The Honourable Gustavus Hamilton (c. 1685 – 1735) was an Irish MP.
Birth and origins
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
Viscount Boyne, in the province of Leinster, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1717 for the Scottish military commander Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Stackallan. He had already been created Baron Hamilton of St ...
in 1717.
Gustavus's mother was the eldest daughter of Sir
Henry Brooke by his second wife, Anne St George. Brooke was knight of
Brookeborough
Brookeborough (; Irish: ''Achadh Lon'', meaning 'Field of the Blackbirds') is a village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, at the westerly foot of Slieve Beagh. It lies about eleven miles east of Enniskillen, just off the A4 trunk road, and ...
, County Fermanagh, and governor of
Donegal Castle
Donegal Castle ( ga, Caisleán Dhún na nGall) is a castle situated in the centre of Donegal Town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland. For most of the last two centuries, the majority of the buildings lay in ruins but the castle was almost ful ...
. Gustavus had two brothers and one sister,
who are listed in his father's article.
Honourable
On 20 October 1715, his father was created Baron Hamilton of Stackallan. As son of a peer Hamilton acquired the style "The Honourable".
First term as MP
In 1716 Hamilton was elected as member of parliament (MP) to one of the two seats for
Donegal County during the only Irish parliament of
King George I in the by-election that resulted from his brother Frederick's death. That parliament lasted from 12 November 1715 to 11 June 1727 when it was dissolved by the king's death.
Marriage
In January 1717, Hamilton married Dorothea Bellew, only daughter of
Richard Bellew, 3rd Baron Bellew of Duleek
Richard Bellew, 3rd Baron Bellew of Duleek (c.1671 – 22 March 1715) was an Irish soldier, peer and politician.
Biography
Bellew was the second son of John Bellew, 1st Baron Bellew of Duleek and Mary Bermingham. He joined his father as a support ...
.
Gustavus and Dorothea had two sons:
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Frederick Frederick may refer to:
People
* Frederick (given name), the name
Nobility
Anhalt-Harzgerode
*Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670)
Austria
* Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198
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succeeded as 3rd Viscount Boyne
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Richard
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...
succeeded as 4th Viscount Boyne
—and five daughters.
Second term as MP and death
Hamilton was reelected to one of the two seats for Donegal County 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. Hamilton sat until his death on 26 February 1735.
See also
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List of parliaments of Ireland
This is a list of parliaments of Ireland to 1801. For subsequent parliaments, see the list of parliaments of the United Kingdom. For post-1918 parliaments, see elections in Ireland. Parliaments before 1264 are not currently listed.
The K ...
Notes and references
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* – Ab-Adam to Basing
* – Bass to Canning
* – Scotland and Ireland
* (for MP of Donegal County)
* – Viscounts (for Boyne)
1680s births
1735 deaths
Irish MPs 1715–1727
Irish MPs 1727–1760
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies
Younger sons of viscounts
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