Hon. George Hamilton MA (11 August 1718 – 26 November 1787) was a Canon of Windsor from 1783 to 1787.[1]

Family

He was the third surviving son on James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn and Anne Plumer.

He married Elizabeth Onslow, daughter of Lt.-Gen. Richard Onslow and Pooley Walton, and they had the following children[2]

  • George Hamilton (d. 11 October 1782)
  • Anne Hamilton (6 October 1755 – 18 December 1795)
  • Mary Hamilton (b. 26 November 1756)
  • Harriot Hamilton (11 January 1760 – 15 March 1788)
  • Catherine Hamilton (b. 7 Jun 1763)
  • Elizabeth Hamilton (5 June 1765 – 1843), married Glynn Wynn on 13 November 1793, without issue
  • Rachel Hamilton (b. 17 Oct 1766)
  • Jane Hamilton (26 Feb 1768 – 1831)
  • Lady Cecil Hamilton (15 Mar 1770 – 19 Jun 1819), married John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn
  • Isabella Hamilton (28 Sep 1772 – 19 December 1852), married Lord George Seymour

Career

He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 19 March 1735/6 and received a BA on 5 February 1739/40. He then entered Merton College, Oxford and graduated MA in 1742.[3]

He was appointed:

He was appointed to the fifth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1783, a position he held until he died in 1787.

Notes

  1. ↑ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
  2. ↑ The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom... G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden. (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Volume I, p 7.
  3. ↑ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Hamilton, George (1)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
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