Person:William Hamilton (154)

William Stirling HAMILTON (1788-1856). William Hamilton married Janet Marshall 31mar1829 at Edinburgh (IGI). Sir William Hamilton, Bart., married Janet, only daughter of late Hubert Marshall, at N. Woodside 31mar1829 (Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, jun1829). Sir William Hamilton d. 6may1856 at 16 Gt King St., Edinburgh; his younger brother was Thomas Hamilton, author of “Cyril Thornton” (Glasgow Herald). William was chr with middle name Stirling but he chose to omit it (London Quarterly Review, oct1869). A portrait of Sir William Hamilton, Bart, of Preston and Fingalton, was lent to Old Glasgow Exhibition.

Web: Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (8 March 1788 - 6 May 1856) was a Scottish metaphysician. Early life: he was born in Glasgow. He was from an academic family, including Robert Hamilton, the economist. His father, Dr William Hamilton, had in 1781, on the strong recommendation of William Hunter, been appointed to succeed his own father, Dr Thomas Hamilton, as Regius Professor of Anatomy, Glasgow; and when he died in 1790, in his thirty-second year, he had already gained a great reputation. William Hamilton and a younger brother, Thomas Hamilton, were brought up by their mother. William received his early education in Scotland, except for two years which he spent in a private school near London, and in 1807 went as a Snell Exhibitioner, to Balliol College, Oxford. He obtained a first class in lit ens humanioribus and took his B.A. in 1811 (M.A. 1814). He had been intended for the medical profession, but soon after leaving Oxford he gave up this idea, and in 1813 became a member of the Scottish bar. His life continued to be that of a student; and the years that followed were filled by researches of all kinds, while at the same time he was gradually forming his philosophic system. Investigation enabled him to make good his claim to represent the ancient family of Hamilton of Preston, and in 1816 he took up the baronetcy, which had been in abeyance since the death of Sir Robert Hamilton of Preston (1650-1701), well known in his day as a Covenanting leader.

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Gulielmus Stirling Hamilton (No. 6156, matriculated 1800) filius natu maximus gulielmi quondam Anat: and Bot: Professoris in Academia Glasguensi. Sir William Hamilton of Preston and Fingalton, baronet. Born 8mar1788 Glasgow, d. 16 Gt. King St., Edinburgh, 6may1856, etc. Grandson of 174, 915; son of 2959 (Matriculation Albums, Glasgow University).