Edward James Hamilton

The Venerable Edward James Hamilton (1819–1896) was a cleric in the Church of Ireland.

Biography He was born in 1819, the son of the Reverend Richard Hamilton and Catherine Tipping.

He became Archdeacon of Derry in 1873. In 1874 he was a member of the committee formed to ensure return of Edward J. Gibson (Conservative) as MP for the Dublin University seat.

He was the main landowner in the townland of Cornonagh/Cornoonagh in the early part of the 19th century. During the famine, the Hamilton family contributed virtually nothing to the relief of their tenants suffering from the potato blight.

Personal life and legacy

In 1844, Hamilton married Georgiana Susannah Hart, daughter of General George Vaughan Hart and Charlotte Ellerker.

He died in 1896.

In 1896, a memorial window was installed to him in Derry Cathedral.