Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton
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Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton (13 October 1856 – 11 August 1928) was a United Kingdom politician, the sixth son of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn and Lady Louisa Russell.
He was Second Secretary of the Diplomatic Service (1877–1884) and Member of Parliament for Manchester South West (1884–1886). Lord Frederick also wrote the books "Here, There and Everywhere", "The Days Before Yesterday" and "Vanished Pomps of Yesterday".
While serving as aide-de-camp to Lord Lansdowne, then Governor-General of Canada, in Ottawa, Lord Frederick was the first person to introduce skiing to Canada.[1]
From 1896 to 1900, he was editor of the Pall Mall Magazine.[2] He never married and died without children.
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[edit] References
- ^ Hamilton, Lord Frederick Spencer. "IX", The Days before Yesterday. Retrieved on December 3, 2006.
- ^ The Pall Mall Magazine. Retrieved on December 3, 2006.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by (Constituency created) |
Member of Parliament for Manchester South West 1885–1886 |
Succeeded by Jacob Bright |
| Preceded by Lord Ernest William Hamilton |
Member of Parliament for Tyrone North 1892–1895 |
Succeeded by Charles Hare Hemphill |
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