NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Haddington, Thomas Hamilton, Earl of, 1780-1858 NRA: Hamilton Thomas (1780-1858) 9th Earl of Haddington statesman DNB: Hamilton, Thomas, ninth earl of Haddington (1780-1858), politician LBT ID: LdHaddi9 VIAF ID: 18788067 LOC ID: n88256092 | B/BAP: 1780-06-21 DIED: 1858-12-01 |
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The son of the eighth earl (d. 1828); he was educated at Edinburgh University and
Christ's Church, Oxford and was a Tory MP for St. Germans (1802-06), Cockermouth (1807),
Callington (1807-12), St. Michael (1814-18), Rochester (1818-26), and Yarmouth (1826-27).
He was lord lieutenant of Ireland (1834-35). | |