Lord Archibald Hamilton (17 March 1769 – 28 August 1827) was a Scottish politician. Born in 1769 to Lady Harriet Stewart, and her husband, Lord Archibald Douglas-Hamilton, Hamilton matriculated at

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on 23 April 1788. He received his BA in 1792 and his MA in 1795. s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Hamilton, Archibald On 14 October 1790, he was admitted to

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, and called to the bar in 1799. He was elected Member of Parliament for

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in 1802. He served as MP for 26 years, opposing the governments of Addington and Pitt, and was an advocate of

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reform, something that would occur 8 years after his death with the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1833 Hamilton was also Colonel of the Lanarkshire Militia and Lord Rector of the

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in 1811.

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* 1769 births 1827 deaths Nobility from South Lanarkshire Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Members of Lincoln's Inn Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Politicians from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire UK MPs 1802–1806 UK MPs 1806–1807 UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs 1820–1826 Younger sons of dukes {{Scotland-UK-MP-stub