HAMILTON, Sir William Rowan (4 child of Archibald Hamilton of Dublin, attorney 1778–1819). b. 29 Dominick st. Dublin at midnight 3–4 Aug. 1805; was acquainted with 9 languages in 1819; student of Trin. coll. Dublin 1823, B.A. 1827, M.A. 1837, LL.B. and LLD. 1839; Andrews professor of astronomy, astronomer royal for Ireland and superintendent of Dublin observatory at Dunsink near Dublin 1827 to death; knighted by lord lieutenant Lord Mulgrave in library of Trin. coll. 15 Aug. 1835; M.R.I.A. 1832, president 1837; granted civil list pension of £200, 27 April 1844 which was continued to his widow; discovered conical refraction 1824; invented quaternions 1843; author of Lectures on quaternions 1853; The elements of quaternions 1866. d. Dunsink observatory 2 Sep. 1865. R. P. Graves’ Life of Sir W. R. Hamilton 3 vols. 1882–89, 3 portraits; Dublin Univ. Mag., xix, 94–110 (1842), portrait; Proc. of Royal Soc. of Edin. v, 473 (1866).
HAMILTON, Sir William Stirling, 3 Baronet (elder son of Wm. Hamilton 1758–90, professor of anatomy in univ. of Glasgow). b. Glasgow univ. 8 March 1788; ed. at Glasgow and Edin. univs.; student of Balliol coll. Ox. 1807, B.A. 1811, M.A. 1814; D.D. of Leyden 1840; called to Scottish bar 1813; styled himself a baronet, under the decision of an Edinburgh jury 1816; H.M.’s solicitor for Teinds in Scotland 1832; professor of universal history Univ. of Edin. 1821, professor of logic and metaphysics there 1836 to death; contributed articles on metaphysics to Edinburgh Review 1829–39; F.R.S. Edin., resigned 1835; published an edition of the works of Thomas Reid 1846 and of Dugald Steward 10 vols. 1854–8; author of Discussions on philosophy and literature, education and university reform 1852, 3 ed. 1866; Lectures on metaphysics and logic 4 vols. 1859–60, 2 ed. 1861–66; a civil list pension granted to Lady Hamilton 13 Oct. 1849. d. 16 Great King st. Edinburgh 6 May 1856, his bust placed in senate hall of Edin. university Dec. 1867, his library of 9000 volumes purchased and given to Glasgow univ. Veitch’s Memoir of Sir W. Hamilton (1869), portrait; Sir W. Hamilton, By W. H. S. Monck (1881); De Quincey’s Works, xvi, 114–79 (1871); Sir A. Grant’s Story of Univ. of Edin. ii, 332–35 (1884).
HAMLET, Thomas. b. Boughton, Cheshire 1770; silversmith and jeweller at 1 and 2 Princes st. Soho, London 1801–1841; built the Royal bazaar, British diorama and exhibition of works of art, opened at 73 Oxford st. about April 1828, it was burned down 27 May 1829, loss £50,000, rebuilt 1830 renamed the Queen’s Bazaar 1834, converted it into the Princess’s theatre at cost of £47,000 which opened with promenade concerts 30 Sep. 1840; bankrupt 20 March 1841; sold the theatre for £14,500; considered a millionaire at one time, but greatly reduced by being unable to recover on certain bonds of the Prince Regent and Duke of York. d. 5 Park place, St. James’s, London 21 Feb. 1853.
HAMLEY, Francis Gilbert (eld. son of Joseph Hamley, d. 1854). b. 1815; ensign 12 foot 7 Aug. 1835; major 50 foot 8 Jany. 1858 to 1873; governor general of South Australia 19 Feb. 1868 to 16 Feb. 1869; M.G. 9 Aug. 1873. d. Cheltenham 12 Jany. 1876.
HAMMACK, John George (younger son of John Hammack of London). Timber merchant 30 Cannon st. road, Commercial road, London; surveyor in city of London; retained in almost every case coming under provisions of the Lands Clauses Consolidation act; returning officer for Tower Hamlets borough; chairman of city of London and Tower Hamlets cemetery co.; chairman of Ratcliff gas light co. 25 years; one of the two chief assistants of registrar general in taking census in 1861. d. Boxlands near Dorking 4 Oct. 1861 aged 70.
HAMMERSLEY, James Astbury. b. Burslem, Staffs. 1815; exhibited 3 pictures at R.A., 3 at B.I. and 10 at Suffolk st. 1842–52; head master Manchester sch. of design 1849–62; president Manchester acad. of fine arts 1857–61; among his paintings were Mountain and clouds, Loughrigg Fell 1850 in Manchester art gallery; The castle of Rosenau in the collection at Windsor; author of The condition of the continental schools of art 1850. d. Manchester about 1868.
HAMMICK, Sir Stephen Love, 1 Baronet (eld. son of Stephen Hammick of Plymouth, alderman). b. Plymouth 28 Feb. 1777; M.C.S. 1799; hon. fellow R.C.S. 1843; surgeon of Royal naval hospital at Plymouth 1803–29; surgeon extraordinary to George iv. 1820–30, to Wm. iv. 1830–37; practised 36 Cavendish sq. London 1829–56; baronet 25 July 1834; author of Practical remarks on amputation, fractures and stricture of the urethra 1830. d. The Crescent, Plymouth 15 June 1867.
HAMMILL, John (only son of Martin Hammill of Liverpool). b. 13 April 1803; ed. at Macclesfield gr. sch. and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1825, M.A. 1832; barrister I.T. 30 Jany. 1832; one of boundary comrs. of boroughs 16 July 1835; comr. of bankruptcy in Liverpool 1840; police magistrate at Worship st. London 1847, at Marylebone Jany. 1860 to death. d. 34 Sussex gardens, Hyde park, London 30 July 1860.
HAMMOND, Edmund Hammond, 1 Baron (3 son of George Hammond, d. 1853). b. London 25 June 1802; ed. at Eton, Harrow and Univ. coll. Ox., B.A. 1823, M.A. 1826, scholar 1824–8, fellow 1828–46; clerk privy council office 1823–4; in foreign office 1824, chief of the oriental department 1830–41; permanent under sec. of state for foreign affairs 10 April 1854, retired 10 Oct. 1873 on his full pay of £2500; P.C. 11 June 1866; cr. baron Hammond of Kirk Ella, Kingston-on-Hull 22 Feb. 1874; assured Lord Granville that the world was profoundly at peace 27 June 1870, French and Prussian war broke out 15 July. d. Mentone, France 29 April 1890. I.L.N. lxiii, 413, 414 (1873), portrait; Graphic 24 May 1890 p. 583, portrait.
HAMMOND, Alfred William. Music seller and publisher at 9 New Bond st. and then at 214 Regent st. London 1850–62; projector, proprietor and many years editor of Musical Standard, No. 1, Aug. 2, 1862; composer of As o’er the past my mem’ry strays, a hymn 1857; When all thy mercies O my God, a hymn 1857. d. Belvedere near Erith, Kent 18 Dec. 1875.