The son of John James Hamilton, first Marquess of Abercorn; he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and was MP for Dungannon (1805-07) and Liskeard (1807-12).

REFERENCES TO James Hamilton, viscount Hamilton:

Sydney Owenson to Alicia Le Fanu, 18 January 1810 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Lady Morgan to Lady Margaret Stanley, 28 April 1812 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)