Gustavus Hamilton
Irish politician

Gustavus Hamilton

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Gustavus Hamilton (c. 1685 – 26 February 1735), styled The Honourable from 1715, was an Irish politician.

This family tree is partly derived from the Abercorn pedigree pictured in Cokayne. Also see the lists of siblings and children in the text.
Gustavus Hamilton with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.
Claud
1st Ld
Paisley

1546–1621
Margaret
Seton

d. 1616
James
1st Earl
Abercorn

1575–1618
Claud
of
Shawfield

d. 1614
George
of
Greenlaw
& Roscrea

d. bef. 1657
Frederick
1590–1647
Sidney
Vaughan
Christiana
b. c. 1629
Frederick
d. bef. 1646
James of
Manor-
hamilton

d. 1652
Gustavus
1st
Viscount

1642–1723
Elizabeth
Brooke
Frederick
c. 1663 –
1715
Sophia
Hamilton

d. 1748
Gustavus
c. 1685 –
1735
Dorothea
Bellew
Henry
c. 1692 – 1743
Gustavus
2nd
Viscount

1710–1746
Frederick
3rd
Viscount

1710–1746
Richard
4th
Viscount

1724–1789
Georgiana
Bury
Gustavus
5th
Viscount

1749–1816
Martha
Somerville
Legend
XXXGustavus
Hamilton
XXXViscountsBoyne
This family tree is partly derived from the Abercorn pedigree pictured in Cokayne. Also see the lists of siblings and children in the text.
Gustavus Hamilton with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.
Claud
1st Ld
Paisley

1546–1621
Margaret
Seton

d. 1616
James
1st Earl
Abercorn

1575–1618
Claud
of
Shawfield

d. 1614
George
of
Greenlaw
& Roscrea

d. bef. 1657
Frederick
1590–1647
Sidney
Vaughan
Christiana
b. c. 1629
Frederick
d. bef. 1646
James of
Manor-
hamilton

d. 1652
Gustavus
1st
Viscount

1642–1723
Elizabeth
Brooke
Frederick
c. 1663 –
1715
Sophia
Hamilton

d. 1748
Gustavus
c. 1685 –
1735
Dorothea
Bellew
Henry
c. 1692 – 1743
Gustavus
2nd
Viscount

1710–1746
Frederick
3rd
Viscount

1710–1746
Richard
4th
Viscount

1724–1789
Georgiana
Bury
Gustavus
5th
Viscount

1749–1816
Martha
Somerville
Legend
XXXGustavus
Hamilton
XXXViscountsBoyne
This family tree is partly derived from the Abercorn pedigree pictured in Cokayne. Also see the lists of siblings and children in the text.
James
1st Earl
Abercorn

1575–1618
Claud
of
Shawfield

d. 1614
George
of
Greenlaw
& Roscrea

d. bef. 1657
Frederick
1590–1647
Sidney
Vaughan
Christiana
b. c. 1629
Frederick
d. bef. 1646
James of
Manor-
hamilton

d. 1652
Gustavus
1st
Viscount

1642–1723
Elizabeth
Brooke
Frederick
c. 1663 –
1715
Sophia
Hamilton

d. 1748
Gustavus
c. 1685 –
1735
Dorothea
Bellew
Henry
c. 1692 – 1743
Gustavus
2nd
Viscount

1710–1746
Frederick
3rd
Viscount

1710–1746
Richard
4th
Viscount

1724–1789
Georgiana
Bury
Gustavus
5th
Viscount

1749–1816
Martha
Somerville

Gustavus was born about 1685 in Ireland. He was the second son of Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne and his wife Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of Sir Henry Brooke. His younger brother was Henry Hamilton. In 1716, he entered the Irish House of Commons for Donegal County, the same constituency his father and his older brother Frederick had represented before. Hamilton sat as Member of Parliament until his death in 1735.

Marriage

In January 1717, he married Hon. Dorothea Bellew, only daughter of Richard Bellew, 3rd Baron Bellew of Duleek. They had five daughters and two sons. Both sons Frederick and Richard succeeded successively as Viscount Boyne.