HAMILTON, Gustavus, 2nd Visct. Boyne [I] (c.1710-46).

Constituency	Dates
Newport I.o.W.	17 Feb. 1736

Family and Education

b. c. 1710, o. surv. s. of Hon. Frederick Hamilton of Stackallan, co. Meath by Sophia, da. of James Hamilton of Tollymore. educ. Westminster 1719-24; Grand Tour. unm. suc. fa. 1715; gd.-fa. Gustavus Hamilton as 2nd Visct. Boyne 16 Sept. 1723.

Offices Held

P.C. [I] 9 Aug. 1736; commr. of revenue [I] 1737 – d.

biography text

Hamilton inherited a large fortune from his grandfather, Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne, in 1723. Returned for Newport on the government interest in 1736, he was made a commissioner of the revenue in Ireland with a salary of £1,000 a year.1Gent. Mag. 1739, p. 304. He voted with the Administration on the Spanish convention in 1739 and the place bill in 1740 but did not stand again, dying 20 Apr. 1746.

Author

P.W.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. Gent. Mag. 1739, p. 304.