Background
Hamilton was the son of John Hamilton of Liverpool and his wife Jessy Kemble.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Hamilton was the son of John Hamilton of Liverpool and his wife Jessy Kemble.
He retired from the volunteers in 1881 with permission to retain his rank. He was a Justice of the Peace for Lancashire and Liverpool City. He held the seat until he stood down at the 1892 general election, when he was created Baronet of Cadogan Square on 21 November 1892.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in 1906.
Hamilton lived at Mayfield, Shooter"s Hill, Kent. He died at the age of 83 when the baronetcy became extinct.
He is buried at Greenwich Cemetery in London.
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He was a Director of the North Wales Taper Company and of McCorquodale & Company He was a member of Liverpool Corporation for nine years and was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 8th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers.
Hamilton was elected Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Rotherhithe in 1885.