Frederick Hamilton (Donegal politician)


Frederick Hamilton was an Irish politician.

Birth and origins

Frederick was born about 1663 in Ireland. He was the eldest son of Gustavus Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Brooke. His father was the 1st Viscount Boyne. The viscounts Boyne are a noble branch of the House of Hamilton. His mother was a daughter of Sir Henry Brooke from Brookeborough in Fermanagh.

Early life

Mr Frederick Hamilton was a Member of Parliament from 1707 to 1715 for Donegal County, the same constituency his father had represented. In 1707 he entered as a replacement for Henry Conyngham, who had been killed in the Battle of St Estevan of the War of the Spanish Succession. Frederick was reelected for that same seat in the parliaments of 1713–1714
and 1715–1727 He sat in that latter parliament until his death in 1715.
In 1710 Mr Hamilton was appointed Vice-Admiral of Ulster.

Marriage and children

On 1 September 1707, Mr Hamilton married Sophia Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton of Tollymore and sister of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil.
They had four children, two sons:
  1. Gustavus, succeeded his grandfather as Viscount Boyne;
  2. James, lieutenant in the navy;
—and two daughters:
  1. Anne, died young; and
  2. Elizabeth, died young.

    Death, succession, and timeline

Frederick Hamilton died on 10 December 1715 predeceasing his father, Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne, by eight years. At the time of Frederick's death his father had just been ennobled as Baron Stackallan and was not yet Viscount Boyne. Frederick therefore died as an heir apparent without a courtesy title. His father was succeeded by Hamilton's son Gustavus as the 2nd Viscount Boyne.