Sir Hans Hamilton, 2nd Baronet (1643 – 1731) was an

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politician. Hamilton was the son of

Sir Robert Hamilton, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Hamilton, 1st Baronet (died 1703) was an Anglo-Irish official in Ireland. Hamilton was appointed Custos Rotulorum of County Armagh in 1681. On 19 February 1683 he was created a baronet, of Mount Hamilton in the Baronetage of Ireland, by ...

, and in 1703 he inherited his father's

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. Hamilton was the

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for

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in the

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between 1703 and 1713, before representing Carlingford between 1713 and 1714.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.93 (Retrieved 31 October 2022). His title became extinct upon his death in 1731.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Sir Hans, 1st Baronet 1643 births 1731 deaths 17th-century Anglo-Irish people 18th-century Anglo-Irish people

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