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Lord George Francis Hamilton, GCSI
Order of the Star of India

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Victoria of the United Kingdom in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:...
 (17 December 1845 – 22 September 1927) was a British Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Hamilton was Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 for Middlesex
Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency)

Middlesex is a former United Kingdom Parliament of the United Kingdom constituency. It was a United Kingdom constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885....
 (1868-85) and for Ealing
Ealing (UK Parliament constituency)

Ealing was a United Kingdom constituencies centred on the Ealing district of West London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system....
 (1885-1906). He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Rifle Brigade and Coldstream Guards
Coldstream Guards

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 and received the degree of honorary LLD
Doctor of Laws

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 from Glasgow University and of honorary DCL
Doctor of Civil Law

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 from Oxford University.






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Lord George Francis Hamilton, GCSI
Order of the Star of India

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Victoria of the United Kingdom in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:...
 (17 December 1845 – 22 September 1927) was a British Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Hamilton was Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 for Middlesex
Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency)

Middlesex is a former United Kingdom Parliament of the United Kingdom constituency. It was a United Kingdom constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885....
 (1868-85) and for Ealing
Ealing (UK Parliament constituency)

Ealing was a United Kingdom constituencies centred on the Ealing district of West London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system....
 (1885-1906). He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Rifle Brigade and Coldstream Guards
Coldstream Guards

Her Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, also known officially as the Coldstream Guards , is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division or Household Division....
 and received the degree of honorary LLD
Doctor of Laws

Doctor of Laws is a doctorate-level academic degree in law. What follows is a country-by-country analysis of earned doctorates in law, which are the most analogous to the concept of the LL.D....
 from Glasgow University and of honorary DCL
Doctor of Civil Law

Some universities, such as the University of Oxford, award Doctor of Civil Law degrees instead of Doctor of Laws degrees.At Oxford, the degree of Doctor of Civil Law by Diploma is customarily conferred on foreign Heads of State, as well as on the Chancellor of the University....
 from Oxford University. He was Justice of Peace in Middlesex and Westminster. He was invested as Privy Counsellor
Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British monarchy. Its members are largely senior politicians, who were or are members of either the House of Commons of the United Kingdom or House of Lords....
 in 1878 and as GCSI
Order of the Star of India

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Victoria of the United Kingdom in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:...
 in 1903.

Hamilton served as Under-Secretary of State for India
Under-Secretary of State for India

This is a list of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the India Office during the British India between 1866 and 1948, and for Burma from 1858-1948....
 (1874-78) and Vice-President of the Committee on Education (1878-80). He served also as First Lord of the Admiralty in the first two governments of Lord Salisbury (1885-1886; 1886-1892). In 1894 he was elected as Chairman of the London School Board
London School Board

The School Board for London was an institution of local government and the first directly elected body covering the whole of London.The Elementary Education Act 1870 was the first to provide for education for the whole population of England and Wales....
, standing down after one year when the Unionists won the general election and he became Secretary of State for India
Secretary of State for India

File:John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn - Project Gutenberg eText 17976.jpgThe office of Secretary of State for India, or India Secretary, was created in 1858 when Company rule in India ended and British India was brought under direct British administration ....
 under Salisbury and Balfour
Arthur Balfour

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, Order of the Garter, Order of Merit , Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician and statesman....
 (1895-1903). He was Captain of Deal Castle (1899-1923) and Major of Deal
Deal, Kent

Deal is a town in Kent, England. It lies on the English Channel eight miles north-east of Dover, England. It is a small fishing community situated between Dover and Ramsgate....
 (1909).

In 1916 he was part of the Mesopotamia Commission of Inquiry
Special Commissions (Dardanelles and Mesopotamia) Act 1916

The Special Commissions Act 1916 was set up to investigate the World War I operations in the Battle of Gallipoli and the Mesopotamian campaign....


Family and children

A son of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom Conservative Party nobleman and statesman who twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland....
 and Lady Louisa Jane Russell, in 1871 Hamilton married Lady Maud Caroline Lascelles (1846–1938), daughter of Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood
Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood

Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood , known as Viscount Lascelles from 1820 to 1841, was an British peerage and Member of Parliament.Harewood was the second son of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood, and Henrietta Sebright....
 (1797–1857) and Lady Louisa Thynne (d. 1859, daughter of the 2nd Marquess of Bath
Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath

Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath Order of the Garter was the son of Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath. He was styled Viscount Weymouth from 1789 until acceding to the marquessate in 1796....
). They had three sons:
  • Ronald James Hamilton, OBE
    Order of the British Empire

    The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
     (1872–1958), who fought in the First World War, was wounded and in 1919 invested as O.B.E. He was awarded with the decoration of the Order of the Crown of Belgium. He served as First Secretary in the Diplomatic Service
    Diplomatic service

    Diplomatic service is the body of diplomats and foreign policy officers maintained by the government of a country to communicate with the governments of other countries....
    . In 1915 he married Florence Marguerite (Sarah Brooke) Hanna (d. 1959). They had one daughter:
    • Maud Sarah Hamilton (1917–1995). In 1939 she married Squadron Leader Count Manfred Maria Edmund Ralph Beckett Czernin von und zu Chudenitz
      Czernin von und zu Chudenitz

      The Czernin family is one of the oldest and most important dynasties originating in Bohemia, part of the present-day Czech Republic....
      , DFC
      Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)

      The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and other British Armed Forces, and formerly to officers of other Commonwealth of Nations countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy"....
      , DSO
      Distinguished Service Order

      The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth of Nations countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat....
      , MC
      Military Cross

      The Military Cross is the third level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Army and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth of Nations countries....
      , RAF
      Royal Air Force

      The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts....
       (1913–1962), With him she had one son and one daughter.
  • Major Anthony George Hamilton (1874–1936), who fought in the First World War and gained the rank of Major in the service of the East Kent Regiment. He died unmarried and without issue.
  • Vice-Admiral Robert Cecil Hamilton (1882–1947), who fought in the First World War. In 1911 he married Edith Maud Paley (d. 1967), daughter of the barrister Algernon Herbert Paley.


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