Sir Hans Hamilton, 1st Baronet (died 1682) was an

Anglo-Irish Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the establis ...

politician. Hamilton was the

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for Armagh County in the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fra ...

between 1661 and 1666. He was knighted in 1661 and on 6 April 1662 he was created a

baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

, of Monilla in the

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.National Library of Scotland
''Hamilton Manuscripts''
p.162. (Retrieved 31 October 2022). His title became extinct on his death. He married Magdalene, daughter of Sir Edward Trevor, and had one daughter, Sarah, who married Sir Robert Hamilton, 1st Baronet. Hamilton was the nephew of

James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye (c. 1560 – 24 January 1644) was a Scot who became owner of large tracts of land in County Down, Ireland, and founded a successful Protestant Scots settlement there several years before the Plantation of ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Sir Hans, 1st Baronet Year of birth uncertain 1682 deaths 17th-century Anglo-Irish people Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Irish MPs 1661–1666 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Armagh constituencies Members of the Privy Council of Ireland