Lord Claud Hamilton (1 November 1787 – June 1808) was a British nobleman and politician. He sat briefly in the House of Commons before dying of illness in Madeira at the age of 20. The younger son of

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, he was evidently educated at

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, where he was a lieutenant of volunteers in 1803. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 24 October 1805, s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Hamilton, Claud but left there for Cambridge, where he was admitted as a nobleman to St John's College on 19 October 1807. In the meantime, he was elected as

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for

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at the general election in May 1807, though underage, through the patronage of his father's political ally, Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland. It was intended that he should later contest

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, but he suffered from illness, and may not ever have taken his seat. In January 1808, he sailed for

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in the

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''Eclipse'' to recover his health, but died in

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in June.

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* 1787 births 1808 deaths People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Tyrone constituencies (1801–1922) Younger sons of marquesses UK MPs 1807–1812 {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub