Gustavus Hamilton, 2nd Viscount Boyne PC (Ire)

Privy Council of Ireland

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 (1710 – 18 April 1746) was an Irish

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 peer and politician.

He was the oldest son of Hon. Frederick Hamilton

Frederick Hamilton (Donegal politician)

The Honourable Frederick Hamilton , was an Irish politician.He was the oldest son of Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne and his wife Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of Sir Henry Brooke. His younger brothers were Gustavus Hamilton and Henry Hamilton...

, oldest son of Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne

Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne

Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne PC was an Irish peer, soldier and politician.-Background:He 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...

, and his wife Sophia Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton. His uncles were Gustavus Hamilton

Gustavus Hamilton (politician)

Gustavus Hamilton , styled The Honourable from 1715, was an Irish politician.He was the second son of Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne and his wife Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of Sir Henry Brooke. His younger brother was Henry Hamilton...

 and Henry Hamilton

Henry Hamilton (politician)

Henry Hamilton , styled The Honourable from 1715, was an Irish politician.He was the youngest son of Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne and his wife Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of Sir Henry Brooke. In 1725, he entered the Irish House of Commons for St Johnstown , a seat he held until 1727...

. After his father's death in 1715, he was taken to London by his mother and was educated at Westminster School

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. In 1723, he succeeded his grandfather as viscount, and in 1736, he was sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland

Privy Council of Ireland

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. In the latter year, he entered the British House of Commons

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 for Newport (Isle of Wight)

Newport (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and sat as Member of Parliament

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 for the constituency until 1741. In 1737, he was appointed a Commissioner of the Irish Revenue and held this post until his death in 1746.

Boyne died unmarried and was buried at Stackallen. His cousin Frederick Hamilton succeeded to the viscountcy.