Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning

Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning (1697 – 27 December 1732)^[1] was a Scottish politician.

The son of Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington and Helen Hope, he used his father's subsidiary title of Lord Binning as a courtesy title.

From 1718 until his death he held office as Knight Marischal.^{[citation needed]}

About 1719, he married Rachel Baillie, the daughter of George Baillie of Jerviswoode and Mellerstain.^{[citation needed]} Their elder son Thomas became the 7th Earl of Haddington.^{[citation needed]} The estates of Jerviswoode and Mellerstain passed to their second son George who changed his name to Baillie-Hamilton, and was the ancestor of the 10th and later Earls of Haddington.^{[citation needed]}

He was elected at the 1722 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for borough of St Germans in Cornwall,^[2] and held the seat until the 1727 general election.^[2]

References

1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
2. ^ ^{a b} Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S.. ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 492. ISBN 0-900178-13-2. 

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Lord Stanhope John Knight	Member of Parliament for St Germans 1722 – 1727 With: Philip Cavendish	Succeeded by Sir Gilbert Heathcote Sidney Godolphin

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Name	Binning, Charles Hamilton
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Date of birth	1697
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Date of death	27 December 1732
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