Background
He was the second son of Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne and his wife Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of Sir Henry Brooke.
He was the second son of Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne and his wife Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of Sir Henry Brooke.
Dorothea Bellew, only daughter of Richard Bellew, 3rd Baron Bellew of Duleek. Both sons Frederick and Richard succeeded successively as Viscount Boyne.
Hamilton sat as Member of Parliament until his death in 1735.