Gustaf Wathier Hamilton was a Swedish count

Count

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, jurist

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 and official

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. His father was Adolf Ludvig Hamilton

Adolf Ludvig Hamilton

Adolf Ludvig Hamilton was a Swedish count and politician. His father was Count Gustav David Hamilton. He was one of the leaders of the opposition of the nobility against King Gustav III of Sweden in 1789...

 and his mother was Eva Kristina de Besche.

Only 18 years old he got a degree in law from Uppsala University

Uppsala University

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 and became a student teacher at Svea Court of Appeal

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 in Stockholm

Stockholm

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. His performance led to a quick career progression and in 1808 he became secretary of state

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 at the Interior Ministry of the King in Council

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. In 1826 he became County Governor

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 of Östergötland County

Östergötland County

Östergötland County is a county or län in southeastern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Västra Götaland to the west, Örebro to the northwest, Södermanland to the northeast, and the Baltic Sea to the east.Östergötland County has a population of...

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He was elected into many important committees and was the chairman of the 1830 and 1835 national audits. He married Maria Helena von Strokirch in 1810 and countess Hedvig Carolina Beata Hamilton in 1831. He died in 1835.

He was the father of Henning Hamilton

Henning Hamilton

Henning Ludvig Hugo Hamilton, born January 16 1814 in Stockholm, Sweden, deceased January 15 1886 in Amélie-les-Bains, France, was a Swedish count, politician, government official and author. His father was Gustaf Wathier Hamilton...

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