George Alexander Hamilton

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George Alexander Hamilton (29 August 1802 – 17 September 1871) was a minor British Conservative Party politician and later a prominent civil servant.

Hamilton was seated as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Dublin City on 13th April 1835, after a successful election petition. He represented this constituency until he was defeated in the general election of 1837. Hamilton was subsequently elected one of the MPs for Dublin University, at a by-election on 10th February 1843 and continued to represent the seat until he resigned in January 1859.

He occupied the political post of Financial Secretary to the Treasury in the first (from 2nd March 1852 until 17th December 1852) and the second governments of the Earl of Derby (2nd March 1858 to January 1859).

Hamilton was appointed Assistant Secretary to the Treasury in 1859 and Permanent Secretary to the Treasury in 1867. These were the most senior civil service posts in the Treasury at that time, and Hamilton continued to serve until 1870. He was made a member of the Privy Council on 7 August 1869.

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• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922 edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978);
• British Historical Facts 1830-1900 by Chris Cook and Brendan Keith (Macmillan 1975);
• Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume I 1832-1885 edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976).

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Daniel O'Connell Edward Southwell Ruthven	Member of Parliament for Dublin City with John Beattie West 1835–1837	Succeeded by Daniel O'Connell Robert Hutton
Preceded by Frederick Shaw Joseph Devonsher Jackson	Member of Parliament for Dublin University with Frederick Shaw 1843–1848 Joseph Napier 1848–1858 Anthony Lefroy 1858–1859 1843–1859	Succeeded by Anthony Lefroy James Whiteside
Political offices
Preceded by George Cornewall Lewis	Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1852	Succeeded by James Wilson
Preceded by James Wilson	Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1858–1859	Succeeded by Samuel Laing