George Hamilton

Hon. George Hamilton MA (11 August 1718 - 26 November 1787) was a Canon of Windsor from 1783-1787.

Family

He was the third surviving son on James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn and Anne Plumer.

He married Elizabeth Onslow, daughter of Lt.-Gen. Richard Onslow and Pooley Walton, and they had the following children

• George Hamilton (d. 11 October 1782)
• Anne Hamilton (6 October 1755 – 18 December 1795)
• Mary Hamilton (b. 26 November 1756)
• Harriot Hamilton (11 January 1760 – 15 March 1788)
• Catherine Hamilton (b. 7 Jun 1763)
• Elizabeth Hamilton (5 June 1765 – 1843), married Glynn Wynn on 13 November 1793, without issue
• Rachel Hamilton (b. 17 Oct 1766)
• Jane Hamilton (26 Feb 1768 – 1831)
• Lady Cecil Hamilton (15 Mar 1770 – 19 Jun 1819)
• Isabella Hamilton (28 Sep 1772 – 19 December 1852), married Lord George Seymour

• The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom... G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden. (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Volume I, p 7.

Career

He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and graduated BA in 1740, and Merton College, Oxford and graduated MA in 1742.

He was appointed:

• Prebendary of Woodford and Wilsford in Salisbury Cathedral 1756
• Vicar of St Michael's Church, Bray 1759 - 1787
• Rector of Taplow

He was appointed to the fifth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1783, a position he held until he died in 1787.