Gawen William Rowan Hamilton

(1783 c.-1834)

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.
REFERENCES TO 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) Found 1: ¶ 1 W. H. Humphreys, Journal of a Visit to Greece (London: Henry Colburn, 1826) Chapter IX Found 3: ¶ 8 ¶ 10 ¶ 13 Humphreys, W. H. (William Henry), “Adventures of an English Officer in Greece. No. II.” in New Monthly Magazine NS 17 (September 1826) 201-08 Found 6: ¶ 14 ¶ 20 ¶ 21 ¶ 22 ¶ 24 ¶ 26 Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881, Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron (London: Edward Moxon, 1858) Chapter XXV. Found 1: ¶ 9 Chapter XXVI. Found 1: ¶ 5 Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XVII Found 1: ¶ 1