George Hamilton (MP)

George Hamilton ("c." 1697 – 3 May 1775) was a British politician, the second son of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn.

In October 1719, he married Bridget Coward (d. 1775), by whom he had eleven children: [cite web | url=http://stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/hh4aa/hamilton10.htm | title=Hamilton genealogy | accessdate=2006-12-03]
*Elizabeth Hamilton, married first in 1754 John Cameron of Glenkinday, second the Comte de Fay
*Bridget Hamilton (d. 3 April 1789, married Rev. Thomas Finney
*George Hamilton (b. 1721), unmarried
*Maria Hamilton (7 January 1725 – 22 July 1798), married first Francis Marsh, second on 8 June 1756 William Beckford
*John Hamilton (1726 – 12 August 1756), unmarried, Archdeacon of Raphoe
*Harriet Hamilton (d. 1787), married Rev. William Peter
*Frances Hamilton (d. 1752), married William Tooker of Chilcompton
*Rachel Hamilton, married Rev. Neville Walter
*Col. William Hamilton (d. June 1793), unmarried
*James Hamilton (d. 1797), died without issue
*Charlotte Hamilton, unmarried

He was twice Member of Parliament for Wells. He was known for his love of planting. [cite book | first=Jerome | last=Murch | title=Biographical Sketches of Bath Celebrities, Ancient and Modern, with Some Fragments of Local History | year=1893 | pages=288–308 | chapter=Mr. Beckford | url=http://beckford.c18.net/wbmurch1893.html | accessdate=2006-12-03]

References

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