Sir Henry Hamilton, 1st Baronet (1710 – 26 June 1782) was an

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politician. Hamilton sat in the

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as the

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for Londonderry City from 1747 to 1768, before representing

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between 1768 and his death in 1782.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). On 23 January 1775 he was made a

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, of Manor Cunningham in the

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; the title became extinct upon his death.

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