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Gustavus Hamilton (politician)

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Gustavus Hamilton
Bornc. 1685
Died26 February 1735
Spouse(s)Dorothea Bellew
Issue
Detail
Frederick, Richard, & other
FatherGustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne
MotherElizabeth Brooke

The Honourable Gustavus Hamilton (c. 1685 – 1735) was an Irish MP.

Birth and origins

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Family tree
Gustavus Hamilton with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.[a]
Frederick
1590–1647
Soldier
Sidney
Vaughan
James of
Manor-
hamilton

d. 1652
Gustavus
1st
Viscount

1642–1723
Elizabeth
Brooke

d. 1721
Frederick
c. 1663 – 1715
d.v.p.*
Gustavus
c. 1685 – 1735
Dorothea
Bellew
Gustavus
2nd
Viscount

1710–1746
Frederick
3rd
Viscount

1710–1746
Richard
4th
Viscount

1724–1789
Georgiana
Bury
Gustavus
5th
Viscount

1749–1816
Martha
Somerville
Legend
XXXSubject of
the article
XXXViscounts
Boyne
*d.v.p. = predeceased his father (decessit vita patris)

Gustavus was born about 1685 in Ireland. He was the second son of Gustavus Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Brooke. His father would be ennobled in 1715 as Baron Hamilton of StackAllan and advanced to Viscount Boyne in 1717.[2][3][4]

Gustavus'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] Gustavus 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.[2] As son of a peer Hamilton acquired the style "The Honourable".

First term as MP

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In 1716 Hamilton was elected as member of parliament (MP) to one of the two seats for County Donegal during the only Irish parliament of King George I in the by-election that resulted from his brother Frederick's death.[7] That parliament lasted from 12 November 1715 to 11 June 1727 when it was dissolved by the king's death.

Marriage

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In January 1717, Hamilton married Dorothea Bellew, only daughter of Richard Bellew, 3rd Baron Bellew of Duleek.[8]

Gustavus and Dorothea had two sons:[9]

  1. Frederick succeeded as 3rd Viscount Boyne[10]
  2. Richard succeeded as 4th Viscount Boyne[11]

—and five daughters.

Second term as MP and death

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Hamilton was reelected to one of the two seats for County Donegal in the general 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.[12] Hamilton sat until his death on 26 February 1735.

See also

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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 Cokayne 1912, p. 266, line 34. "He was on 20 October 1715, cr. [created] Baron Hamilton of Stackallan [I. [Ireland] ]."
  3. ^ Cokayne 1912, p. 266, line 35. "... was cr. [created] on 20 Aug. 1717, Viscount Boyne in the province of Leinster [I. [Ireland] ]."
  4. ^ Lodge 1789, p. 172, line 1. "This noble branch of the house of Hamilton derives from Sir Frederick, the fifth and youngest son of Claud Lord Paisley ..."
  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. 652, Donegal, line 3. "Frederick Hamilton, esq. / Donegal County"
  8. ^ Burke & Burke 1915, p. 259, left column, line 25. "Gustavus of Red Wood, King's co., M.P. for the co. Donegal m. [married] in Jan. 1717 Dorothea, only dau. [daughter] of Richard, Lord Bellew ..."
  9. ^ Lodge1789, p. 179–180.
  10. ^ Debrett 1828, p. 765, line 39. "Frederick, 3rd viscount, m. [married] 3 June 1737, Elizabeth, da. [daughter] of Benjamin Hadley, esq., and d. [died] 2 Jan. 1772, without issue, when the hobours devolved on his brother ..."
  11. ^ Debrett 1828, p. 765, line 42. "... Richard, 4th viscount, b. [born] 24 March 1724, m. [married] Georgiana, 2nd da. [daughter] of William Bury, esq. ... by whom he had issue ..."
  12. ^ House of Commons 1878, p. 657, Donegal, line 1. "Hon. Gustavus Hamilton / Donegal County"

Sources

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Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for County Donegal
1716–1735
With: Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt 1716–1727
Alexander Montgomery 1727–1730
Hon. Henry Hamilton 1730–1735
Succeeded by