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Richard Hamilton (writer)
Richard Hamilton may refer to: Military *Richard Hamilton (officer) (died 1717), Irish officer *Richard Hamilton (Medal of Honor) (1836–1881), American Civil War sailor *Richard Vesey Hamilton (1829–1912), British admiral and First Naval Lord Sportsmen *Richard Hamilton (boxer), competed at the Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics for Jamaica *Richard Hamilton (basketball) (born 1978), American basketball player *Richard Hamilton (rower) (born 1973), British Olympic rower *Rick Hamilton (Richard R. Hamilton, born 1970), American football player Others *Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boyne (1724–1789), Irish MP for Navan *Richard Hamilton (actor) (1920–2004), American actor *Richard Hamilton (artist) (1922–2011), British painter and collage artist *Richard Hamilton (BBC journalist), author of 2011 book ''The Last Storytellers: Tales from the Heart of Morocco, The Last Storytellers'' *Richard S. Hamilton (born 1943), American mathematician *Richard Hamilton (mining) (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hamilton (officer)
Richard Hamilton PC (Ire) (1717) was an officer in the French and the Irish army. In France he fought in the Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678) under Turenne and the War of the Reunions (1683–1684) at the Siege of Luxembourg. In Ireland he fought for the Jacobites during the Williamite War, rising to the rank of lieutenant-general. He defeated the Protestants of Ulster at the Break of Dromore and the Cladyford in 1689. Later that year he commanded during part of the Siege of Derry. In 1690 he fought valiantly at the Battle of the Boyne, where he was taken prisoner. In April 1692 he was exchanged for Lord Mountjoy. Hamilton died in French exile. Birth and origins Richard was born about 1649, in Ireland, before his family fled to France in 1651 during the Cromwellian Conquest. The place of his birth probably was Nenagh, County Tipperary. He was one of the nine children and the fifth of the six sons of George Hamilton and his wife Mary Butler. His father was Scottish, the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |