About Lord Archibald Hamilton
Lived 1770 – 1827 (aged 57). Lord Archibald Hamilton was a British politician.
Lord Archibald Hamilton (17 March 1769 – 28 August 1827) was a Scottish politician.
Born in 1769 to Lady Harriet Stewart, and her husband, Lord Archibald Douglas-Hamilton, Hamilton matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 23 April 1788. He received his BA in 1792 and his MA in 1795. On 14 October 1790, he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn, and called to the bar in 1799.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Lanarkshire in 1802.
He served as MP for 26 years, opposing the governments of Addington and Pitt, and was an advocate of Burgh reform, something that would occur 8 years after his death with the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1833
Hamilton was also Colonel of the Lanarkshire Militia and Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow in 1811.
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Who was Lord Archibald Hamilton?
British politician (1769-1827)
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Lord Archibald Hamilton was born on 6 March 1770.
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Lord Archibald Hamilton died on 28 August 1827.
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Lord Archibald Hamilton was a politician.
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Lord Archibald Hamilton was British.
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