George Hamilton (canon)
Hon. George Hamilton MA (11 August 1718 - 26 November 1787) was a Canon of Windsor from 1783-1787.[1]
Family
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 Oct 1782)
- Anne Hamilton (6 Oct 1755 - 18 Dec 1795)
- Mary Hamilton (b. 26 Nov 1756)
- Harriot Hamilton (11 Jan 1760 - 15 Mar 1788)
- Catherine Hamilton (b. 7 Jun 1763)
- Elizabeth Hamilton (5 Jun 1765 - 1843)
- Rachel Hamilton (b. 17 Oct 1766)
- Jane Hamilton (26 Feb 1768 - 1831)
- Lady Cecil Hamilton (15 Mar 1770 - 19 Jun 1819)
- Isabella Hamilton (b. 28 Sep 1772)
Career
He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and graduated BA in 1740, and Merton College, Oxford and graduated MA in 1742.
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
- ↑ 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.
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