Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, in the County of Lanark, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1886 for the Liberal

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 politician John Hamilton. He had previously represented Falkirk

Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Lanarkshire South in the House of Commons

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 and after his elevation to the peerage served under William Ewart Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone

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 as a Government Whip

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 from 1892 to 1894. His eldest son, the second Baron, was a Government Whip

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 from 1905 to 1911 in the Liberal

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 administrations of Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Henry Campbell-Bannerman

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 and H. H. Asquith

H. H. Asquith

Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC, KC served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916...

 and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire

Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire

This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire.*George Douglas-Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney 1714 - 29th January 1737*Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton 17 March 1794 – 2 August 1799...

. His nephew, the third Baron, was Lord Lieutenant of Surrey

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. the title is held by the latter's grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2006.

The Conservative

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 politician Archie Hamilton, Baron Hamilton of Epsom

Archie Hamilton, Baron Hamilton of Epsom

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, is the second son of the third Baron.

The title of the barony is pronounced "Hamilton of Dee-el".

Barons Hamilton of Dalzell (1886)

• John Glencairn Carter Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Dalzell (1829–1900)
• Gavin George Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell
  Gavin Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell
  Gavin George Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell KT, CVO, MC , was a Scottish Liberal politician.Hamilton was the eldest surviving son of John Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, and his wife Lady Emily Eleanor, daughter of Alexander Leslie-Melville, 10th Earl of Leven...
  
   (1872–1952)
• John d'Henin Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell (1911–1990)
• James Leslie Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell
  James Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell
  James Leslie Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell was a British Conservative Party hereditary peer.-Early life:...
  
   (1938–2006)
• Gavin Goulburn Hamilton, 5th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell (b. 1968)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son Hon. Francis Alexander James Goulburn Hamilton (b. 2009).