Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet, of Donalong

George Hamilton
Baronet of Donalong and Nenagh
Tenure1660–1679
SuccessorJames Hamilton
Bornc. 1608
Died1679
Spouse(s)Mary Butler
Issue
Detail
James, George, Anthony, Richard, John, Elizabeth, & others
FatherJames, 1st Earl of Abercorn
MotherMarion Boyd

Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet of Donalong and Nenagh (c. 1608 – 1679), was born in Scotland, but inherited land in Ireland. Despite being Catholic, he served his Protestant brother-in-law, the 1st Duke of Ormond, lord lieutenant of Ireland, in diplomatic missions during the Confederate Wars and as receiver-general of the royalists. He also defended Nenagh Castle against the Parliamentarians during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Hamilton was father of Anthony, author of the Mémoires du Comte de Grammont, of Richard, Jacobite general, and of Elizabeth, "la belle Hamilton".

Family tree
George Hamilton with wife, parents, and other selected relatives. He was sometimes confused with his uncle of Greenlaw.[a]
Claud
1st Ld
Paisley

1546–1621
Margaret
Seton

d. 1616
James
1st Earl

1575–1618
Marion
Boyd

d. 1632
Recusant
George
of Greenlaw
& Roscrea

d. bef. 1657
Mary
Butler
James
2nd Earl

d.c. 1670
Claud
2nd Baron
Hamilton
of Strabane

d. 1638
George
1st Bt.
Donalong

c. 1608 – 1679
Mary
Butler

d. 1680
James
c. 1630 – 1673
Courtier
George
d. 1676
Soldier
Anthony
c. 1645 – 1719
Writer
Richard
c. 1649 – 1717
Soldier
James
6th Earl

c. 1661 – 1734
Legend
XXXGeorge
Hamilton
XXXEarls of
Abercorn


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