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 MP.

Birth and origins

Family tree

Gustavus Hamilton with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Frederick
1590–1647
Soldier

Sidney
Vaughan

James of
Manor-
hamilton
d. 1652

Gustavus
1st
Viscount
1642–1723

Elizabeth
Brooke
d. 1721

Frederick
c. 1663 – 1715
d.v.p.*

Gustavus
c. 1685 – 1735

Dorothea
Bellew

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

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

Gustavus was born about 1685 in Ireland. He was the second son of Gustavus Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Brooke. His father would be ennobled in 1715 as Baron Hamilton of StackAllan and advanced to Viscount Boyne in 1717.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Gustavus's mother was the eldest daughter of Sir Henry Brooke by his second wife, Anne St George. Brooke was knight of Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, and governor of Donegal Castle.^[5]^[6] Gustavus had two brothers and one sister, who are listed in his father's article.

Honourable

On 20 October 1715, his father was created Baron Hamilton of Stackallan.^[2] As son of a peer Hamilton acquired the style "The Honourable".

First term as MP

In 1716 Hamilton was elected as member of parliament (MP) to one of the two seats for County Donegal during the only Irish parliament of King George I in the by-election that resulted from his brother Frederick's death.^[7] That parliament lasted from 12 November 1715 to 11 June 1727 when it was dissolved by the king's death.

Marriage

In January 1717, Hamilton married Dorothea Bellew, only daughter of Richard Bellew, 3rd Baron Bellew of Duleek.^[8]

Gustavus and Dorothea had two sons:^[9]

Frederick succeeded as 3rd Viscount Boyne^[10]
Richard succeeded as 4th Viscount Boyne^[11]

—and five daughters.

Second term as MP and death

Hamilton was reelected to one of the two seats for County Donegal in the general election of 1727, which was held for the only Irish Parliament of King George II, which lasted from 14 November 1727 to 25 October 1760.^[12] Hamilton sat until his death on 26 February 1735.

Notes and references

Notes

↑ This family tree is partly derived from the Abercorn pedigree pictured in Cokayne.^[1] Also see the lists of siblings and children in the text.

Citations

↑ Cokayne 1910, p. 4. "Tabular pedigree of the Earls of Abercorn"
1 2 Cokayne 1912, p. 266, line 34. "He was on 20 October 1715, cr. [created] Baron Hamilton of Stackallan [I. [Ireland] ]."
↑ Cokayne 1912, p. 266, line 35. "... was cr. [created] on 20 Aug. 1717, Viscount Boyne in the province of Leinster [I. [Ireland] ]."
↑ 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. [married] Elizabeth, da. [daughter] 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. ..."
↑ House of Commons 1878, p. 652, Donegal, line 3. "Frederick Hamilton, esq. / Donegal County"
↑ Burke & Burke 1915, 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.
↑ Debrett 1828, p. 765, line 39. "Frederick, 3rd viscount, m. [married] 3 June 1737, Elizabeth, da. [daughter] of Benjamin Hadley, esq., and d. [died] 2 Jan. 1772, without issue, when the hobours devolved on his brother ..."
↑ Debrett 1828, p. 765, line 42. "... Richard, 4th viscount, b. [born] 24 March 1724, m. [married] Georgiana, 2nd da. [daughter] of William Bury, esq. ... by whom he had issue ..."
↑ House of Commons 1878, p. 657, Donegal, line 1. "Hon. Gustavus Hamilton / Donegal County"

Sources

Burke, Bernard; Burke, Ashworth Peter (1915). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (77th ed.). London: Harrison. OCLC 1155471554.
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. I (2nd ed.). London: St Catherine Press. OCLC 228661424. – Ab-Adam to Basing
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. II (2nd ed.). London: St Catherine Press. OCLC 228661424. – Bass to Canning
Debrett, John (1828). Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II (17th ed.). London: F. C. and J. Rivington. OCLC 54499602. – Scotland and Ireland
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: His/Her Majesty's Stationery Office. OCLC 13112546. (for MP of County Donegal)
Lodge, John (1789). Archdall, Mervyn (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. Vol. V. Dublin: James Moore. OCLC 264906028. – Viscounts (for Boyne)

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[2] This family tree is partly derived from the Abercorn pedigree pictured in Cokayne.^[1] Also see the lists of siblings and children in the text.

[FOOTNOTECokayne1910[httpsarchiveorgdetailscompletepeerageo01cokapage4_4]-1] Cokayne 1910, p. 4. "Tabular pedigree of the Earls of Abercorn"

[FOOTNOTECokayne1912[httpsarchiveorgdetailscompletepeerageo02cokapage266_266,_line_34]-3] 1 2 Cokayne 1912, p. 266, line 34. "He was on 20 October 1715, cr. [created] Baron Hamilton of Stackallan [I. [Ireland] ]."

[FOOTNOTECokayne1912[httpsarchiveorgdetailscompletepeerageo02cokapage266_266,_line_35]-4] Cokayne 1912, p. 266, line 35. "... was cr. [created] on 20 Aug. 1717, Viscount Boyne in the province of Leinster [I. [Ireland] ]."

[FOOTNOTELodge1789[httpsarchiveorgdetailspeerageofireland05lodgpage172_172,_line_1]-5] 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]-6] Debrett 1828, p. 765 line 26. "... m. [married] Elizabeth, da. [daughter] of Sir Henry Brooke, of Brooke's Borough, co. Fermanagh, knt., and by her had issue ..."

[FOOTNOTELodge1789[httpsarchiveorgdetailspeerageofireland05lodgpage178_178,_line_3]-7] 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. ..."

[FOOTNOTEHouse_of_Commons1878[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidL1ETAAAAYAAJpg652_652,_Donegal,_line_3]-8] House of Commons 1878, p. 652, Donegal, line 3. "Frederick Hamilton, esq. / Donegal County"

[FOOTNOTEBurkeBurke1915[httpsarchiveorgdetailsb31363945page258_259,_left_column,_line_25]-9] Burke & Burke 1915, 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 ..."

[FOOTNOTELodge1789179–180-10] Lodge1789, p. 179–180.

[FOOTNOTEDebrett1828[httpsarchiveorgdetailsdebrettspeerage01debrgoogpagen341_765,_line_39]-11] Debrett 1828, p. 765, line 39. "Frederick, 3rd viscount, m. [married] 3 June 1737, Elizabeth, da. [daughter] of Benjamin Hadley, esq., and d. [died] 2 Jan. 1772, without issue, when the hobours devolved on his brother ..."

[FOOTNOTEDebrett1828[httpsarchiveorgdetailsdebrettspeerage01debrgoogpagen341_765,_line_42]-12] Debrett 1828, p. 765, line 42. "... Richard, 4th viscount, b. [born] 24 March 1724, m. [married] Georgiana, 2nd da. [daughter] of William Bury, esq. ... by whom he had issue ..."

[FOOTNOTEHouse_of_Commons1878[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidL1ETAAAAYAAJpg657_657,_Donegal,_line_1]-13] House of Commons 1878, p. 657, Donegal, line 1. "Hon. Gustavus Hamilton / Donegal County"

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