Hamilton, William (London) 1

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Dates 1700s
Location London
Vocation Lawyer
Place of Birth Scotland
Marriage Helen Hay
Issue Robert and the Right Hon. William Gerard Hamilton
Place of birth Source J.B. Paul, The Scots Peerage: A History of the Noble Families of Scotland, 9 vols (Edinburgh, 1904-1914), ii, 49-50

Migrated to London and called to the English bar. Became a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn. Died 1754. According to J.B. Paul, Horace Walpole wrote of Hamilton that he was 'the first Scot who ever pleaded at the English bar, and, as it was said of him, should have been the last.'