Thomas Hamilton
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Aristocracy
- Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of HaddingtonThomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of HaddingtonThomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington , designated before his peerage as 'of Drumcarny, Monkland, and Binning', was a Scottish administrator, Lord Advocate, judge, and Lord Lieutenant of Haddingtonshire.-Family:...
(1563–1637), Scottish administrator; Lord Advocate; judge; Lord Lieutenant of Haddingtonshire - Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of HaddingtonThomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of HaddingtonThomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington KT was a Scottish politician.The son of Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Haddington and Margaret Leslie, 8th Countess of Rothes, he was christened on 5 September 1680...
(ca. 1680–1735), Scottish politician; representative peer (1716–1734); Knight of the Thistle (1717) - Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of HaddingtonThomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of HaddingtonThomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington KT PC FRS , known as Lord Binning from 1794 to 1828, was a British Conservative politician and statesman.-Background and education:...
(1780–1858), Scottish/English politician; Conservative MP (1802–1812 and 1814–1827)
Literature and academia
- Thomas Hamilton (writer)Thomas Hamilton (writer)Thomas Hamilton , Scottish writer, was the younger brother of the philosopher, William Hamilton.He was educated at Glasgow University, where he made a close friend of Michael Scott, the author of Tom Cringle's Log. He entered the army in 1810, and served throughout the Peninsular and American...
(1789–1842), Scottish writer of prose and verse (1827 military novel, Cyril Thornton) - Thomas Hamilton (university administrator)Thomas Hamilton (university administrator)Thomas Hamilton PC was a Northern Ireland clergyman and academician who served as president of Queen's College, Belfast and subsequently President and Vice-Chancellor of the Queen's University of Belfast after its creation in 1908.A native of Belfast, Hamilton was educated at the Royal Belfast...
(1842–1926), Northern Ireland academic and clergyman; appointed president of Queens College, Belfast in 1889 - Thomas H. HamiltonThomas H. HamiltonThomas Hale Hamilton was an American academic administrator who served as president of the State University of New York and the University of Hawaii....
(1914–1979), American academic; served as president of SUNY (1959–1962) and University of Hawaii (1963–1967)
Sports
- Thomas Hamilton (footballer)Thomas Hamilton (footballer)Thomas Hamilton was a Scottish footballer who is best known for his time with Rangers. He was a goalkeeper.Hamilton began his at Kirkintilloch Rob Roy. He joined Rangers in 1923 but had to wait until the 31 October 1925 to make his debut. The gamed ended in a 1-0 away defeat to Raith Rovers...
(1906-1964), Scottish goalkeeper whose career lasted from 1922 to 19344 - Thomas Hamilton (basketball)Thomas Hamilton (basketball)Thomas Thaddeus Hamilton is an American former NBA basketball player.-Pre-professional:Hamilton attended Chicago's Martin Luther King High School, graduating in 1993...
(born 1975), American center whose career lasted from 1995 to 2000 - Tom Hamilton (American football) (1905–1994), American naval aviator in WWII and American football player and coach at the U.S. Naval Academy
- Tom Hamilton (baseball)Tom Hamilton (baseball)Thomas Ball Hamilton was a Major League Baseball player who played in 1952 and 1953 for the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed, and he was 6'4" tall and 213 pounds...
(1925–1973), American MLB outfielder who played for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1952 and 1953 - Tom Hamilton (broadcaster)Tom Hamilton (broadcaster)Tom Hamilton , a native of Waterloo, Wisconsin, is the chief radio announcer for the Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball team, and during the off season, serves as a college basketball commentator for The Big Ten Network....
, American radio and television sports announcer who began his career in 1990 with the Cleveland Indians - Tommy HamiltonTommy HamiltonTommy Hamilton is a former Irish football player who played as a forward.His first club was Manchester United whom he joined in 1953 where he began playing as an inside forward for the third team and reserves. Hamilton was not prepared for being conscripted so he came home to sign for Shamrock...
, Irish footballer
Music
- Tom Hamilton (musician)Tom Hamilton (musician)Thomas William "Tom" Hamilton is an American musician, best known as the bassist of hard rock band Aerosmith. He has co-written two of Aerosmith's hits, "Sweet Emotion" and "Janie's Got a Gun". Hamilton occasionally plays guitar and sings backing vocals Thomas William "Tom" Hamilton (born...
(born 1951), American bass guitarist best known for his work as a member of the rock band Aerosmith - Tom Hamilton (born 1978), American singer/songwriter/guitarist; founder of rock bands Brothers PastBrothers PastBrothers Past are an indie-electronic band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that has been called "one of the most talked about independent acts in the nation." Since forming in 2000, the band has released three records and one EP, including the critically acclaimed This Feeling's Called Goodbye in...
(1996) and American Babies (2006)
Others
- Thomas Hamilton (architect)Thomas Hamilton (architect)Thomas Hamilton was a Scottish architect, based in Edinburgh. Born in Glasgow, his works include: the Dean Orphan Hospital, now the Dean Gallery; the Royal High School on the Calton Hill, long considered as home for the Scottish Parliament; Bedlam Theatre; the George IV Bridge, which spans the...
(1784–1858), Scottish architect; born in Glasgow, career spent in Edinburgh - Thomas de Courcy HamiltonThomas de Courcy HamiltonMajor-General Thomas de Courcy Hamilton VC was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1825–1908), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross for valor during the Crimean War - Thomas Glendenning HamiltonThomas Glendenning HamiltonThomas Glendenning Hamilton was a Canadian doctor, school board trustee and member of the Manitoba legislature. He is best known however for the thousands of photographs he took during séances held in his home in Winnipeg in the early 1900s...
(1873–1935), Canadian physician and psychic researcher; member of Manitoba Assembly 1915–1920 - Thomas F. HamiltonThomas F. HamiltonThomas Foster Hamilton was a pioneering aviator and the founder of the Hamilton Standard Company.Since 1930, Hamilton Standard was involved with revolutionizing propulsion technology of propeller-driven aircraft, prior to World War II...
(1894–1969), American aviator, pioneer aircraft designer and founder of propeller parts manufacturer, Hamilton Standard - Thomas Watt Hamilton (1952–1996), Scottish mass killer responsible for the 1996 school shooting known as the Dunblane massacreDunblane massacreThe Dunblane massacre was a multiple murder-suicide which occurred at Dunblane Primary School in the Scottish town of Dunblane on 13 March 1996. Sixteen children and one adult were killed by Thomas Hamilton before he committed suicide.-Timeline of events:...
- Tom Hamilton (politician)Tom Hamilton (politician)Tom Hamilton is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Belfast, Hamilton studied at the Methodist College, Belfast, then at Stranmillis College. He became a teacher and in 1993 was elected to Ards Borough Council as an Ulster Unionist Party member...
(born 1954), Northern Ireland Unionist member of the Assembly (Strangford, 2001–2003); Mayor of Ards