NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hamilton, Gawen William Rowan, 1783-1834 LBT ID: GaHamil1834 VIAF ID: 24351313 LOC ID: no2006040253 | B/BAP: 1783 DIED: 1834-08-17 |
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (January 1835) 97; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
The son of Archibald Hamilton Rowan; he joined the Royal Navy in 1801 and after serving
in the Napoleonic Wars commanded a squadron that saw action in the Greek Revolution and the
Battle of Navarino. | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF Gawen William Rowan Hamilton: William Henry Humphreys to Gawen William Rowan Hamilton, 17 June 1825 in Journal of a Visit to Greece (London: Henry Colburn, 1826) |