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Hugo Hamilton (1655-1724)
Hugo Hamilton may refer to: * Hugh Hamilton, 1st Viscount of Glenawly (c. 1600–1678), Scottish soldier in Swedish service * Baron Hugo Hamilton (died 1724), Swedish military commander * Hugo Hamilton (writer) (born 1953), Irish writer * Hugo E. G. Hamilton (1849–1928), Swedish politician, Speaker of Första kammaren 1916–28 {{hndis, name=Hamilton, Hugo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Hamilton, 1st Viscount Of Glenawly
Hugh Hamilton, 1st Viscount Glenawly (c. 1600–1678) was a soldier in Swedish and English service. He was awarded the title of ''friherre'' for his service to Sweden. Background He came from a family that descended from the Hamiltons of Dalserf, a cadet branch of the House of Hamilton. The progenitor of the Dalserf branch, David Hamilton of Dalserf, was son of John Hamilton of Cadzow (died 1402), and uncle to James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton. Hugh's father had moved from Scotland to Ireland in c 1604. The family had obtained Monea and Ballygawley in Tír Eoghain-Fermanagh and Hugh's father had Monea castle built on their hereditary lands in c 1618, in Hugh's adolescence. Hugh's parents were Malcolm Hamilton, the anglican archbishop of Cashel since 1623, and his first wife Mary Willkie of Sachtonhill. Life Hugh (also known as ''Hugo'' in Swedish), who mentions himself as being originally the third son and with poor prospects of inheritance, moved from Ireland to Sweden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Hugo Hamilton
Hugo Hamilton, Baron Hamilton (also Hugh; died 1724) was a Swedish military commander of Scots-Irish background. His title was Swedish. Life He was a younger son of Captain John Hamilton of Ballygally in County Tyrone, Ireland, by his wife Jean, daughter of James Somerville. His father was a younger son of Malcolm Hamilton (bishop), Malcolm Hamilton, and Hugh Hamilton, 1st Viscount of Glenawly was his uncle. After seeing military service at home, Hamilton was summoned to Sweden in 1680 by his elder brother Malcolm Hamilton (Swedish general), Malcolm, an officer in the Swedish army. There his earliest commission was as lieutenant of the Elfsburg regiment, in which he rose to be captain. In 1693 he and his brother were ennobled in Sweden as barons Hamilton de Hageby. Hamilton came to prominence in the wars of Charles XII, especially against the Danes in 1710 at the Battle of Helsingborg. He was in action defending against the Russians at Gävle in 1719. He became a general and mast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Hamilton (writer)
Hugo P. Hamilton (born Johannes Ó hUrmoltaigh, 28 January 1953) is an Irish people, Irish writer. Hamilton was born and raised in Dublin with an Irish father and a German mother. Hamilton has written plays, short stories, novels and memoirs. Life Hamilton's mother was a German Roman Catholic who travelled to Ireland in 1949 on a pilgrimage, married an Irishman, and settled in the country. His father was a strict nationalist who insisted that his children should speak only German or Irish language, Irish, but not English, a prohibition the young Hugo resisted inwardly. "The prohibition against English made me see that language as a challenge. Even as a child I spoke to the walls in English and secretly rehearsed dialogue I heard outside," he wrote later.Hugo Hamilton, "Speaking to the walls in English", ''Powells.com'', undated. As a consequence of this, he grew up with three languages – English, Irish and German – and a sense of never really belonging to any: "There were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |