Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet
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Sir (Collingwood) George Clements Hamilton, 1st Baronet (1 November 1877 – 12 January 1947) was an English electrical engineer and Conservative Party politician.[1]
Born in Northumberland,[2] he was the son of a prominent Church of England cleric, the Venerable George Hans Hamilton, Archdeacon of Lindisfarne then Northumberland, Canon of Durham and his wife Lady Louisa Hamilton.[1]
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Early career and family
Following education at Aysgarth School and Charterhouse School, he was apprenticed to the firm of Scott & Mountain Ltd, a Newcastle-based electrical and general engineering company. He represented the company in various countries including India, Bulgaria, Greece, Russia and Egypt.[1] He subsequently became the managing director of the Manchester branch of Drake & Gorham, electrical engineers.[3]
He married Eleanor Simon of Didsbury in 1906, and they had one son and one daughter.[1]
War service
During World War I he was commissioned as an officer in the Queen's Westminster Rifles, the 16th Battalion of the London Regiment, rising to the rank of major.[1] In October 1916 he was transferred to the General List.[4] He was appointed Director of Enrolment National Service in 1917 and Controller of Contract Claims at the Ministry of Munitions in 1918.[1][5]
Political career
In 1913 he won a by-election and was elected to the Commons as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Altrincham. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Pensions from 1919–20.[1] He held the seat until 1923. He returned to parliament at another by-election at Ilford in 1928. He resigned from the House of Commons in 1937.
He was knighted in 1922,[5] and made a baronet in 1937 "for political and public services".[6]
Later life
Hamilton moved to Cransford Hall, near Saxmundham in Suffolk. He became a member of East Suffolk County Council, and was chairman of two companies: the Expanded Metal Company and the National Group of Fixed Trusts.[1]
He died at Cransford in January 1947, aged 69.[3][7]
References
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- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets [self-published source][better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs [self-published source][better source needed]
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- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29847. p. 11836. 1 December 1916.
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- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 234936. p. 3075. 11 May 1937.
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External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir George Hamilton
- Portraits of Sir (Collingwood) George Clements Hamilton, 1st Bt at the National Portrait Gallery, London
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Altrincham 1913–1923 |
Succeeded by Robert Alstead |
Preceded by
Sir Fredric Wise
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Member of Parliament for Ilford 1928–1937 |
Succeeded by Geoffrey Hutchinson |
Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
New creation | Baronet of Ilford, Essex 1937–1947 |
Succeeded by Patrick George Hamilton |
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