Sackville Hamilton PC (Ire) (14 March 1732 – 29 January 1818) was an Anglo-Irish politician.

Early life

Hamilton was born on 14 March 1732. He was the third son, of seven children born to Mary Dawson (daughter of Joshua Dawson) and Hon. Henry Hamilton, MP and Collector of the Port of Cork. His younger brother was Henry Hamilton, who served as royal

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and Dominica. His uncles were Frederick Hamilton and Gustavus Hamilton. His grandfather was

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, his great-grandfather was Sir Frederick Hamilton, and his great-great grandfather was

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Career

Hamilton entered the

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for St Johnstown (County Longford) in 1780 and sat for the constituency until 1783. Subsequently he was elected for Rathcormack and Clogher. He chose the latter and was a

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for the constituency until 1795, resigning the seat to be

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, a notional 'office of profit under the crown'. In the following year he stood successfully for Armagh Borough, which he represented until 1798. In 1780, Hamilton was appointed Under-Secretary to the

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. He held this post until February 1795 and again from May of the same year until 1796. In 1796, he was sworn of the

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Personal life

He married Arabella Berkeley, daughter of Reverend Dr. Robert Berkeley,

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. Together, they were the parents of a son: * Henry Hamilton (d. 1850), who in 1808 married Hon. Caroline Penelope Pakenham (d. 1854), a daughter of

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, sister of

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and Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (wife of

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). * Rev. Sackville Robert Hamilton (d. 1853), the Rector at Mallow who married Jane Freeman, daughter of Edward Deane Freeman,

High Sheriff of County Cork The High Sheriff of County Cork was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Cork. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became an annual appointment following the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. ...

. Hamilton died on 29 January 1818.

Descendants

Through his son Sackville, he was a grandfather of Sackville Deane Hamilton (1808–1878), who married Eleanor Sankey, and General Henry Hamilton (1812–1891), who married Isabella Freeman (a daughter of Joseph Deane Freeman).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Sackville 1732 births 1818 deaths Irish MPs 1776–1783 Irish MPs 1783–1790 Irish MPs 1790–1797 Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Longford constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Tyrone constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Armagh constituencies Under-Secretaries for Ireland