Hamilton Gorges (1711 – 8 April 1786) 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 State rel ...

politician. Gorges was the Member of Parliament for

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in the

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between 1757 and 1760, before representing

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from 1761 to 1768.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.92 (Retrieved 30 October 2022). He was the father of Richard Gorges-Meredyth.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gorges, Hamilton 1711 births 1786 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Dublin constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Londonderry constituencies