Lord Claud Hamilton (1843–1925)

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"Bridegroom". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1878.

Rt. Hon. Lord Claud John Hamilton Template:Post-nominals (20 February 1843 – 26 January 1925) was a British aristocrat, Member of Parliament (MP), and a noted railway director during the Victorian era.[1]

Early life

Lord Claud was born at the Priory in Stanmore, Middlesex,[2] the second son of James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn (later the 1st Duke of Abercorn) and his wife Lady Louisa Jane Russell, daughter of 6th Duke of Bedford.

He was educated at Harrow School.[3]

Careers

Before turning to political life, Hamilton served in the British Army.[4] He purchased a commission as Ensign & Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards on 27 May 1862, [5] buying his promotion to Lieutenant & Captain on 8 August 1865,[6] before retiring by sale of his commission on 8 June 1867.[7]

On 10 July 1867 he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the part-time Prince of Wales's Own Donegal Militia (later the 5th (Donegal Militia) Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers) in succession to his uncle, Lord Claud Hamilton (1813–1884). He was appointed Honorary Colonel of the battalion on 17 January 1891, in succession to his elder brother James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn.[8]

In 1865, he became Conservative MP for Londonderry City until 1868 when he was appointed a Lord of the Treasury in Benjamin Disraeli's first ministry. In 1869, he became MP for King's Lynn until 1880,[9] for Liverpool from 1880 to 1885, for Liverpool West Derby from 1885 until he resigned his seat in 1888,[10] and for Kensington South from January 1910 to 1918.[10]

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Great Eastern Railway

However his principal contribution to British public life was as a director of the Great Eastern Railway (GER) from 1872, becoming vice-chairman in 1874, and chairman in 1893, continuing as chairman until 1922. The GER operated from London's Liverpool Street station to major eastern towns and cities including Cambridge, Norwich, Ipswich, Chelmsford, and Colchester. Hamilton travelled the network extensively. "He devoted the main energies of his life to the company, constantly travelling over the system, observing its conduct and operation".[4] The shares of the company (which had been bankrupt in 1866) rose from 76, shortly after he became a director, to par in 1896, and the dividend to 6% in 1901.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In 1900, the Great Eastern Railway named the first of its new class of 4-4-0 express passenger locomotives (designed by James Holden and designated GER Classes S46, D56 and H88 ) after its chairman, and the whole class came to be known as the "Claud Hamilton" type. [11]

Personal life

On 20 July 1878, Lord Claud married Carolina Chandos-Pole (1857–1911), a daughter of Edward Sacheverell Chandos-Pole and Lady Anna Caroline Stanhope (daughter of the 5th Earl of Harrington). Together, they had two children:[1]

  • Gilbert Claud Hamilton (1879–1943), who fought in the Second Boer War; he married Enid Awa Elgar, daughter of Charles Elgar of Fernside, New Zealand, in 1911. After her death in 1916, he married Mary Blair, a daughter of Joseph Allan Blair of New York City, in 1916.
  • Ida Hamilton (1883–1970), who married Hugh Duncombe Flower in 1909. They divorced in 1923.
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Richmond cemetery

Hamilton underwent major surgery in November 1924. He died at his London home at 28 Cambridge Square, on 26 January 1925.[12] He was buried in Richmond Cemetery.[13] He was 81 years of age.

Legacy

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Ancestry

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References

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  5. ↑ London Gazette, 27 May 1862.
  6. ↑ London Gazette, 8 August 1865.
  7. ↑ London Gazette, 11 June 1867.
  8. ↑ Army List, various dates.
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See also

History of the associated clubs of the Apprentice Boys of Derry

External links

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