William Hamilton (poet)
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This article is about the poet from Gilbertfield. For the Jacobite poet, see William Hamilton (Jacobite poet). For other uses, see William Hamilton (disambiguation).
William Hamilton (1665? Gilbertfield, Cambuslang, Scotland – 1751) was a Scottish poet. He wrote Epistles to Allan Ramsay, and an abridgment in Scots of Blind Harry's Life of Sir William Wallace. He also served in the army and retired with the rank of Lieutenant.
This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton.
