Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning (1697 – 27 December 1732), was a

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nobleman, politician and poet.

Life

The son of

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, and Helen Hope, he used the

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Lord Binning from birth. Lord Binning was present with his father at the

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, in 1715. From 1718 until his death he held office as

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, an office that had been vacant since the battle following the forfeiture of the Jacobite,

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.Balfour Paul, vol iv, p. 322. He was elected at the 1722 general election as a member of parliament (MP) for borough of St Germans in Cornwall, and held the seat until the 1727 general election. Lord Binning had an important influence on the decision of his father-in-law, George Baillie of Jerviswood, to build

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, and he took an active interest in the design of its policies.Abernethy, Lesley (2020), ''Lady Grisell Baillie, Mistress of Mellerstain'', Matador, Leicestershire, pp. 145–160, . In 1731, and in increasingly frail health, Lord Binning, accompanied by the Baillie family, left Britain for the continent, and settled in

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, where he died on 27 December 1732.

Marriage and issue

On 3 September 1717, he married Rachel Baillie, the daughter of George Baillie of Jerviswood and

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and Lady Grisell Baillie. His wife outlived Binning for 41 years, dying at Mellerstain in 1773. *

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. *George Baillie-Hamilton, grandfather to

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*Grizel Hamilton, married

Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope, FRS (15 August 1714 – 7 March 1786) was a British peer. The son of James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, and Lucy Pitt, he succeeded to his father's titles in 1721. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society from 17 ...

References

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Sources

John Anderson (genealogist, 1789–1832), Anderson, J., ''Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton; with genealogical memoirs of the several branches of the family'', Edinburgh 1825.

James Balfour Paul, Balfour Paul, Sir J., ''Scots Peerage'' IX vols. Edinburgh 1904. {{DEFAULTSORT:Binning, Charles Hamilton 1697 births 1732 deaths Nobility from East Lothian Scottish politicians Heirs apparent who never acceded Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for constituencies in Cornwall British MPs 1722–1727 British courtesy barons and lords of Parliament