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George Hamilton, 1. Earl of Orkney (* 1666 in Hamilton; † 29. Januar 1737 in London), war ein schottisch-britischer Feldmarschall und Adliger Leben Herkunft. Er wurde in Hamilton Palace bei Hamilton in Lanarkshire geboren und am 9. Febr ...
Field Marshal George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, KT (9 February 1666 – 29 January 1737), styled Lord George Hamilton from 1666 to 1696, was a British soldier and Scottish nobleman and the first British Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal.
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9. Feb. 2021 · On the 9th February 1666, George Hamilton was born at Hamilton Palace, Lanarkshire. George was the fifth son of William Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton and his wife Anne Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton. A successful soldier and statesman, he would become the first British Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal. In
At Namur, however, Hamilton received a serious wound, and was eventually promoted to the rank of brigadier. In 1695, Hamilton married Elizabeth Villiers sister to Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, and the following year, he was raised to the Scottish peerage as Earl of Orkney, Viscount Kirkwall and Baron Dechmont.
tor, Orkney seems to have been greatly respected by William • 45 1 George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney (1666-1737), cl733. Marble, ht 83 cm (including socle). Private Collection, on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Photograph: the author 2 Geoi'ge Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney (1666-1737), by Sir Godfrey Kneller, cl704. Oil on canvas ...
Lord George Hamilton (later Earl of Orkney) was first commissioned in 1684. Shy in company, as a soldier he had a reputation for courage and tenacity, and was rapidly promoted. By the Irish War of 1689-1690 he was in command of an infantry regiment. He became one of the Duke of Marlborough's most able commanders, who did not miss a single major battle or siege in the Nine Years War (1689-1697 ...
Lord George Hamilton was destined for a life as a soldier from a very young age, being nominally appointed when still only five years old a captain of a troop in the regiment commanded by his uncle George Douglas, earl of Dumbarton [S], shortly to be known as the Royal Scots. With this education on the battlefield he was by all accounts a brave soldier, though apparently no strategist, and was ...
