Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton
Hamilton as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, February 1895
Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton (13 October 1856 – 11 August 1928) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom, the sixth son of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn and Lady Louisa Jane Russell.
He was Second Secretary of the Diplomatic Service (1877–1884) and Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester South West (1885–1886) and North Tyrone (1892–1895). Lord Frederick also wrote the books "Here, There and Everywhere", "The Days Before Yesterday" and "Vanished Pomps of Yesterday".
While serving as aide-de-camp to Lord Lansdowne, then Governor-General of Canada, in Ottawa, Lord Frederick was the first person to introduce skiing to Canada.[1]
From 1896 to 1900, he was editor of the Pall Mall Magazine.[2] He never married and died without children.
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Works
- The Days Before Yesterday by Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton at Project Gutenberg
- Here, There and Everywhere by Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton at Project Gutenberg
- The Vanished pomps of Yesterday, 1921
References
- ↑ Hamilton, Lord Frederick Spencer. "IX". The Days before Yesterday. Retrieved 2006-12-03.
- ↑ "The Pall Mall Magazine". Retrieved 2006-12-03.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Frederick Spencer Hamilton. |
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Frederick Hamilton
- Works by Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton at Internet Archive
- Works by or about Lord Frederic Spencer Hamilton at Internet Archive
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| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Manchester South West 1885–1886 |
Succeeded by Jacob Bright |
| Preceded by Lord Ernest William Hamilton |
Member of Parliament for North Tyrone 1892–1895 |
Succeeded by Charles Hare Hemphill |
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