William Richard Hamilton

(1777-1859)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hamilton, W[illiam] R[ichard], 1777-1859 NRA: Hamilton William Richard (1777-1859) Diplomat and Antiquary DNB: Hamilton, William Richard (1777-1859), antiquary and diplomatist LBT ID: WiHamil1859 VIAF ID: 66896160 LOC ID: nr93031472	B/BAP: 1777-01-09 DIED: 1859-07-11
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British diplomat who superintended the removal of the Elgin Marbles and trustee of the British Museum; author of Memoir on the Subject of the Earl of Elgin's Pursuits in Greece (1811).
CORRESPONDENCE OF William Richard Hamilton: Charles Augustus Ellis to William Richard Hamilton, 8 September 1825 in Memoirs of the Affairs of Greece (London: John Rodwell, 1831)