| 词条 | Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne |
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Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne PC (Ire) (1642 – 16 September 1723)[1] was an Irish peer, soldier and politician. BackgroundHe was the third son of Hon. Frederick Hamilton, fifth and youngest son of the 1st Lord Paisley, and his wife Sidney Vaughan, daughter of Sir John Vaughan.[2] Hamilton was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and was awarded the degree of a Doctor of Civil Law in 1677.[3] CareerHamilton was captain in the English Army and was sworn of the Privy Council of England on the accession of King James II of England in 1685.[2] Shortly after this he quit his service and therefore was attained.[2] In the Glorious Revolution, he was appointed colonel of the 20th Foot by William of Orange in 1689 and fought with his regiment in the Siege of Derry and then in the Storming of Athlone, becoming the town's governor.[2] In the Battle of the Boyne in the following year, his horse was shot under him and he almost killed.[2] He was promoted to brigadier-general in 1696[2] and major-general in 1704.[4] Boyne served as Vice-Admiral of Ulster from 1691 until 1710 and again from 1716 until his death in 1723.[5] From 1692 to 1713, Hamilton sat in the Irish House of Commons for Donegal County.[6] Subsequently he was returned for Strabane until 1715,[6] when he was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Hamilton of Stackallan, in the County of Meath.[7] On 20 August 1717, Hamilton was further honoured, when he was created Viscount Boyne, in the Province of Leinster, also in the Irish Peerage.[8] In 1710, he was invested to the Privy Council of Ireland.[9] FamilyHe married Elizabeth Brooke, second daughter of Sir Henry Brooke.[16] They had three sons and a daughter.[3] Hamilton died and was buried at Stackallen in County Meath.[3] His oldest son Frederick having predeceased him in 1715, Hamilton was succeeded in his titles by his grandson Gustavus.[10] Hamilton's second son Gustavus, the father of the 3rd Viscount Boyne and 4th Viscount Boyne, represented Donegal County as well as Boyne's third son Henry.[11] References1. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersB4.htm | title = Leigh Rayment - Peerage | accessdate =26 April 2009 }} {{s-start}}{{s-par|ie}}{{s-bef| before = Unknown }}{{s-ttl| title = Member of Parliament for Donegal County2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite book | last = Lodge | first = John | editor = Mervyn Archdall | title = The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom | volume = vol. V | location = Dublin | publisher = James Moore | year = 1789 | pages = 173–180 }} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web | url = http://thepeerage.com/p11036.htm#i110351 | title = ThePeerage - Lt-Gen Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne | accessdate =26 April 2009 }} 4. ^{{cite book | last = Haydn | first = Joseph | title = The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire | publisher = Longman, Brown, Green and Longman's | location = London | year = 1851 | pages = 333 }} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.history.ac.uk/office/viceadmirals.html#ff |title=Institute of Historical Research - Vice Admirals of the Coasts from 1660 |accessdate=26 April 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930074043/http://www.history.ac.uk/office/viceadmirals.html |archivedate=30 September 2007 }} 6. ^1 {{cite web | url = http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm | title = Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800 | accessdate =26 April 2009 }} 7. ^{{ London Gazette | issue = 5368 |page=2 | date = 27 September 1715 }} 8. ^{{ London Gazette | issue = 5561 |page=1 | date = 3 August 1717 }} 9. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.leighrayment.com/pcouncil/pcouncilI.htm | title = Leigh Rayment - Privy Council of Ireland | accessdate =26 April 2009 }} 10. ^1 {{cite book | last = Debrett | first = John | publisher = G. Woodfall | edition = 17th | title = Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | volume = vol. II | year = 1828 | location = London | pages = 765 }} 11. ^{{cite book | last = Burke | first = John | title = A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire | publisher = Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley | location = London | volume = vol. I | edition = 4th | year = 1832 | pages = 136 }} | with = Charles Hamilton 1692–1695 | with2 = Henry Conyngham 1695–1707 | with3 = Frederick Hamilton 1707–1713 | years = 1692–1713 }}{{s-aft| after = Frederick Hamilton | after2=Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt }}{{s-bef| before = James Topham | before2 = Oliver McCausland }}{{s-ttl| title = Member of Parliament for Strabane | with = Oliver McCausland | years = 1713–1715 }}{{s-aft| after = Richard Stewart | after2=Oliver McCausland }}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef| before = Sir Richard Peyton}}{{s-ttl| title = Colonel of Gustavus Hamilton's Regiment of Foot | years = 1689–1706}}{{s-aft| after = John Newton}}{{s-hon}}{{s-bef| before = Unknown }}{{s-ttl| title = Vice-Admiral of Ulster | years = 1691–1710 }}{{s-aft| after = Frederick Hamilton }}{{s-bef| before = Frederick Hamilton }}{{s-ttl| title = Vice-Admiral of Ulster | years = 1716–1723 }}{{s-aft| after = Henry Conyngham }}{{s-reg|ie}}{{s-new| rows = 2 |creation}}{{s-ttl| title = Viscount Boyne | years = 1717–1723 }}{{s-aft| rows = 2 | after = Gustavus Hamilton }}{{s-ttl| title = Baron Hamilton of Stackallan | years = 1715–1723 }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Boyne, Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount}} 16 : 1642 births|1723 deaths|Alumni of Trinity College Dublin|Irish MPs 1692–93|Irish MPs 1695–99|Irish MPs 1703–13|Irish MPs 1713–14|Members of the Privy Council of England|Members of the Privy Council of Ireland|Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland|Peers of Ireland created by George I|English army officers|Lancashire Fusiliers officers|Williamite military personnel of the Williamite War in Ireland|Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies|Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Tyrone constituencies |
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