About Edwin Henry Staples Hamilton
Lived 1885 – 1964 (aged 78). Edwin Henry Staples Hamilton was a New Zealand politician.
Edwin Henry Staples Hamilton (29 November 1885 – 26 October 1964) of Christchurch was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council in 1950 as part of the "suicide squad". He was an accountant and sharebroker.
Biography Hamilton was born on 29 November 1885 in Leeston, New Zealand. His father was Staples Hamilton, a canon. He received his education in Hokitika, Geraldine, and at Christ's College in Christchurch. He married Sybil Jameson (1892–1981) in 1913; she was a granddaughter of James Jameson.
In 1953, Hamilton was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.
Hamilton died on 26 October 1964 in Christchurch. He was cremated at the Harewood crematorium. He was survived by his wife and their five children, the eldest of whom was Margaret Munro.
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