Viscount Boyne, in the province of Leinster, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1717 for the Scottish military commander Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Stackallan. He had already been created Baron Hamilton of Stackallan, in the County of Meath in 1715, also in the Peerage of Ireland. Hamilton was the youngest son of Sir Frederick Hamilton, youngest son of

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(from whom the Dukes of Abercorn descend), third son of

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(from whom the

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descend). His grandson, the second Viscount, represented Newport (Isle of Wight) in the

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. His first cousin, the fourth Viscount, sat as a member of the

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for

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. His great-grandson, the seventh Viscount, married Emma Maria Russell, sister and heiress of William Russell of Brancepeth Castle, County Durham, children of Matthew Russell of the same, and in 1850 assumed by royal licence the additional surname of Russell.Cokayne, G. E. & Gibbs, Vicary, eds. (1912). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (Bass to Canning). 2 (2nd ed.). London: The St. Catherine Press, p.268 In 1866, he was created Baron Brancepeth, of Brancepeth in the County of Durham, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Prior to the passing of the

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, the Viscounts Boyne sat in the

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in right of this title. the titles are held by the seventh Viscount's great-great-great-grandson, the eleventh Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1995. The family seat is at Burwarton House, near

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, Shropshire.

Viscounts Boyne (1717)

Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne PC (Ire) (1642–1723) was an Irish soldier and politician. In his youth, he fought in his cousin Sir George Hamilton's regiment for the French in the Franco-Dutch War. About 1678 he obtained a commission ...

(1642–1723) ** Hon. Frederick Hamilton (–1715) * Gustavus Hamilton, 2nd Viscount Boyne (1710–1746) *Frederick Hamilton, 3rd Viscount Boyne (1718–1772) *

Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boyne Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boyne (24 March 1724 – 30 July 1789) was an Irish peer and politician. After serving in the Royal Navy and Irish House of Commons, he inherited the viscountcy from his Frederick Hamilton, 3rd Viscount Boyne i ...

(1724–1789) *Gustavus Hamilton, 5th Viscount Boyne (1749–1816) *Gustavus Hamilton, 6th Viscount Boyne (1777–1855) *Gustavus Frederick Hamilton-Russell, 7th Viscount Boyne (1798–1872) *Gustavus Russell Hamilton-Russell, 8th Viscount Boyne (1830–1907) *Gustavus William Hamilton-Russell, 9th Viscount Boyne (1864–1942) * Gustavus Michael George Hamilton-Russell, 10th Viscount Boyne (1931–1995) *Gustavus Michael Stucley Hamilton-Russell, 11th Viscount Boyne (born 1965) The

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is the present holder's eldest twin son the Hon. Gustavus Archie Edward Hamilton-Russell (born 1999)

Ancestry

References

* *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *

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Viscounts Boyne (1717)

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