Gustavus Hamilton (politician)

Gustavus Hamilton
Gustavus Hamilton
Born	c. 1685
Died	26 February 1735
Spouse(s)	Dorothea Bellew
Issue; Detail	Frederick, Richard, & other
Father	Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne
Mother	Elizabeth Brooke

The Honourable Gustavus Hamilton (c. 1685 – 1735) was an Irish politician.

Birth and origins[]

Gustavus was born about 1685 in Ireland. He was the second son of Gustavus Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Brooke. His father was the 1st Viscount Boyne. The viscounts Boyne are a noble branch of the House of Hamilton.^[1] His mother was the second daughter of of Brookeborough in Fermanagh.^[2]^[3]

Family tree

Gustavus Hamilton with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.^[a]

Claud
1st Ld
Paisley
1546–1621

Margaret
Seton
d. 1616

James
1st Earl
Abercorn
1575–1618

Claud
of
Shawfield
d. 1614

George
of
Greenlaw
& Roscrea
d. bef. 1657

Frederick
1590–1647

Sidney
Vaughan

Christiana
b. c. 1629

Frederick
d. bef. 1646

James of
Manor-
hamilton
d. 1652

Gustavus
1st
Viscount
1642–1723

Elizabeth
Brooke
d. 1721

Frederick
c. 1663 – 1715
d.v.p.*

Sophia
Hamilton
d. 1748

Gustavus
c. 1685 –
1735

Dorothea
Bellew

Henry
c. 1692 –
1743

Gustavus
2nd
Viscount
1710–1746

Frederick
3rd
Viscount
1710–1746

Richard
4th
Viscount
1724–1789

Georgiana
Bury

Gustavus
5th
Viscount
1749–1816

Martha
Somerville

Legend

XXX

Subject of
the article

XXX

Viscounts
Boyne

XXX

Earl of
Abercorn

*d.v.p. = predeceased his father (decessit vita patris)

Gustavus was born about 1685 in Ireland. He was the second son of Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne and his wife Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of . His younger brother was Henry Hamilton.^[5] In 1716, he entered the Irish House of Commons for Donegal County, the same constituency his father and his older brother Frederick had represented before.^[6] Hamilton sat as Member of Parliament until his death in 1735.^[6]

Marriage[]

In January 1717, he married Dorothea Bellew, only daughter of .^[7]

Gustavus and Dorothea had seven children, two sons:^[8]

succeeded as 3rd Viscount Boyne
Richard succeeded as 4th Viscount Boyne

—and five daughters.

Death[]

The Honourable Gustavus Hamilton died on 26 February 1735.

Notes, citations, and sources[]

Note[]

^ This family tree is partly derived from the Abercorn pedigree pictured in Cokayne.^[4] Also see the lists of siblings and children in the text.

Notes[]

^ 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, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 136. |volume= has extra text (help)
^ ^a ^b "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Burke & Burke 1909, p. 259, left column, line 25: "Gustavus of Red Wood, King's co., M.P. for the co. Donegal m. [married] in Jan. 1717 Dorothea, only dau. [daughter] of Richard, Lord Bellew ..."
^ Lodge1789, p. 179–180.

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.
Cokayne, George Edward (1910). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. 1 (2nd ed.). London: St Catherine Press. OCLC 228661424. – Ab-Adam to Basing
Debrett, John (1828). Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 (17th ed.). London: F. C. and J. Rivington. OCLC 54499602. – Scotland and Ireland
Lodge, John (1789). Archdall, Mervyn (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. 5. Dublin: James Moore. OCLC 264906028. – Viscounts (for Boyne)

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Hon. Frederick Hamilton Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt	Member of Parliament for Donegal County 1716–1735 With: Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt 1716–1727 Alexander Montgomery 1727–1730 Hon. Henry Hamilton 1730–1735	Succeeded by Hon. Henry Hamilton

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[5] This family tree is partly derived from the Abercorn pedigree pictured in Cokayne.^[4] Also see the lists of siblings and children in the text.

[FOOTNOTELodge1789[httpsarchiveorgdetailspeerageofireland05lodgpage172_172,_line_1]-1] 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 ..."

[FOOTNOTEDebrett1828[httpsarchiveorgdetailsdebrettspeerage01debrgoogpagen340_765_line_26]-2] 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 ..."

[FOOTNOTELodge1789[httpsarchiveorgdetailspeerageofireland05lodgpage178_178,_line_3]-3] 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. ..."

[FOOTNOTECokayne1910[httpsarchiveorgdetailscompletepeerageo01cokapage4_4]-4] Cokayne 1910, p. 4: "Tabular pedigree of the Earls of Abercorn"

[6] Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 136. |volume= has extra text (help)

[Rayment-7] "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[FOOTNOTEBurkeBurke1909[httpsarchiveorgdetailsb31363945page258_259,_left_column,_line_25]-8] Burke & Burke 1909, p. 259, left column, line 25: "Gustavus of Red Wood, King's co., M.P. for the co. Donegal m. [married] in Jan. 1717 Dorothea, only dau. [daughter] of Richard, Lord Bellew ..."

[FOOTNOTELodge1789179–180-9] Lodge1789, p. 179–180.

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