Ion Trant Hamilton, 1st Baron HolmPatrick PC

Privy Council of Ireland

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 (14 July 1839 – 10 March 1898), was an Anglo-Irish

Anglo-Irish

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 Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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HolmPatrick was the son of James Hans Hamilton

James Hans Hamilton

James Hans Hamilton , was an Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament.Hamilton was the son of Hans Hamilton. He was elected to the House of Commons for County Dublin in 1841, a seat he held until 1863. Hamilton married Caroline Trant, daughter of John Frederick Trant. He died in June 1863, aged 53...

 and Caroline Trant. He succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for County Dublin in 1863, a seat he held until 1885. He was admitted to the Irish Privy Council in 1887 and also served as Lord Lieutenant of County Dublin from 1892 to 1898. In 1897 he was raised to the peerage as Baron HolmPatrick, of HolmPatrick, in the County of Dublin.

Lord HolmPatrick married Lady Victoria Alexandrina Wellesley, daughter of Major-General Lord Charles Wellesley

Lord Charles Wellesley

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 and granddaughter of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

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, in 1877. He died in March 1898, aged 58, and was succeeded in the barony by his only son Hans. Lady HolmPatrick died in 1933.