Frederick Hamilton

The Right Honourable Frederick Hamilton ( – 1715) was an Irish politician who represented County Donegal in three Irish parliaments. He was also heir apparent to his father, Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne. He predeceased him but his son succeeded as the 3rd viscount. Birth and origins Frederick was born before 1686 in Ireland. He was the eldest son of Gustavus Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Brooke. His father would in 1715 be ennobled as Baron Stackallan and in 1717 advanced to Viscount Boyne. His father's family was a Protestant cadet branch of the House of Hamilton. Frederick's mother was the eldest daughter of Sir Henry Brooke by his second wife, Anne St George. Brooke was knight of Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, and governor of Donegal Castle. Frederick had two brothers and one sister, who are listed in his father's article.