George Hamilton (canon)
Hon. George Hamilton MA (11 August 1718 – 26 November 1787) was a Canon of Windsor from 1783 to 1787.[1]
Family
[edit]He was the third surviving son on James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn and Anne Plumer.
He married Elizabeth Onslow, daughter of Lt.-Gen. Richard Onslow and Pooley Walton, and they had the following children[2]
- George Hamilton (d. 11 October 1782)
- Anne Hamilton (6 October 1755 – 18 December 1795)
- Mary Hamilton (b. 26 November 1756)
- Harriot Hamilton (11 January 1760 – 15 March 1788)
- Catherine Hamilton (b. 7 Jun 1763)
- Elizabeth Hamilton (5 June 1765 – 1843), married Glynn Wynn on 13 November 1793, without issue
- Rachel Hamilton (b. 17 Oct 1766)
- Jane Hamilton (26 Feb 1768 – 1831)
- Lady Cecil Hamilton (15 Mar 1770 – 19 Jun 1819), married John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn
- Isabella Hamilton (28 Sep 1772 – 19 December 1852), married Lord George Seymour
Career
[edit]He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 19 March 1735/6 and received a BA on 5 February 1739/40. He then entered Merton College, Oxford and graduated MA in 1742.[3]
He was appointed:
- Prebendary of Woodford and Wilsford in Salisbury Cathedral 1756
- Vicar of St Michael's Church, Bray 1759 - 1787
- Rector of Taplow
He was appointed to the fifth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1783, a position he held until he died in 1787.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
- ^ The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom... G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden. (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Volume I, p 7.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.