Lord George Hamilton
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Lord George Francis Hamilton (17 December 1845 - 22 September 1927) was a British Conservative politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Life Account
A son of the 1st Duke of Abercorn, Hamilton was M.P. for Middlesex (1868-85) and for Ealing (1885-1906). He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Rifle Brigade and Coldstream Guards and received the degree of honorary L.L.D. from Glasgow University and of honorary D.C.L. from Oxford University. He was Justice of Peace in Middlesex and Westminster. He was invested as P.C. in 1878 and as G.C.S.I. in 1903. He served as Under-Secretary of State for India (1874-78), as Chairman of the London School Board and Vice-President for Committee Council on Education (1878-80). He served also as First Lord of the Admiralty in the first two governments of Lord Salisbury (1885-1886; 1886-1892), and as Secretary of State for India in Salisbury's last and under Balfour (1895-1903). He was Captain of Deal Castle (1899-1923) and Major of Deal (1909).
Family and Children
In 1871 he married Lady Maud Caroline Lascelles (1846-1938), daughter of Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood (1797-1857) and Lady Louisa Thynne (d. 1859, daughter of the 2nd Marquess of Bath). They had three sons:
- Ronald James Hamilton (1872-1958), who fought in the First World War, was wounded and in 1919 invested as O.B.E. He was awarded with the decoration of the Order of the Crown of Belgium. He served as First Secretary in the Diplomatic Service. In 1915 he married Florence Marguerite (Sarah Brooke) Hanna (d. 1959). They had one child and daughter:
- Anthony George Hamilton (1874-1936, who fought in the First World War and gained the rank of Major in the service of the East Kent Regiment. He died unmarried and without issue.
- Robert Cecil Hamilton (1882-1947), who fought in the First World War and gained the rank of Vice-Admiral in the service of the Royal Navy. In 1911 he married Edith Maud Paley (d. 1967), daughter of the barrister Algernon Herbert Paley. They had no issue.
See Also, References and More
| Preceded by: The Earl of Northbrook | First Lord of the Admiralty 1885–1886 | Succeeded by: The Marquess of Ripon |
| Preceded by: The Marquess of Ripon | First Lord of the Admiralty 1886–1892 | Succeeded by: The Earl Spencer |
| Preceded by: Henry Hartley Fowler | Secretary of State for India 1895–1903 | Succeeded by: William St John Brodrick |