Henry Hamilton (Irish politician)

Irish MP (1692–1743)

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

## Birth and origins

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Family tree

| Henry Hamilton with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.[a]

| | | | Frederick
1590–1647
Soldier| | Sidney
Vaughan

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Manorhamilton
d. 1652| | Gustavus
1st
Viscount
1642–1723| | Elizabeth
Brooke
d. 1721

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| Frederick
c. 1663 – 1715
d.v.p.*| | | Gustavus
c. 1685 – 1735
Politician| | | Henry
1692–1743| | Mary
Dawson
d. 1770

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Gustavus
2nd
Viscount
1710–1746| | Frederick
3rd
Viscount
1710–1746| | Richard
4th
Viscount
1724–1789| | Sackville
Hamilton
1732–1818
Politician| | Henry
Hamilton
c. 1734 – 1796
Governor
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Legend

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Boyne

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

Henry was born in February 1692,[2] 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.[3][4]

Henry's mother was the eldest daughter of Sir Henry Brooke by his second wife, Anne St George. Brooke was knight of Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, and governor of Donegal Castle.[5][6] Henry had two brothers and one sister, who are listed in his father's article.

## Honourable

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On 20 October 1715, his father was created Baron Hamilton of Stackallan.[3] As son of a peer Hamilton acquired the style "The Honourable".

## First term as MP

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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.[7] 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.

## Marriage and children

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On 27 October 1722, Hamilton married Mary Dawson, eldest daughter of Joshua Dawson.[8][9]

Henry and Mary had five sons and two daughters.[10] His third son Sackville was under-secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,[11] while his fourth son Henry was governor of Bermuda and Dominica.[12]

## Second term as MP

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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.[13] Hamilton sat for this county until his death in 1743 when he was replaced by Andrew Knox.[14] His father and his two older brothers Frederick and Gustavus had also represented County Donegal in the House of Commons.

## Death and timeline

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He was Collector of the Port of Cork.[2] 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[15]
22 | 1714, 1 Aug | Accession of King George I, succeeding Queen Anne[16]
23 | 1715, 20 Oct | Father created Baron Hamilton of Stackallan.[3] 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[17]
37–38 | 1730 | Won a by-election and represented County Donegal in the parliament 1727–1760
51 | 1743, 10 Jun | Died.

## See also

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* List of parliaments of Ireland

## Notes and references

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### Notes

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1. ^ This family tree is partly derived from the Abercorn pedigree pictured in Cokayne.[1] Also see the lists of siblings and children in the text.

### Citations

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1. ^ Cokayne 1910, p. 4. "Tabular pedigree of the Earls of Abercorn"
2. ^ a b Burke & Burke 1915, p. 289, right column, line 30. "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 ..."
3. ^ a b c Cokayne 1912, p. 266, line 34. "He was on 20 October 1715, cr. [created] Baron Hamilton of Stackallan [I. [Ireland] ]."
4. ^ Cokayne 1912, p. 266, line 35. "... was cr. [created] on 20 Aug. 1717, Viscount Boyne in the province of Leinster [I. [Ireland] ]."
5. ^ Debrett 1828, p. 765 line 26. "... m. [married] Elizabeth, da. [daughter] of Sir Henry Brooke, of Brooke's Borough, co. Fermanagh, knt., and by her had issue ..."
6. ^ Lodge 1789, p. 178, line 3. "He [Gustavus] married Elizabeth, second daughter of Sir Henry Brooke of Brooke's Borough in the county of Fermanagh, Knt. ..."
7. ^ House of Commons 1878, p. 653, left column. "Hon. Henry Hamilton / St. Johnstown Borough"
8. ^ Burke & Burke 1915, p. 289, right column, column, line 30. "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 ..."
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."
10. ^ Granville 1862, p. 26.
11. ^ Haydn 1851, p. 446, right column, line 15. "Under Secretaries / 1780. Sackville Hamilton. Feb. 17"
12. ^ Arthur 1976, p. 321.
13. ^ House of Commons 1878, p. 657, right column, line 4. "Hon. Henry Hamilton, in place of Alexander Montgomery, deceased. / Donegal County"
14. ^ House of Commons 1878, p. 657, right column, line 10. "Andrew Knox, in place of Hon. Henry Hamilton, deceased. / Donegal County"
15. ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 45, line 31. "Anne ... acc. 8 Mar. 1702 ..."
16. ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 45, line 38. "George I … acc. 1 Aug. 1714;"
17. ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 46, line 11. "George II … acc. 11 Jun. 1727;"

### Sources

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* Arthur, Elizabeth (1976). "Hamilton, Henry". In Halpenny, Francess G. (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 321–325. ISBN 978-0-8020-3320-8. – 1771 to 1800
* Burke, Bernard; Burke, Ashworth Peter (1915). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (77th ed.). London: Harrison. OCLC 1155471554.
* 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. I (2nd ed.). London: St Catherine Press. OCLC 228661424. – 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. II (2nd ed.). London: St Catherine Press. OCLC 228661424. – Bass to Canning (for Boyne)
* Debrett, John (1828). Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II (17th ed.). London: F. C. and J. Rivington. OCLC 54499602. – Scotland and Ireland
* Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw; 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. I. 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: His/Her Majesty's 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. V. Dublin: James Moore. OCLC 264906028. – Viscounts

Parliament of Ireland

Preceded by

James Topham
William Forward

|  Member of Parliament for St Johnstown
1725–1727
With:  William Forward | Succeeded by

Hon. George Hamilton
William Forward

Preceded by

Hon. Gustavus Hamilton
Alexander Montgomery

|  Member of Parliament for County Donegal
1730–1743
With:  Hon. Gustavus Hamilton 1730–1735
George Knox 1735–1741
Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Bt 1741–1745  | Succeeded by

Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Bt
Andrew Knox