... was cr. [created] on 20 Aug. 1717, Viscount Boyne in the province of Leinster [I. [Ireland] ]."}}

Henry's mother was the eldest daughter of Sir Henry Brooke and his second wife, Anne St George. Brooke was knight of Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, and governor of Donegal Castle.{{Sfn|Debrett|1828|p=[https://archive.org/details/debrettspeerage01debrgoog/page/n340/ 765 line 26]|ps=. "... m. [married] Elizabeth, da. [daughter] of Sir Henry Brooke, of Brooke's Borough, co. Fermanagh, knt., and by her had issue ..."}}{{Sfn|Lodge|1789|p=[https://archive.org/details/peerageofireland05lodg/page/178/ 178, line 3]|ps=. "He [Gustavus] married Elizabeth, second daughter of Sir Henry Brooke of Brooke's Borough in the county of Fermanagh, Knt. ..."}} Henry had two brothers and one sister, who are listed in his father's article.

On 20 October 1715, his father was created Baron Hamilton of Stackallan.{{Sfn|Cokayne|1912|p=[https://archive.org/details/completepeerageo02coka/page/266/ 266, line 34]|ps=. "He was on 20 October 1715, cr. [created] Baron Hamilton of Stackallan [I. [Ireland] ]."}} As son of a peer Hamilton acquired the style "The Honourable".

In the Irish election of 1715 the 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.{{Sfn|House of Commons|1878|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=L1ETAAAAYAAJ&pg=653 653, left column]|ps=. "Hon. Henry Hamilton / St. Johnstown Borough"}} He held that seat during the entire duration of the parliament from 12 November 1715 to 11 June 1727 when it was dissolved by the king's death.

On 27 October 1722, Hamilton married Mary Dawson, eldest daughter of Joshua Dawson.{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/289/ 289, right column, column, line 30]|ps=. "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 ..."}}{{Sfn|Lodge|1789|p=[https://archive.org/details/peerageofireland05lodg/page/178/ 178, line 23]|ps=. "In October 1722 he married Mary, eldest daughter of Joshua Dawson of Castle-Dawson in the county of Derry."}}

Henry and Mary had five sons and two daughters.{{Sfn|Granville|1862|p=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.83925/page/n40/ 26]}} His third son Sackville was under-secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,{{Sfn|Haydn|1851|p=[https://archive.org/details/bookdignitiesco00haydgoog/page/n469 446, right column, line 15]|ps=. "Under Secretaries / 1780. Sackville Hamilton. Feb. 17"}} while his fourth son Henry was governor of Bermuda and Dominica.{{Sfn|Arthur|1976|p=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofcana0004unse/page/321/ 321]}}

Hamilton did not contest the Irish election of 1727, which was held for the only 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 County Donegal that resulted from the death of Alexander Montgomery on 19 December 1729.{{Sfn|House of Commons|1878|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=L1ETAAAAYAAJ&pg=657 657, right column, line 4]|ps=. "Hon. Henry Hamilton, in place of Alexander Montgomery, deceased. / Donegal County"}} Hamilton sat for this county until his death in 1743 when he was replaced by Andrew Knox.{{Sfn|House of Commons|1878|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=L1ETAAAAYAAJ&pg=657 657, right column, line 10]|ps=. "Andrew Knox, in place of Hon. Henry Hamilton, deceased. / Donegal County"}} 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.{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/289/ 289, right column, line 30]|ps=. "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 ..."}} Henry died on 3 June 1743.

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• {{Cite encyclopedia|last=Arthur |first=Elizabeth |editor-last=Halpenny |editor-first=Francess G. |editor-link=Francess Halpenny |date=1976 |title=Hamilton, Henry |encyclopedia=Dictionary of Canadian Biography |volume=IV |publisher=University of Toronto Press |location=Toronto |pages=321–325 |isbn=978-0-8020-3320-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofcana0004unse/page/321/ |url-access=registration}} – 1771 to 1800
• {{Cite book|last1=Burke |first1=Bernard |author1-link=Bernard Burke |last2=Burke |first2=Ashworth Peter |date=1915 |title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage |edition=77th |publisher=Harrison |location=London |oclc=1155471554 |url=https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/}}
• {{Cite book|last=Cokayne |first=George Edward |author-link=George Edward Cokayne |editor-last=Gibbs |editor-first=Vicary |editor-link=Vicary Gibbs (St Albans MP) |date=1910 |title=The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant |edition=2nd |volume=I |publisher=St Catherine Press |location=London |oclc=228661424 |url=https://archive.org/details/completepeerageo01coka/}} – Ab-Adam to Basing (for Abercorn)
• {{Cite book|last=Cokayne |first=George Edward |author-link=George Edward Cokayne |editor-last=Gibbs |editor-first=Vicary |editor-link=Vicary Gibbs (St Albans MP) |date=1912 |title=The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant |edition=2nd |volume=II |publisher=St Catherine Press |location=London |oclc=228661424 |url=https://archive.org/details/completepeerageo02coka/}} – Bass to Canning (for Boyne)
• {{Cite book|last=Debrett |first=John |author-link=John Debrett |date=1828 |title=Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |edition=17th |volume=II |publisher=F. C. and J. Rivington |location=London |oclc=54499602 |url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeerage01debrgoog/}} – Scotland and Ireland
• {{Cite book|editor-last=Fryde |editor-first=Edmund Boleslaw |editor-link=Edmund Fryde |editor2-last=Greenway |editor2-first=D. E. |editor3-last=Porter |editor3-first=S. |editor4-last=Roy |editor4-first=I. |date=1986 |title=Handbook of British Chronology |publisher=Offices of the Royal Historical Society |edition=3rd |series=Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, No. 2 |location=London |isbn=0-86193-106-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/handbookofbritis0000unse/ |url-access=registration}} – (for timeline)
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• {{Cite book|author=House of Commons |date=1878 |title=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. |publisher=His/Her Majesty's Stationery Office |location=London |oclc=13112546 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L1ETAAAAYAAJ}}
• {{Cite book|last=Lodge |first=John |author-link=John Lodge (archivist) |editor-last=Archdall |editor-first=Mervyn |editor-link=Mervyn Archdall (Irish antiquary) |date=1789 |title=The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom |volume=V |publisher=James Moore |location=Dublin |oclc=264906028 |url=https://archive.org/details/peerageofireland05lodg/}} – Viscounts

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William Forward}}

{{S-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for St Johnstown |with=William Forward |years=1725–1727}}

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William Forward}}

{{S-bef|before=Hon. Gustavus Hamilton
Alexander Montgomery}}

{{S-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for County Donegal |with=Hon. Gustavus Hamilton 1730–1735 |with2=George Knox 1735–1741 |with3=Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Bt 1741–1745 |years=1730–1743}}

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Category:Younger sons of viscounts