The Right Honourable Frederick Hamilton ( – 1715) was an Irish politician who represented

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in three Irish parliaments. He was also

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to his father,

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 commiss ...

. He predeceased him but his son succeeded as the 3rd viscount.

Birth and origins

Frederick was born before 1686 in Ireland. He was the eldest son of Gustavus Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Brooke. His father would in 1715 be ennobled as Baron Stackallan and in 1717 advanced to Viscount Boyne. His father's family was a Protestant cadet branch of the

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. Frederick's mother was the eldest daughter of Sir Henry Brooke and his second wife, Anne St George. Brooke was knight of

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, County Fermanagh, and governor of

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. Frederick had two brothers and one sister, who are listed in his father's article.

First term as MP

During the 1st Irish Parliament of Queen Anne (21 September 1703 – 6 May 1713), Hamilton became a member of parliament (MP) by winning the 1707 by-election for one of the two seats for

. This by-election resulted from the death of the incumbent Henry Conyngham, in January 1706 in the Battle of St Estevan of the

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(1701–1714). Hamilton's father already held the other of the two seats of the constituency.

Marriage and children

On 1 September 1707, Hamilton married Sophia Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton of Tollymore, near Newcastle, County Down, and sister of

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of the second creation. Frederick and Sophia had two sons: # Gustavus (1710–1746), succeeded his grandfather as the 2nd

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#James (died 1740), a lieutenant in the navy —and two daughters: #Anne (born 1712), died young #Elizabeth (born 1715), died young

Vice-admiral of Ulster

In 1710 Hamilton became vice-admiral of Ulster when his father passed this office to him. Hamilton then held it until his death in 1710 when it reverted to his father. This office was a sine cure as Ireland had no navy.

Second term as MP

Hamilton was again elected as MP for County Donegal in the Irish general elections held in 1713 for the second Irish parliament of Queen Anne (1713–1714). This parliament was dissolved by the queen's death.

Third term as MP

On 3 October 1715 Hamilton was sworn of the

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.E.M. Johnston-Liik, ''History of the Irish Parliament'', vol. IV, p. 329. In November 1715 he was elected for a last time as MP, again for County Donegal, in the general election for the only Irish parliament of King George I. That parliament lasted from 12 November 1715 to 11 June 1727, but Frederick died on 10 December 1715, after not even a month's service. He was replaced by his younger brother Gustavus.

Death, succession, and timeline

Hamilton died on 10 December 1715, predeceasing his father, who would die in 1723, and his mother, who would die in 1721. At the time of Frederick's death his father had just been ennobled as Baron Stackallan and was not yet Viscount Boyne. Hamilton therefore was an heir apparent without a courtesy title as his father had no

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. His father was succeeded by Frederick's son Gustavus as the 2nd Viscount Boyne.

Notes and references

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* (for Boyne) * – Ab-Adam to Basing (for Family tree) * – Bass to Canning (for Boyne) * – 1689 to 1694 * – Scotland and Ireland * – (for timeline) * (for MP of County Donegal) * – Viscounts (for Boyne) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Frederick 1670s births 1715 deaths Heirs apparent who never acceded Irish MPs 1703–1713 Irish MPs 1713–1714 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies Members of the Privy Council of Ireland