Constituency Dates
Newport I.o.W. 17 Feb. 1736 – 1741
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.