GEORGE HAMILTON (MP)

'George Hamilton' (''c.'' 1697 – 3 May 1775) was a British politician, the second son of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn.
In October 1719, he married Bridget Coward (d. 1775), by whom he had eleven children:^[1]

★ Elizabeth Hamilton, married first in 1754 John Cameron of Glenkinday, second the Comte de Fay

★ Bridget Hamilton (d. 3 April 1789, married Rev. Thomas Finney

★ George Hamilton (b. 1721), unmarried

★ Maria Hamilton (7 January 1725 – 22 July 1798), married first Francis Marsh, second on 8 June 1756 William Beckford

★ John Hamilton (1726 – 12 August 1756), unmarried, Archdeacon of Raphoe

★ Harriet Hamilton (d. 1787), married Rev. William Peter

★ Frances Hamilton (d. 1752), married William Tooker of Chilcompton

★ Rachel Hamilton, married Rev. Neville Walter

★ Col. William Hamilton (d. June 1793), unmarried

★ James Hamilton (d. 1797), died without issue

★ Charlotte Hamilton, unmarried
He was twice Member of Parliament for Wells. He was known for his love of planting.^[2]

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1. Hamilton genealogy
2. Biographical Sketches of Bath Celebrities, Ancient and Modern, with Some Fragments of Local History, , Jerome, Murch, , 1893,


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