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Lot 626 The following four lots are part of a magnificent dinner service engraved with the arms of James Hamilton, created Baron Claneboye and Viscount Limerick in 1719, and those of his wife, Henrietta, daughter of William Bentick, 1st Earl of Portland. Hamilton, a Whig politician, was the son of James Hamilton, of Tollymore, co. Down, an Irish landowner of Scottish descent. His mother was the Hon. Anne Mordaunt, the daughter of the 1st Viscount Mordaunt. He first stood for parliament in Ireland, and was elected as member for Dundalk in 1715 serving until 1719. In that year he was created Baron Clanboye and Viscount of the City of Limerick in the Peerage of Ireland. This was expedient, as an Irish peer he could stand for a seat in the English House of Commons. He was successively elected as a Whig M.P. for the seats of Wendover, Tavistock and Morpeth, serving almost without interruption from 1727 until 1754. He was one of the leaders of the Whigs opposed to Walpole and was responsible for the hostile motion brought before the House of Commons in 1742 for an inquiry into the Walpole administration. It was defeated by only two votes. In 1746 he was appointed as a member of the Privy Council of Ireland. In 1756 he was further elevated as Earl of Clanbrassil, in the Irish peerage. His final appointment, as the Governor of County Louth came in 1756. He died in Ireland in 1758. His marriage produced two children, James and Anne, who married Robert Jocelyn, 1st Earl of Roden. He was succeeded by his only son, James Hamilton, who died without issue. The family estates passing to Anne, Lady Roden.
A GEORGE II SILVER BASIN
MARK OF BENJAMIN GODFREY, LONDON, 1733
Closed7 December 2018
Price Realised
GBP 12,500