Ion Trant Hamilton, 1st Baron HolmPatrick, (14 July 1839 – 6 March 1898), alternately Holm Patrick, was an
Anglo-Irish
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Member of Parliament.
HolmPatrick was the son of
James Hans Hamilton and Caroline Trant, and grandson of
Hans Hamilton. He was educated at
Cambridge University
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. He succeeded his father and grandfather as Member of Parliament for
County Dublin
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in 1863, a seat he held until 1885. He was admitted to the
Irish Privy Council
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in 1887 and also served as
Lord Lieutenant of County Dublin from 1892 to 1898.
In the
1897 Diamond Jubilee Honours
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The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and ar ...
, he was raised to the peerage as Baron HolmPatrick, of HolmPatrick, in the County of Dublin.
Lord HolmPatrick married Lady Victoria Alexandrina Wellesley, daughter of Major-General
Lord Charles Wellesley
Major General Lord Charles Wellesley (16 January 1808 – 9 October 1858) was an Anglo-Irish soldier, Conservative politician, and courtier from the aristocratic Wellesley family. He was the younger son of Prime Minister Arthur Wellesley, 1st Du ...
, granddaughter of
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
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, and goddaughter of
Queen Victoria
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, at
St. George's Church in Hanover Square on 6 September 1877. He died rather unexpectedly at his home,
Abbotstown House, in
Castleknock
Castleknock () is an affluent village in County Dublin, Ireland, located west of the centre of Dublin city. It is in the modern county of Fingal.
In addition to the village, the name "Castleknock" also refers to older units of land division: a ...
on 6 March 1898, aged 58. He was eulogised in ''
The Times
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'' as a "staunch Conservative" who was "always tolerant of the opinions of those whose principles were not in harmony with his own. His speeches were cast in a practical mould, and they never disclosed anything like a rancorous spirit. In social life he was deservedly esteemed by all classes. His sympathy with objects of charity assumed on all appropriate occasions a practical form, and in contributing financial aid he refused to be fettered by considerations of party or creed."
He and his wife had four daughters and one son,
Hans Wellesley Hamilton, who succeeded him in the barony. Lady HolmPatrick died 31 July 1933.
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