List of royal visits to Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton, although not as prominent a city as Toronto or Ottawa, has had its share of visits by the Royal Family. Below is a list of royal visitors to Hamilton, Ontario:[1]

#	Year	Royal visitors	Notes
(1)	1860	Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales	Later became King Edward VII; opens Gore Park (town centre) and the Crystal Palace.[2]
(2)	1869	Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn	*
(3)	1883	Prince George of Wales	Later became King George V.[3]
(4)	1901	The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York	Later become King George V and Queen Mary.
(7)	1919	Prince Edward, Prince of Wales	Later became King Edward VIII and abdicated.
(8)	1927	Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, and Prince George	*
(9)	1939	King George VI and Queen Elizabeth	Opened up the QEW expressway in Hamilton.[4]
(10)	1941	Prince George, Duke of Kent	2nd visit to Hamilton.
(11)	1951	Princess Elizabeth	Later became Queen Elizabeth II.
(12)	1958	Princess Margaret	*
(13)	1959	Queen Elizabeth II	2nd visit to Hamilton.
(14)	1974	Princess Anne	*
(15)	1980	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	Helps open the Hamilton Public Library.
(16)	1988	Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands	*
(17)	1988	Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon	*
(18)	1996	Prince Charles, Prince of Wales	Visits the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum.
(19)	2002	Queen Elizabeth II	3rd visit to Hamilton; presents colours to The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) at Copps Coliseum
(20)	2009	Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall	Visit to Dundurn Castle and HMCS Haida.[5]

Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall at Dundurn Castle

King George VI

See also

• Historical timeline of events in Hamilton, Ontario

References

1. "Fast Facts from Hamilton's Past". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
2. Bailey, Thomas Melville (1981). Dictionary of Hamilton Biography (Vol I, 1791–1875). W.L. Griffin Ltd.
3. Bailey, Thomas Melville (1991). Dictionary of Hamilton Biography (Vol II, 1876–1924). W.L. Griffin Ltd.
4. "The Hamilton Memory Project;" (Press release). The Hamilton Spectator- Souvenir Edition page MP6. 10 June 2006.
5. "Royals charm crowd with walkabout". Retrieved 8 November 2009.