Sackville Hamilton

Sackville Hamilton PC (Ire) (14 March 1732 – 29 January 1818)[1] was an Anglo-Irish politician.

Sackville Hamilton PC
Member of Parliament for Armagh Borough
In office 1796–1798 Serving with Robert Hobart, Lord Hobart
Preceded by	George Rawson Robert Hobart, Lord Hobart
Succeeded by	Hon. Thomas Pelham Patrick Duigenan
Member of Parliament for Clogher
In office 1783–1795 Serving with Thomas St George, John Francis Cradock, Richard Townsend Herbert
Preceded by	Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Bt Thomas St George
Succeeded by	Hon. Thomas Pelham Richard Townsend Herbert
Member of Parliament for Rathcormack
In office 1783–1783 Serving with Charles Francis Sheridan
Preceded by	William Tonson Francis Bernard Beamish
Succeeded by	Charles Francis Sheridan Thomas Orde
Member of Parliament for St Johnstown (County Longford)
In office 1780–1783 Serving with Hon. John Vaughan
Preceded by	Sir Ralph Fetherston, 1st Bt Hon. John Vaughan
Succeeded by	Sir Thomas Fetherston, 2nd Bt Nicholas Colthurst
Personal details
Born	14 March 1732
Died	29 January 1818 (aged 85)
Spouse(s)	Arabella Berkeley
Relations	Henry Hamilton (brother) Frederick Hamilton (uncle) Gustavus Hamilton (uncle) Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne (grandfather)
Parents	Hon. Henry Hamilton Mary Dawson

Early life

Hamilton was born on 14 March 1732. He was the third son, of seven children born to Mary Dawson (daughter of Joshua Dawson) and Hon. Henry Hamilton, MP and Collector of the Port of Cork.[2] His younger brother was Henry Hamilton, who served as royal Governor of Bermuda and Dominica.[3][4]

His uncles were Frederick Hamilton and Gustavus Hamilton. His grandfather was Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne, his great-grandfather was Sir Frederick Hamilton, and his great-great grandfather was Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley.[5]

Career

Hamilton entered the Irish House of Commons for St Johnstown (County Longford) in 1780 and sat for the constituency until 1783.[1] Subsequently he was elected for Rathcormack and Clogher.[1] He chose the latter and was a Member of Parliament for the constituency until 1795, resigning the seat to be Escheator of Munster, a notional 'office of profit under the crown'.[1] In the following year he stood successfully for Armagh Borough, which he represented until 1798.[1]

In 1780, Hamilton was appointed Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.[6] He held this post until February 1795 and again from May of the same year until 1796.[6] In 1796, he was sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland.[7]

Personal life

He married Arabella Berkeley, daughter of Reverend Dr. Robert Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne.[8][9] Together, they were the parents of a son:[10]

• Henry Hamilton (d. 1850), who in 1808 married Hon. Caroline Penelope Pakenham (d. 1854), a daughter of Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford, sister of Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford and Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (wife of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington).[11]
• Rev. Sackville Robert Hamilton (d. 1853), the Rector at Mallow who married Jane Freeman, daughter of Edward Deane Freeman, High Sheriff of County Cork.[10]

Hamilton died on 29 January 1818.[10]

Descendants

Through his son Sackville, he was a grandfather of Sackville Deane Hamilton (1808–1878), who married Eleanor Sankey, and General Henry Hamilton (1812–1891), who married Isabella Freeman (a daughter of Joseph Deane Freeman).[10]

References

1. "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Retrieved 1 May 2009.
2. Granville, Mary (1862). The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville. vol. I. London: Richard Bentley. p. 26.
3. Lodge, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. vol. V. Dublin: James Moore. p. 178.
4. Massachusetts, Historical Records Survey (U S. ); Survey (Mass.), Historical Records (1939). American Portraits, 1620-1825: Found in Massachusetts ... Historical Records Survey. p. 84. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
5. Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 136.
6. Haydn, Joseph (1851). The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman's. p. 446.
7. "Leigh Rayment - Privy Council of Ireland". Retrieved 1 May 2009.
8. Moffat, R. Burnham (1904). The Barclays of New York: who They are and who They are Not,-and Some Other Barclays. R. G. Cooke. p. 377. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
9. "ThePeerage - Rt. Hon. Sackville Hamilton". Retrieved 1 May 2009.
10. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. 1884. p. 92. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
11. "Longford, Earl of (I, 1785)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 30 April 2020.