Baron HolmPatrick, of HolmPatrick in the County of Dublin, is a title in the

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. It was created in the

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for the Lord Lieutenant of County Dublin and former Member of Parliament for

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, Ion Hamilton. Both his father,

James Hans Hamilton James Hans Hamilton (February 1810 – 30 June 1863), was an Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament. Hamilton was the son of Hans Hamilton and Anne Mitchell. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 17 June 1828. He was elected to the House of Co ...

, and grandfather, Hans Hamilton, had represented this constituency in the British Parliament. From 1991 to 2024 the title is held by the first Baron's great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father. He was active on the Labour benches in the

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prior to the

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but the House of Lords website shows him as a Conservative. The family seat was Abbotstown House, near

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Barons HolmPatrick (1897)

* Ion Trant Hamilton, 1st Baron HolmPatrick (1839–1898) *

Hans Wellesley Hamilton, 2nd Baron HolmPatrick Hans Wellesley Hamilton, 2nd Baron HolmPatrick (8 August 1886 – 5 September 1942) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and peer. Hamilton was born in Abbotstown, Castleknock,''1911 England Census'' the only son of Ion Hamilton, who was raised to the ...

(1886–1942) * James Hans Hamilton, 3rd Baron HolmPatrick (1928–1991) * Hans James David Hamilton, 4th Baron HolmPatrick (1955–2024) * Ion Henry James Hamilton, 5th Baron HolmPatrick (born 1956) The heir presumptive is his nephew, Ross Andrew James Hamilton (born 1990).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Holmpatrick Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1897 Peerages created for UK MPs 1897 establishments in the United Kingdom