Sir Archibald Hamilton, 5th Baronet

For other people named Archibald Hamilton, see Archibald Hamilton (disambiguation).

Sir Charles Edward Archibald Watkin Hamilton,[1][2] 5th and 3rd Baronet (10 December 1876 – 18 March 1939), known from 1923 as Sir Abdullah Hamilton, was a British aristocrat and convert to Islam.[3][4][5]

He was the son of Sir Edward Archibald Hamilton, 4th Baronet of Trebishun, Breconshire and 2nd Baronet of Marlborough House, Hampshire (1843–1915) and his wife Mary Elizabeth Gill. He inherited both baronetcies upon the death of his father in 1915.[3] He was also a descendant of William Hamilton, one of the five Kentish Petitioners of 1701,[3][6][7] great-grandson of Admiral Sir Edward Joseph Hamilton, 1st Baronet Hamilton of Marlborough House, direct descendant of the Duke of Abercorn and also Lord Hamilton who married Princess Mary Stewart of Scotland, daughter of James II of Scotland.[3] He served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Defence Corps and was at one time President of the Selsey (Sussex) Conservative Association, and also later a member of Sir Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists for a brief period during the 1930s.[8][9]

  1. ^ Islam- The Final Choice, Bazr Azimabadi, Adam Publishers and Distributors, 2006, p. 52
  2. ^ The Islamic Review, vol. 12, Khwajah Kamal al-Din, 1924, p. 41
  3. ^ a b c d Some converts from 'The Islamic Review', Woking
  4. ^ Articles Archived 16 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Conversion: Islam, the growing religion". Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
  6. ^ Noble, Mark and Granger, James. A Biographical History of England, from the Revolution to the End of George I's Reign. 1806. pp. 211–213.
  7. ^ Polhill Family History Page Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Nostalgia: Selsey's Muslim baronet - Bognor Regis Observer". Archived from the original on 13 November 2017.
  9. ^ Blackshirts on-Sea: A Pictorial History of the Mosley Summer Camps 1933–1939 J.A. Booker (Brockingday Publications 1999)