Sackville Hamilton
PC
Member of Parliament for Armagh Borough
In office
1796–1798
Preceded byGeorge Rawson
Robert Hobart, Lord Hobart
Succeeded byHon. Thomas Pelham
Patrick Duigenan
Member of Parliament for Clogher
In office
1783–1795
Preceded bySir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Bt
Thomas St George
Succeeded byHon. Thomas Pelham
Richard Townsend Herbert
Member of Parliament for Rathcormack
In office
1783–1783
Preceded byWilliam Tonson
Francis Bernard Beamish
Succeeded byCharles Francis Sheridan
Thomas Orde
Member of Parliament for St Johnstown (County Longford)
In office
1780–1783
Serving with Hon. John Vaughan
Preceded bySir Ralph Fetherston, 1st Bt
Hon. John Vaughan
Succeeded bySir Thomas Fetherston, 2nd Bt
Nicholas Colthurst
Personal details
Born(1732-03-14)14 March 1732
Died29 January 1818(1818-01-29) (aged 85)
SpouseArabella Berkeley
Parent(s)Hon. Henry Hamilton
Mary Dawson
RelativesHenry Hamilton (brother)
Frederick Hamilton (uncle)
Gustavus Hamilton (uncle)
Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne (grandfather)

Sackville Hamilton PC (Ire) (14 March 1732 – 29 January 1818)[1] was an Anglo-Irish politician.

Early life

Hamilton was born on 14 March 1732. He was the third son, of seven children born to Mary Dawson (daughter of Joshua Dawson) and Hon. Henry Hamilton, MP and Collector of the Port of Cork.[2] His younger brother was Henry Hamilton, who served as royal Governor of Bermuda and Dominica.[3][4]

His uncles were Frederick Hamilton and Gustavus Hamilton. His grandfather was Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne, his great-grandfather was Sir Frederick Hamilton, and his great-great grandfather was Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley.[5]

Career

Hamilton entered the Irish House of Commons for St Johnstown (County Longford) in 1780 and sat for the constituency until 1783.[1] Subsequently he was elected for Rathcormack and Clogher.[1] He chose the latter and was a Member of Parliament for the constituency until 1795, resigning the seat to be Escheator of Munster, a notional 'office of profit under the crown'.[1] In the following year he stood successfully for Armagh Borough, which he represented until 1798.[1]

In 1780, Hamilton was appointed Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.[6] He held this post until February 1795 and again from May of the same year until 1796.[6] In 1796, he was sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland.[7]

Personal life

He married Arabella Berkeley, daughter of Reverend Dr. Robert Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne.[8][9] Together, they were the parents of a son:[10]

Hamilton died on 29 January 1818.[10]

Descendants

Through his son Sackville, he was a grandfather of Sackville Deane Hamilton (1808–1878), who married Eleanor Sankey, and General Henry Hamilton (1812–1891), who married Isabella Freeman (a daughter of Joseph Deane Freeman).[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2009.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Granville, Mary (1862). The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville. Vol. I. London: Richard Bentley. p. 26.
  3. ^ 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. p. 178.
  4. ^ Massachusetts, Historical Records Survey (U S. ); Survey (Mass.), Historical Records (1939). American Portraits, 1620-1825: Found in Massachusetts ... Historical Records Survey. p. 84. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b Haydn, Joseph (1851). The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman's. p. 446.
  7. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Privy Council of Ireland". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2009.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ Moffat, R. Burnham (1904). The Barclays of New York: who They are and who They are Not,-and Some Other Barclays. R. G. Cooke. p. 377. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  9. ^ "ThePeerage - Rt. Hon. Sackville Hamilton". Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  10. ^ a b c d Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. 1884. p. 92. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Longford, Earl of (I, 1785)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
Parliament of Ireland Preceded bySir Ralph Fetherston, 1st Bt Hon. John Vaughan Member of Parliament for St Johnstown (County Longford) 1780–1783 With: Hon. John Vaughan Succeeded bySir Thomas Fetherston, 2nd Bt Nicholas Colthurst Preceded byWilliam Tonson Francis Bernard Beamish Member of Parliament for Rathcormack 1783 With: Charles Francis Sheridan Succeeded byCharles Francis Sheridan Thomas Orde Preceded bySir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Bt Thomas St George Member of Parliament for Clogher 1783–1795 With: Thomas St George 1783–1785John Francis Cradock 1785–1790Richard Townsend Herbert 1790–1795 Succeeded byHon. Thomas Pelham Richard Townsend Herbert Preceded byGeorge Rawson Robert Hobart, Lord Hobart Member of Parliament for Armagh Borough 1796–1798 With: Robert Hobart, Lord Hobart Succeeded byHon. Thomas Pelham Patrick Duigenan
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