Sir Hans Hamilton, 1st Baronet

Sir Hans Hamilton, 1st Baronet (died 1682) was an Anglo-Irish politician.

Hamilton was the Member of Parliament for County Armagh in the Irish House of Commons between 1661 and 1666. He was knighted in 1661 and on 6 April 1662 he was created a baronet, of Monilla in the Baronetage of Ireland.[1] In 1673 he was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland. Hamilton was Custos Rotulorum of County Armagh. His title became extinct on his death.

Escutcheon of the Hamilton baronets of Monilla[2]

He married Magdalene, daughter of Sir Edward Trevor, and had one daughter, Sarah, who married Sir Robert Hamilton, 1st Baronet. Hamilton was the nephew of James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye.

  1. ^ National Library of Scotland, Hamilton Manuscripts, p.162. (Retrieved 31 October 2022).
  2. ^ Rietstap, J. B. (1965). Armorial général, précédé d'un dictionnaire des termes du blason. Vol. I. London: Heraldry Today. pp. 789 and 780. ISBN 0900455187.