Lord Ernest Hamilton

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Lord Ernest William Hamilton (5 September 1858 – 14 December 1939) was a United Kingdom politician and soldier, the seventh son of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn.

Educated at Harrow School, he became a captain in the 11th Hussars, and was later a Member of Parliament for Tyrone North.

In 1891 he married Pamela Campbell (d. 1931), granddaughter of Sir Guy Campbell, 1st Baronet by his son Capt. Frederick Augustus Campbell (1839–1916). They had two sons and two daughters:

• Guy Ernest Frederick Hamilton (1894–1914), who died unmarried.
• Mary Brenda Hamilton (b. 1897), who in 1922 married the Lt.-Col. of the Scots Guards, Alphonse de Chimay, Prince de Chimay, Comte de Caraman (d. 1973). Their only child and daughter is the widow of Hugh Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford.
• Jean Barbara Hamilton (b. 1898), who in 1921 became the first wife of Sir John Buchanan-Jardine, 3rd Baronet (1900–1969). They were divorced in 1944 and had one child and son.
• John George Peter Hamilton (1900–1967), who in 1932 married Alexandra Christine Egerton (d. 1963), daughter of William Egerton from Kimberley, South Africa. They had no issue.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by (Constitutency created)	Member of Parliament for Tyrone North 1885–1892	Succeeded by Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton