Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet

Sir (Collingwood) George Clements Hamilton, 1st Baronet (1 November 1877 – 12 January 1947) was an English electrical engineer and Conservative Party politician.[1]

Sir George Hamilton Bt
Member of Parliament for Altrincham
In office 1910–1923
Preceded by	John Kebty-Fletcher
Succeeded by	Robert Alstead
Member of Parliament for Ilford
In office 1928–1937
Preceded by	Fredric Wise
Succeeded by	Geoffrey Clegg Hutchinson
Personal details
Born	Northumberland
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative, Unionist

Born in Northumberland,[2] he was the son of a prominent Church of England cleric, the Venerable George Hans Hamilton, Archdeacon of Lindisfarne then Northumberland, Canon of Durham and his wife Lady Louisa Hamilton.[1]

Early career and family

Following education at Aysgarth School and Charterhouse School, he was apprenticed to the firm of Scott & Mountain Ltd, a Newcastle-based electrical and general engineering company. He represented the company in various countries including India, Bulgaria, Greece, Russia and Egypt.[1] He subsequently became the managing director of the Manchester branch of Drake & Gorham, electrical engineers.[3]

He married Eleanor Simon of Didsbury in 1906, and they had one son and one daughter.[1]

War service

During World War I he was commissioned as an officer in the Queen's Westminster Rifles, the 16th Battalion of the London Regiment, rising to the rank of major.[1] In October 1916 he was transferred to the General List.[4] He was appointed Director of Enrolment National Service in 1917 and Controller of Contract Claims at the Ministry of Munitions in 1918.[1][5]

Political career

From 1910 to 1913 he was a councillor on the Knutsford Urban District Council.[6]

In 1913 he won a by-election and was elected to the Commons as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Altrincham. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Pensions from 1919–20.[1] He held the seat until 1923. He returned to parliament at another by-election at Ilford in 1928. He resigned from the House of Commons in 1937.

He was knighted in 1922 Birthday Honours,[5][7] and made a baronet in the 1937 Coronation Honours "for political and public services".[8][9]

Later life

Hamilton moved to Cransford Hall, near Saxmundham in Suffolk. He became a member of East Suffolk County Council, and was chairman of two companies: the Expanded Metal Company and the National Group of Fixed Trusts.[1]

He died at Cransford in January 1947, aged 69.[3][10]

References

Notes

1. "HAMILTON, Sir George Clements". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
2. "Births". The Times. 5 November 1877. p. 1.
3. "Obituary: Sir George Hamilton". The Times. 13 January 1947. p. 7.
4. "No. 29847". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 December 1916. p. 11836.
5. "No. 32716". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1922. p. 4319.
6. Manchester Guardian "Mr GC Hamilton and Knutsford Council" June 4th 1913
7. "No. 32730". The London Gazette. 18 July 1922. p. 5354.
8. "No. 34396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1937. p. 3075.
9. "No. 34410". The London Gazette. 22 June 1937. p. 4010.
10. "Deaths". The Times. 14 January 1947. p. 1.

Bibliography

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir George Hamilton
• Portraits of Sir (Collingwood) George Clements Hamilton, 1st Bt at the National Portrait Gallery, London