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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.
Gustavus Hamilton, 1. Viscount Boyne (* 1642; † 16. September 1723) war ein irischer Adliger, Offizier und Politiker.
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.
His career has been frequently confused with that of his contemporary namesake, Gustavus Hamilton (qv) (1642–1723), later 1st Viscount Boyne, who was governor of Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, in 1689.
GUSTAVUS HAMILTON, FIRST VISCOUNT BOYNE (1643-1723) – Williamite military officer and peer. 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.
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.
Gustavus [Hamilton], 1st Baron Hamilton later 1st Viscount Boyne, PC. 3rd son of Hon Sir Frederick Hamilton, of Manor Hamilton, Dromahaire, co. Leitrim (by his first wife Sidney Vaughan, dau. and hrss. of Sir John Vaughan, Governor of Londonderry), 2nd son of Claud [Hamilton], 1st Lord Paisley. born. 1642. mar.
