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Charles William Hamilton

1802–80

Irish landowner and land-agent. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Justice of the Peace for County Meath. Partner in the firm of Hamilton and Norton, agents to the dukes of Leinster. Life member of the Royal Dublin Society from 1834; served as secretary of the Geological Society of Dublin, and as a council member for the Royal Zoological and Royal Horticultural Societies of Ireland. Elected fellow of the Geological Society of London, 1838.

Sources

Howard and Crisp eds. 1897–1918, 4: 1

Landed gentry of Ireland

Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1833–8): 654

Bibliography

Landed gentry of Ireland: A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland. By Bernard Burke. London: Harrison & Sons. 1912.

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