Diplomat and archaeologist, born in Scotland, UK. He served in the army (174758), and married a Welsh heiress, inheriting her estate when she died (1782). He married Emily Lyon (Emma, Lady Hamilton) in 1791. He was ambassador at Naples (17641800), and while there contributed to the excavation of Pompeii, made observations of Vesuvius and Etna, published essays on volcanoes (1782), sold collections of Greek vases and antiquities to the British Museum, and wrote on Greek and Roman antiquities. He was knighted in 1772.
William Hamilton (and shortened forms) may refer to:
North Americans
William Hamilton (trapper) (1822-1908), American trapper, "Wildcat Bill" William Thomas Hamilton (1820-1888), Governor of Maryland (1880-1884) William F. Hamilton (born 1884), 1908 Olympic
gold medalist William Hamilton (lumber baron) (-1922), lumber merchant and political figure in Upper Canada Billy Hamilton (baseball player) (1866-1940), American Major League Baseball player
Europeans
William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton (1616-1651), Scottish nobleman William Hamilton (surgeon) (died 1717), Surgeon of the British East India Company William Hamilton (educator) (?-1730?),
Principal of the University of Edinburgh William Hamilton of Gilbertfield (1665-1751), Scottish poet William Hamilton (Jacobite poet) (1704-1754), Scottish poet Sir William Hamilton (diplomat)
(1730-1803), Scottish diplomat and husband of Emma Hamilton William Hamilton (painter) (1751 - 1801), English painter William Richard Hamilton (1777 - 1859), English antiquarian and traveller Sir
William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788 - 1856), the Scottish metaphysician Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805 - 1865), Irish mathematician William Hamilton (tennis player), tennis player, winner of
the 1890 Wimbledon championships William Hamilton, an Irishman who attacked Queen Victoria in 1849 Willie Hamilton (1917-2000), anti-monarchist British MP W.
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