Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton (13 October 1856 – 11 August 1928) was a British aristocrat, Conservative politician, diplomat, and author.[1]
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Member of Parliament for North Tyrone | |
In office 1892-1895 | |
Member of Parliament for Manchester South West | |
In office 1885-1886 | |
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Born | Brighton, Sussex | 13 October 1856
Died | 11 August 1928 Westminster, London | (aged 71)
Political party | Conservative |
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Biography
editLord Frederick was born in Brighton,[2] the sixth son and thirteenth child of James Hamilton, Marquess of Abercorn and Louisa, Marchioness of Abercorn, who were "long remembered as the most handsome and most distinguished young couple of their generation." His father was created the 1st Duke of Abercorn in 1868. His mother, the daughter of the 6th Duke of Bedford, was the half-sister to Prime Minister John Russell.[1]
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 three-volume set of books, The Days Before Yesterday, Vanished Pomps of Yesterday and Here, There and Everywhere, which were first published in 1920 by Hodder and Stoughton, and known collectively as My Yesterdays. These give vivid, sometimes amusing and always well-written accounts of his early life, diplomatic service, and travels.[1]
While serving as aide-de-camp to Lord Lansdowne, then Governor-General of Canada, in Ottawa, In January 1887, Lord Frederick was the first person to introduce skiing to Canada, using skis he had brought from Russia.[3] As he recounts, he used to "slide down the toboggan slides at Ottawa on them, to universal derision". He was told they were "unsuited to Canadian conditions, and would never be popular in Canada".
From 1896 to 1900, he was editor of the Pall Mall Magazine.[4]
He never married and died without children, aged 71, at 13 Great College Street, Westminster.[1]
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Works
edit- The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday at Project Gutenberg, by Lord Frederic [sic] Hamilton,1919 *
- The Days Before Yesterday at Project Gutenberg, by Lord Frederic [sic] Hamilton, 1920
- Here, There and Everywhere at Project Gutenberg, by Lord Frederic [sic] Hamilton, 1921
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Obituary: Lord Frederick Hamilton – Diplomacy and Travel". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 13 August 1928. p. 17.
- ^ "Births". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 14 October 1856. p. 1.
- ^ Hamilton, Lord Frederick. "IX". The Days before Yesterday. Retrieved 3 December 2006.
- ^ "The Pall Mall Magazine". Retrieved 3 December 2006.
External links
edit- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Frederick Hamilton
- Works by Lord Frederick Hamilton at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Lord Frederick Hamilton at the Internet Archive
- Works by or about Lord Frederic Spencer Hamilton at the Internet Archive
- Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. – via Wikisource. . . Dublin:
- Lord Frederic Hamilton at Library of Congress, with 11 library catalogue records