Lord Claud John Hamilton

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Lord Claud John Hamilton PC (20 February 1843 – 26 January 1925) was a British Member of Parliament during the Victorian era.

Born the second son of James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn (later the 1st Duke of Abercorn) and his wife Louisa Jane née Russell, Hamilton was educated at Harrow School. In 1865, he became Conservative MP for Londonderry City until 1868 when he was appointed a Lord of the Treasury in Disraeli's first ministry. In 1869, he became MP for King's Lynn until 1880, for Liverpool from 1880 to 1885, for Liverpool West Derby from 1885 until 1888 and for Kensington South from 1910 to 1918.

Hamilton married Carolina Chandos-Pole (a granddaughter of the 5th Earl of Harrington) on 20 July 1878 and they had two children:

• Gilbert Claud Hamilton (1879–1943), who gained the rank of Colonel in service of the Grenadier Guards, fought in the Second Boer War and was decorated several times. He married twice, firstly in 1911 Enid Awa Elgar (d. 1916), daughter of Charles Elgar from Fernside, Featherston, New Zealand, and secondly in 1916 Mary Blair (d. 1961), daughter of Joseph Allan Blair from New York City, U.S.A. He had no issue.
• Ida Hamilton (1883–1970), who in 1909 married Hugh Dunombe Flower (d. 1950). They divorced in 1923 and had one son.

Lord Claud had been an aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria from 1887 to 1897 and was appointed to the Privy Council in 1917. He died in 1925, aged 81.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William McCormick	Member of Parliament for Londonderry City 1865–1868	Succeeded by Richard Dowse
Preceded by Thomas Fowell Buxton	Member of Parliament for King's Lynn with Robert Bourke 1869–1880	Succeeded by William Ffolkes
Preceded by John Ramsay John Torr William Rathbone VI	Member of Parliament for Liverpool with Dudley Ryder 1880–1882 Samuel Smith 1882–1885 Edward Whitley 1880–1885	Succeeded by (Constituency abolished)
Preceded by (New constituency)	Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby 1885–1888	Succeeded by William Henry Cross
Preceded by Earl Percy	Member of Parliament for Kensington South 1910–1918	Succeeded by William Davison