Hans Wellesley Hamilton, 2nd Baron HolmPatrick (8 August 1886 – 5 September 1942) was an

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soldier and peer. Hamilton was born in

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,''1911 England Census'' the only son of Ion Hamilton, who was raised to the peerage in 1897 as Baron HolmPatrick. His father, grandfather

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and great-grandfather Hans Hamilton all served as Members of Parliament for

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. His mother, Lady Victoria Alexandrina Wellesley, was the daughter of Major-General

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, granddaughter of the

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, and goddaughter of

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. He attended

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followed by the

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. He inherited the barony in 1898 after his father's death. In 1906, he was commissioned in the

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, and was adjutant from 1912 to 1914. He was wounded in the First World War, during which he was promoted to captain and was a brigade-major and formerly captain in the Lancers. He was mentioned in dispatches three times, awarded the

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in the

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, and awarded the

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in the

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. He later served as Deputy Lieutenant for County Dublin and was provincial commissioner for the province of Leinster Boy Scouts. He was awarded the Silver Wolf by

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in 1920 and the 1st Dublin Scout Group (LHO), which operates to this day, took the title Lord Holmpatrick's Own. On 27 October 1925, he married Lady Edina Dorothy Hope Ainsworth (''née'' Conyngham), fourth daughter of Henry Conyngham, 4th Marquess Conyngham, three months after her divorce from her first husband, Sir Thomas Ainsworth, 2nd Baronet. HolmPatrick died in 1942 at the family seat at

. He was survived by one daughter and one son,

, who succeeded as the third baron. Lady HolmPatrick died in 1964.

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* 1886 births 1942 deaths People from Castleknock 2 Recipients of the Military Cross Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Deputy lieutenants in Ireland People educated at Eton College {{UK-baron-stub