HAMILTON, GEORGE [SSNE 8264]
- Surname
- HAMILTON
- First name
- GEORGE
- Title/rank
- MAJOR-GENERAL
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Social status
- OFFICER
Text source
George Hamilton was an officer in the Scots-Dutch Brigade and the British army. He was originally an ensign in Colonel Wauchope's [SSNE 8259] regiment in the Brigade but succeeded Thomas Hamilton as captain on 13 December 1685. He, along with his Colonel, was among the 60 officers who resigned their commissions when James VII tried to recall the Brigade in 1688. He was commissioned in Wauchope's regiment of foot and eventually was made a colonel of another regiment of foot on 29 August 1693. He went with his regiment to Flanders in 1694 and rose to the rank of brigadier-general in Dutch service and then major-general in the British army on 1 January 1707. He became a lieutenant-general in Dutch service in 1714. In 1715, on the breakout of the Jacobite Rebellion in Scotland, Hamilton joined the Earl of Mar and served as chief military adviser on the side of the rebels. He was eventually executed for his part in the rebellion.
Sources:
Dalton, Charles, The Scots Army, 1661-1688 (London, 1989), pp. 159, 161.
Ferguson, James, Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the service of the United Netherlands, 1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), pp. 478, 482, 505, 511, 512, 514, 517.
This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.
Service record
- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE SCOTS BRIGADE
- Arrived 1685-01-01, as ENSIGN
- Departed 1685-12-13, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- Arrived 1685-12-13, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1688-01-01, as RESIGNS
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- SCOTLAND, THE SCOTTISH ARMY, WAUCHOPE'S REGIMENT
- Arrived 1688-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1693-08-29, as COLONEL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- SCOTLAND, THE SCOTTISH ARMY
- Arrived 1693-08-29, as COLONEL
- Departed 1704-04-16, as BRIGADIER-GENERAL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, DUTCH ARMY
- Arrived 1704-04-16, as BRIGADIER-GENERAL
- Departed 1709-01-01, as LIEUTENANT-GENERAL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- HANOVERIAN BRITAIN, THE BRITISH ARMY
- Arrived 1709-01-01, as LIEUTENANT-GENERAL
- Departed 1714-12-31
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- SCOTLAND, JACOBITE ARMY
- Arrived 1715-01-01, as MILITARY ADVISER
- Departed 1715-12-31, as EXECUTED
- Capacity ADVISER, OFFICER, purpose MILITARY