John Hamilton

1714 - 1755  (41 years)

• Name	John Hamilton
  Born	02 Mar 1713/14  [1]
  Royal Navy Service	25 Apr 1738	Aboard HMS Diamond   [2]
  Royal Navy Service	4 Jun 1738	In Port Royal, Jamaica   [2]
  Royal Navy Service	Feb 1740/41	Captain of HMS Sea Fire
  Royal Navy Service	19 Feb 1740/41	Rank of Captain (R.N.)   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	11 Apr 1748	Commander of HMS Vanguard
  Royal Navy Service	Aug 1748	Commander of Squadron at Plymouth
  Died	18 Dec 1755	Drowned Near Portsmouth Harbor   [4]
  Person ID	I00439	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	James Hamilton,   b. 22 Mar 1684/85,   d. 11 Jan 1743/44, Cavendish Square, London  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Anne Plumer,   b. Bef 03 Jul 1690,   d. 10 Aug 1776, London  (Age > 86 years)
  Family ID	F00103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Harriot Craggs,   b. Feb 1712/13,   d. 01 Feb 1769  (Age 56 years)
  Married	20 Nov 1749	Holy Trinity, Cookham, Berkshire   [5, 6]
  --- "Caledonian Mercury" 27 Nov 1749, page 2 A few Days since, the Hon. John Hamilton, Esq; Captain of his Majesty's Ship the Vanguard, and Brother to the Right Hon. the Earl of Abercorne, was married at Ware in Hertfordshire to Mrs. Elliot, Relict of the late Richard Elliot of Port Elliot, Esq; The Ceremony was performed by his Brother, the Hon. and Rev. Mr. George Hamilton.
  Children	1. Ann "Nancy" Hamilton,   b. Abt 1751,   d. 04 Nov 1764, Highgate  (Age 13 years)   2. 1st Marquess Abercorn John James Hamilton,   b. 02 Jul 1756, London, England ,   d. 27 Jan 1818  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00043	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Captain John Hamilton, 1753 Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds

  
  

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• Sources

  [S00020] Genealogical Memoranda relating to the families of Eliot of Port Eliot and Craggs of Wyserley, Copied from Documents in the possession of the Right Honorable the Earl of St. Germans, (Name: Name: Taylor and Company, London 1868;;). Written letters and verses (Abercorn Papers). "Naval Chronology" by Isaac Schomberg, 1802, page 320. The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 63. www.familysearch.org Batch #M00865-1. [S00003] FamilySearch.org.