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).
REFERENCES TO William Richard Hamilton: Lord Byron to John Murray, 12 October 1817 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Verse 1: p. 150a Joseph Planta to James Millingen, 29 September 1825 in Memoirs of the Affairs of Greece (London: John Rodwell, 1831) Found 1: ¶ Galt, John, 1779-1839, The Life of Lord Byron (London: Henry Colburn, 1830) Chapter XLIII Found 1: ¶ n1 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1817 Verse 1: p. 150a Julius Millingen, Memoirs of the Affairs of Greece (London: John Rodwell, 1831) Chapter XXXV Found 2: ¶ 15 ¶ 19 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter X 1831-32 Found 3: ¶ n1 ¶ 10 ¶ n1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 11: The R.S.L. Found 1: ¶ 15