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Born the 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 and for Kensington South from 1910 to 1918 .

Hamilton had married Carolina Chandos-Pole (a granddaughter of the ( 18791943 ) and Ida ( 18831970 ). He 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.