Hamilton, George

Dates	c.1712-1737
Location	London, Buckinghamshire
Vocation	Army officer
Place of Birth	Hamilton Palace, Lanarkshire
Marriage	Elizabeth Villiers
Issue	Anne, Frances, Harriet
Place of birth		Source	Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; J.B. Paul, The Scots Peerage: A History of the Noble Families of Scotland, 9 vols (Edinburgh, 1904-1914), vi, 580

First Earl of Orkney; First commission was as captain of the Royal Scots, 1st regiment of the foot. Made colonel of 7th foot (1629), then made colonel of Royal Scots (a position Hamilton held for 4 decades). Wounded at the siege of Namur and promoted to brigadier-general (1695). Hamilton was ennobled the following year. Achieved rank of major-general (1702) and lieutenant-general (1704). Ceased from active military service in 1712. Spent most of his time living in England, between his house in London and country estate at Cliveden, near Taplow, Buckinghamshire. Hamilton died at his London house in Albemarle Street and was buried at Cliveden (1737).