Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, 7th Duke of Brandon KGPCFRSFSA (3 October 1767 – 18 August 1852) was a Scottish politician and art collector.
Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton
Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton and 6th Duke of Brandon (15 July 1740 – 16 February 1819) was a Scottish peer and politician.
Background and education
Hamilton was the second son of the 5th Duke of Hamilton, by his third wife, Ann ...
, he was educated at Harrow School and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated on 4 March 1786. He received his MA on 18 February 1789.
Hamilton was a Whig, and his political career began in 1802, when he became MP for Lancaster. He remained in the
House of Commons
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until 1806, when he was appointed to the Privy Council, and Ambassador to the court of St. Petersburg until 1807; additionally, he was
Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire
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* George Douglas-Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney 1714 - 29 January 1737
*Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton 17 March 1794 – 2 August 1799
* Archibald Douglas-H ...
from 1802 to 1852. He received the numerous titles at his father's death in 1819. He was
Lord High Steward
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The office has generally remained vacant since 1421, and is now an ''ad hoc'' office that is primarily ceremonial and ...
at
King
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William IV
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's
coronation
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in 1831 and
Queen Victoria
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's coronation in 1838, and remains the last person to have undertaken this duty twice. He became a
Knight of the Garter
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in 1836. He held the office of
Grand Master Mason
This is a list of Grand Master Masons of the Grand Lodge of Scotland:
# 1736–1737: William St Clair of Roslin
# 1737–1738: George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie
# 1738–1739: John Keith, 3rd Earl of Kintore (G.M. of England; 1740)
# 1739 ...
of the Freemasons of Scotland between 1820 and 1822. He held the office of President of the
Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
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The Society had its root in 1723 when the Society of Improvers of the Knowledge of Agriculture in Scotland was ...
between 1827 and 1831. He held the office of Trustee of the
British Museum
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William Thomas Beckford
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and Lady Margaret Gordon, daughter of Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne, on 26 April 1810 in London, England.
Hamilton was a well-known dandy of his day. An obituary notice states that "timidity and variableness of temperament prevented his rendering much service to, or being much relied on by his party ... With a great predisposition to over-estimate the importance of ancient birth ... he well deserved to be considered the proudest man in England." He also supported Napoleon and commissioned the painting ''
The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
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'' by Jacques-Louis David.
Lord Lamington, in ''The Days of the Dandies'', wrote of him that 'never was such a magnifico as the 10th Duke, the Ambassador to the Empress Catherine; when I knew him he was very old, but held himself straight as any grenadier. He was always dressed in a military laced undress coat, tights and Hessian boots, &c'. Lady Stafford in letters to her son mentioned 'his great Coat, long Queue, and Fingers cover'd with gold Rings', and his foreign appearance. According to another obituary, this time in Gentleman's Magazine he had 'an intense family pride'.
mummies
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, and was so impressed with the work of mummy expert Thomas Pettigrew that he arranged for Pettigrew to mummify him after his death. He died on 18 August 1852 at age 84 at 12 Portman Square, London, England and was buried on 4 September 1852 at
Hamilton Palace
Hamilton Palace was a country house in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The former seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, it dated from the 14th century and was subsequently much enlarged in the 17th and 19th centuries.Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
* Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname
** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilt ...
, Scotland. In accordance with his wishes, Hamilton's body was mummified after his death and placed in a sarcophagus of the Ptolemaic period that he had originally acquired in Paris in 1836 ostensibly for the British Museum. At the same time he had acquired the sarcophagus of
Pabasa
The ancient Egyptian noble Pabasa was chief steward of the God's Wife of Amun Nitocris I during the Saite Period. He is buried in tomb TT279, which is located in the El-Assasif, part of the Theban Necropolis, near Thebes.
His sarcophagus ...
, an important nobleman which is now in the Kelvingrove Museum. In 1842 Hamilton had begun construction of the
Hamilton Mausoleum
Hamilton Mausoleum is a mausoleum located in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was the resting place of the family of the Dukes of Hamilton.Gazetteer for Scotland- Bent cemetery /ref>
His collection of paintings, objects, books and manuscripts was sold for £397,562 in July 1882. The manuscripts were purchased by the German government for £80,000. Some were repurchased by the British government and are now in the
British Museum
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.
Marriage and issue
By his wife, Susan Beckford, Hamilton had one son and one daughter:
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William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton
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Lady Susan Hamilton
Lady Susan Harriet Catherine Opdebeck (; 9 June 181428 November 1889) was a Scottish aristocrat. The daughter of Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, and Susan Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton, Susan Euphemia Beckford, she at once was a star ...
, who married 1st,
Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle
Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, (22 May 181118 October 1864), styled Earl of Lincoln before 1851, was a British politician.
Background
Newcastle was the son of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcast ...
107 107 may refer to:
*107 (number), the number
*AD 107, a year in the 2nd century AD
*107 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
*107 (New Jersey bus)
See also
*10/7 (disambiguation)
*Bohrium
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Alexander
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Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...