Sackville Hamilton

Sackville Hamilton PC (Ire) (14 March 1732 – 29 January 1818) His younger brother was Henry Hamilton, who served as royal Governor of Bermuda and Dominica.

His uncles were Frederick Hamilton and Gustavus Hamilton. His grandfather was Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne, his great-grandfather was Sir Frederick Hamilton, and his great-great grandfather was Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley.

Career Hamilton entered the Irish House of Commons for St Johnstown (County Longford) in 1780 and sat for the constituency until 1783.

In 1780, Hamilton was appointed Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1796, he was sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland.

Personal life He married Arabella Berkeley, daughter of Reverend Dr. Robert Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne. Together, they were the parents of a son: Rev. Sackville Robert Hamilton (d. 1853), the Rector at Mallow who married Jane Freeman, daughter of Edward Deane Freeman, High Sheriff of County Cork.