Alexander Hamilton, 10th Lord Belhaven and Stenton
The Lord Belhaven and Stenton | |
|---|---|
| Scottish representative peer | |
| In office 5 October 1900 – 31 October 1920 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alexander Charles Hamilton 3 July 1840 |
| Died | 30 October 1920 (aged 80) Wishaw House, Wishaw, Scotland |
| Political party | Liberal Unionist |
| Spouse |
Georgiana Katharine Richmond
(after 1880) |
| Relations | Henry Dillon, 13th Viscount Dillon (grandfather) |
| Children | Ralph Gerard Alexander Hamilton |
| Parent(s) | William Hamilton Hon. Margaret Frances Florence Dillon |
Colonel Alexander Charles Hamilton, 10th Lord Belhaven and Stenton, TD DL JP FRGS (3 July 1840 – 31 October 1920) was a Scottish Liberal Unionist representative peer and a soldier.
Early life
[edit]Hamilton was born on 3 July 1840. He was the son of geologist William Hamilton, MP for Newport, Isle of Wight and, his second wife, Hon. Margaret Frances Florence Dillon (a daughter of Henry Dillon, 13th Viscount Dillon). Among his siblings was Archibald William Hamilton, father of Robert Hamilton.[1]
His paternal grandfather was William Richard Hamilton, the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, who was a son of the Ven. Anthony Hamilton, Archdeacon of Colchester (son of Alexander Hamilton, younger son of William Hamilton, 3rd of Wishaw).[1]
Career
[edit]He was a Colonel in the Royal Engineers and fought in the Zulu War in 1879. From 1888 to 1902, he was Brigadier of the Surrey Volunteer Infantry Brigade and was awarded the Territorial Decoration. He was appointed Fellow, Royal Geographical Society.[1]
On 6 September 1893, he succeeded his kinsman Alexander Charles Hamilton, as the 10th Lord Belhaven and Stenton. In July 1894 his title of Lord Belhaven and Stenton was confirmed in his favour by the House of Lords. He served as a Justice of the Peace and the Deputy Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. From 1900 until his death in 1920, he served as a Scottish representative peer.[1]
Personal life
[edit]On 7 July 1880, he married Georgiana Katharine Richmond (1850–1932), a daughter of Legh Serle Richmond (son of the Rev. Legh Richmond) and the former Charlotte Georgiana Grimshawe (a daughter of Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshawe). Together, they were the parents of one child:[1]
- Ralph Gerard Alexander Hamilton, Master of Belhaven (1883–1918), who was killed during the Battle of Amiens; he married Lady Grizel Winifred Louisa Cochrane, daughter of Lt.-Gen. Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald.[2]
Lord Belhaven and Stenton died at his country seat, Wishaw House, on 31 October 1920.[3] As his son predeceased him without issue, he was succeeded by his nephew Robert, who legally changed his name to Udny-Hamilton in 1934.[4][2] His widow died on 26 September 1932.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 95.
- ^ a b "FUNERALS. | LORD BELHAVEN AND STENTON". The Times. 9 November 1920. p. 15. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "LORD BELHAVEN DEAD FORMERLY COMMANDED THE SURREY VOLUNTEER BRIGADE". Evening Standard. 1 November 1920. p. 3. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Death of Scots peer", Evening Telegraph and Post, no. 23065, p. 7, 27 October 1950 – via British Newspaper Archive