Hans James David Hamilton, 4th Baron HolmPatrick (15 March 1955 – 21 March 2024), was a British

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and

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politician.

Background

Lord HolmPatrick was the son of the late James Hans Hamilton, 3rd Baron HolmPatrick (1928–1991), and Anne Loys Roche Brass. The 3rd Lord HolmPatrick was the son of

Hans 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), and Lady Edina Conyngham (1888–1964), daughter of

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(1857–1897). In turn, the 2nd Lord HolmPatrick was the son of Ion Trant Hamilton, 1st Baron HolmPatrick, and Lady Victoria Alexandria Wellesley. She was a daughter of the courtier Major-General

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. Her paternal grandfather was the great British general

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. She was also the elder sister of the

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and 4th Duke. She was granted the rank of a duke's daughter in 1884. The first Lord HolmPatrick was an MP and Irish civic leader. The future Lord HolmPatrick married Gill Francesca Anne du Feu, the daughter of Squadron Leader Kenneth James (Toby) Harding, on 19 July 1984. Their son, James Hans Stephen Hamilton (born 6 October 1982), was ineligible to succeed his father in the barony, due to being born before his parents marriage. The barony therefor passed to Lord Holmpatrick's brother, Ion Henry James Hamilton, 5th Baron Holmpatrick. Lord HolmPatrick died on 21 March 2024, at the age of 69.

Political career

Lord HolmPatrick was a Conservative peer until 1999, when most of the hereditary peers were removed from the

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by the

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. Lord HolmPatrick was not one of those 15 hereditary peers elected by the whole House nor one of those elected by the Conservative hereditary.

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Sources

*Mosley, Charles, ed., ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage'', 107th edition, London (2004) p. 1947. {{DEFAULTSORT:Holmpatrick, Hans Hamilton, 4th Baron 1955 births 2024 deaths 4 Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers

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