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HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 890 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796) , English statesman, popularly known as " Single Speech Hamilton," was born in London on the 28th of January 1729, the son of a Scottish bencher of Lincoln's Inn. He was educated at Winchester and at Oriel College,
Oxford
 . Inheriting his father's fortune he entered political life and became M.P. for Petersfield,
Hampshire
 . His maiden speech, delivered on the 13th of November 1755, during the debate on the address, which excited Walpole's admiration, is generally supposed to have been his only effort in the
House
  of Commons. But the nickname " Single Speech " is undoubtedly misleading, and Hamilton is known to have spoken with success on other occasions, both in the
House
  of Commons and in the Irish
parliament
 . In 1756 he was appointed one of the commissioners for trade and plantations, and in 1761 he became
chief
  secretary to Lord
Halifax
 , the lord-
lieutenant
  of Ireland, as well as Irish M. P. for Killebegs and English M. P. for Pontefract. He was
chancellor
  of the
exchequer
  in Ireland in 1763, and subsequently filled various other administrative offices. Hamilton was thought very highly of by Dr Johnson, and it is certain that he was strongly opposed to the British taxation of America. He died in London on the 16th of July 1796, and was buried in the chancel vault of St Martin's-in-thefields.
Two of his speeches in the Irish House of Commons, and some other miscellaneous works, were published after his death under the title Parliamentary Logick.


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