Frederick Hamilton (Donegal politician)
Frederick Hamilton | |
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Died | 13 December 1715 |
Spouse(s) | Sophia Hamilton |
Issue Detail | Gustavus & others |
Father | Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne |
Mother | Elizabeth Brooke |
The Honourable Frederick Hamilton (c. 1663 – 1715) was an Irish politician and heir apparent to the 1st Baron Stackallan
Birth and origins[]
Frederick was born before 1786 in Ireland.[a] He was the eldest son of Gustavus Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Brooke. His father would later be ennobled as Baron Stackallan and Viscount Boyne. His father's family was a Protestant cadet branch of the Catholic Earls of Abercorns, who in turn descended from the Scottish Clan Hamilton.[1] His mother was the second daughter of of Brookeborough in Fermanagh.[2][3]
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Frederick listed among his siblings |
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Marriage and children[]
On 1 September 1707, Mr Hamilton married Sophia Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton of Tollymore, near Newcastle, County Down, and sister of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil of the second creation.[8][9]
Frederick and Sophia had four children, two sons:
- Gustavus (1710–1746), succeeded his grandfather as Viscount Boyne
- James (died 1740), lieutenant in the navy
—and two daughters:
- Anne (born 1712), died young
- Elizabeth (born 1715), died young
Offices[]
Frederick Hamilton was a Member of Parliament from 1707 to 1715 for Donegal County, the same constituency his father had represented. He entered parliament in 1707 as a replacement for Henry Conyngham (soldier),[10] who had been killed in the Battle of St Estevan of the War of the Spanish Succession.[11]
Frederick was reelected for that same seat in the Irish general elections of 1713[12] and 1715.[13] The latter parliament lasted from 12 November 1715 to 11 June 1727, but Frederick died on 10 December 1715 and was after not even a month's service replaced by his brother Gustavus.[14]
In 1710 Frederick Hamilton was appointed Vice-Admiral of Ulster, a sine cure that he held until his death.[15]
Death, succession, and timeline[]
Frederick Hamilton died on 10 December 1715[16] predeceasing his father, who died in 1723,[17] and his mother, who died in 1721.[18] At the time of Frederick's death his father had just been ennobled as Baron Stackallan and was not yet Viscount Boyne. Frederick therefore died as an heir apparent without a courtesy title. His father was succeeded by Frederick's son Gustavus as the 2nd Viscount Boyne.[19]
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Age | Date | Event |
0 | 1686, estimate | Born in Ireland.[a] |
16 | 1702, 8 Mar | Accession of Queen Anne, succeeding King William III[20] |
21 | 1707 | Elected as MP for Donegal County.[10] |
21 | 1707, 1 Sep | Married Sophia Hamilton, sister of the Earl of Clanbrassil.[8] |
27 | 1713 | Re-elected as MP for Donegal County.[12] |
28 | 1714, 1 Aug | Accession of King George I, succeeding Queen Anne[21] |
27 | 1715 | Again re-elected as MP for Donegal county.[13] |
29 | 1715, 20 Oct | Father created Baron Hamilton of Stackallan.[22] |
29 | 1715, 10 Dec | Died.[16] |
See also[]
Notes, citations, and sources[]
Notes[]
Citations[]
- ^ Lodge 1789, p. 172, line 1: "This noble branch of the house of Hamilton derives from Sir Frederick, the fifth and youngest son of Claud Lord Paisley ..."
- ^ Debrett 1828, p. 765 line 26: "... m. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Henry Brooke, of Brooke's-Borough, co. Fermanagh, knt, and by her had issue ..."
- ^ Lodge 1789, p. 178, line 3: "He [Gustavus] married Elizabeth, second daughter of Sir Henry Brooke of Brooke's Borough in the county of Fermanagh, Knt. ..."
- ^ Cokayne 1910, p. 4: "Tabular pedigree of the Earls of Abercorn"
- ^ Burke & Burke 1909, p. 259, left column, line 25: "Gustavus of Red Wood, King's co., M.P. for the co. Donegal ..."
- ^ Burke 1949, p. 240, left column: "Elizabeth, m. Charles Lambart, of Painstown, M.P., grandson of the 1st Earl of Cavan, and had issue."
- ^ Burke 1949, p. 239, right column, line 52: "Henry, M.P. for Donegal ..."
- ^ a b Burke 1949, p. 239, right column, line 40: "Frederick, m. [married] 1 September 1707, Sophia, sister of the 1st Earl of Clanbrassil and dau. [daughter] of James Hamilton, of Tollymore."
- ^ Lodge 1789, p. 179, line 5: "Frederick Hamilton, Esq. the eldest son, on 1 Sep. 1707 married Sophia, eldest sister to James, Lord Viscount Limerick ..."
- ^ a b House of Commons 1878, p. 645: "Frederick Hamilton, esq., in place of H. Cunningham, deceased / Donegal County"
- ^ Dalton 1896, p. 183, Note 2: "Killed at the battle of St. Estevan, in Spain, in Jan. 1706."
- ^ a b House of Commons 1878, p. 649: "Frederick Hamilton, esq. / Donegal County"
- ^ a b House of Commons 1878, p. 652 above: "Frederick Hamilton, esq. / Donegal County"
- ^ House of Commons 1878, p. 652 below: "Gustavus Hamilton, esq., on the room of Frederick Hamilton, esq., deceased./ Donegal County"
- ^ "Institute of Historical Research - Vice Admirals of the Coasts from 1660". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ a b Cokayne 1912, p. 267: "... [Frederick] d. v.p. 10 Dec. 1715."
- ^ Lodge 1789, p. 176, line 11: "... departed this life 16 September 1723, in the 84 year of his age ..."
- ^ Cokayne 1912, p. 267, line 3: "... she [Elizabeth] d. [died] at Stackallan, co. Meath, 28 Dec. 1721."
- ^ Debrett 1828, p. 765 line 35: "The viscount d. [died] 16 Sept. 1723 and was succeeded by his grandson Gustavus, 2nd Viscount ..."
- ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 45, line 31: "Anne ... acc. 8 Mar. 1702 ..."
- ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 45, line 38: "George I … acc. 1 Aug. 1714;"
- ^ Cokayne 1912, p. 266, line 34: "He was on 20 October 1715, cr. [created] Baron Hamilton of Stackallan [I. [Ireland]]."
Sources[]
- Burke, Bernard; Burke, Ashworth P. (1909). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (71st ed.). London: Harrison. OCLC 28297274.
- Burke, Bernard (1949). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. (for Boyne)
- Cokayne, George Edward (1910). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). London: St Catherine Press. OCLC 228661424. – Ab-Adam to Basing (for Family tree)
- Cokayne, George Edward (1912). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). London: St Catherine Press. OCLC 228661424. – Bass to Canning (for Boyne)
- Dalton, Charles (1896). English Army Lists and Commission Registers, 1661 – 1714. Vol. 3. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. OCLC 1044660281. – 1689 to 1694
- Debrett, John (1828). Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 2 (17th ed.). London: F. C. and J. Rivington. OCLC 54499602. – Scotland and Ireland
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, No. 2 (3rd ed.). London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-86193-106-8. (for timeline)
- House of Commons (1878). Return. Members of Parliament – Part II. Parliaments of Great Britain, 1705–1796. Parliaments of the United Kingdom, 1801–1874. Parliaments and Conventions of the Estates of Scotland, 1357–1707. Parliaments of Ireland, 1599–1800. London: H. M. Stationery Office. OCLC 13112546. (for MP of Donegal County)
- Lodge, John (1789). Archdall, Mervyn (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. Vol. 5. Dublin: James Moore. OCLC 264906028. – Viscounts (for Boyne)
- 1670s births
- 1715 deaths
- Heirs apparent who never acceded
- Irish MPs 1703–1713
- Irish MPs 1713–1714
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies
- Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
- Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) MP stubs