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Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne PC (Ire) (1642–1723) was an Irish soldier and politician. In his youth, he fought in his cousin Sir George Hamilton's regiment for the French in the Franco-Dutch War. About 1678 he obtained a commission in the Irish Army.
Viscount Boyne, in the province of Leinster, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. [1] It was created in 1717 for the Scottish military commander Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Stackallan.
16 de nov. de 2022 · Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne PC (Ire) (1642 – 16 September 1723)[1] was an Irish peer, soldier and politician.
- January 6, 1642
- September 16, 1723
Gustavus, the youngest son of Sir Frederick Hamilton, was born in Manorhamilton Castle in May 1643. At the age of eighteen he entered Trinity College Dublin, but left there without graduating and joined the army in Ireland.
Hamilton, Gustavus (1642–1723), 1st Viscount Boyne, soldier , was third son of Sir Frederick Hamilton (qv) (c.1590–1647) of Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, who had served in the Swedish army and the wars in Ireland, and his wife, Sidney, daughter and heir of Sir John Vaughan (qv), governor of Londonderry.
Gustavus Hamilton received intelligence first of the approach of Sarsfield's force; and according to the method of warfare uniformly pursued by him, he sent off the gallant Loyd with a thousand men to encounter this enemy.
Gustavus Hamilton, primer vizconde de Boyne PC (Ire) (1642-1723) fue un soldado y político irlandés. En su juventud, luchó en el regimiento de su primo Sir George Hamilton para los franceses en la guerra franco-holandesa . Hacia 1678 obtuvo un nombramiento en el ejército irlandés.
