Charles Hamilton (MP)

Charles Hamilton (13 November 1704 – 11 September 1786), styled The Honourable from birth, was a British politician.

He was a younger son of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn.

Hamilton represented Strabane in the Irish House of Commons between 1727 and 1763. He sat also for Truro in the British House of Commons from 1741 to 1747. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in Mar 1747. ^[1]

He was the creator of Painshill Park.^[2]

He had two daughters:

• Jane Hamilton, married on 17 May 1750 Edward Moore (d. 1757)
• another daughter, married on 25 June 1750 Kenton Cowse

References

1. ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=5&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27hamilton%27%29. Retrieved 10 November 2010. 
2. ^ Symes, Michael (2010). Mr Hamilton's Elysium: The Gardens of Painshill. Frances Lincoln. ISBN 9780711230552. http://books.google.com/books?id=_HjHMSxOoEcC. 

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Richard Stewart John McCausland	Member of Parliament for Strabane 1727 – 1763 With: John McCausland 1727–1729 Oliver McCausland 1729–1733 William Hamilton 1733–1763	Succeeded by John Stuart Hamilton William Hamilton
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Kelland Courtenay Robert Trefusis	Member of Parliament for Truro 1741 – 1747 With: James Hammond 1741–1742 Edward Boscawen 1742–1747	Succeeded by Edward Boscawen John Boscawen

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Name	Hamilton, Charles
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Date of birth	13 November 1704
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Date of death	11 September 1786
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