Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boyne

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Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boyne (24 March 1724 – 30 July 1789)[1] was an Irish peer and politician.

Early life[]

He was the younger son of Hon. Gustavus Hamilton, second of Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne, and his wife Hon. Dorothea Bellew, daughter of .[2] His uncles were Frederick Hamilton and Henry Hamilton.[2] In 1772, he succeeded his older brother as viscount.[3]

Career[]

Hamilton entered the Irish House of Commons in 1755 and sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Navan until 1761.[4] He was High Sheriff of Meath in 1766.[5]

Personal life[]

Hamilton married Georgiana Bury, second daughter of William Bury and his wife Hon. Jane Moore. Her maternal grandfather was John Moore, 1st Baron Moore,[6] and her mother was the sister and heiress of Charles Moore, 1st Earl of Charleville. Together, they were the parents of seventeen children, seven sons and ten daughters, including:[6]

  • (1749–1816), who married Martha Somerville, only daughter of Sir Quaile Somerville, 2nd Baronet, in 1773.[7]
  • Charles Hamilton (1750–1794), who married Ms. Lister, daughter of Christopher Kirwan Lister, in 1785.[7]
  • Jane Hamilton (b. 1751)
  • John Hamilton (b. 1752)
  • Dorothy Hamilton (b. 1753)
  • Catherine Hamilton (1754–1795), who married Hugh Montgomery Lyons of Belhaval on 2 February 1773.[7]
  • Elizabeth Hamilton (b. 1755)
  • Georgiana Hamilton (b. 1756)
  • Richard Hamilton (b. 1758)
  • Mary-Anne Hamilton (b. 1760)
  • Mary Hamilton (b. 1762)
  • William Hamilton (1763–1779)
  • Richard Hamilton (b. 1764)
  • Barbara Hamilton (b. 1766)
  • Sophia Hamilton (b. 1769), who married William John Lowe and, secondly, Rev. Bigoe Henzell, Rector of Kilwahon.[7]
  • Anne Hamilton (1771–1828), who married Thomas Craven.[7]
  • Richard Hamilton (b. 1774)

Hamilton died on 30 July 1789, aged 65, and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his oldest son .[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Peerage". Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Lodge, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. vol. V. Dublin: James Moore. pp. 180–181. |volume= has extra text (help)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Lodge, Edmund (1838). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage (6th ed.). London: Saunder and Otley. pp. 59.
  4. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "ThePeerage - Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boynet". Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. vol. II (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 766. |volume= has extra text (help)
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Boyne, Viscount (I, 1717)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited.
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by

 		Member of Parliament for Navan
1755 – 1761
With: 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
 Viscount Boyne
1772 – 1789 		Succeeded by


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