Col. Charles S. Hamilton (May 27, 1882 – June 27, 1968), of Washington, D.C. , was noted philatelist who served in the United States Army during the Mexican Revolution .
20-517: Charles Hamilton may refer to: Aristocracy [ edit ] Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Abercorn (died 1701), Scottish peer Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Haddington (1650–1685), Scottish nobleman Charles Hamilton, 8th Earl of Haddington (1753–1828), Scottish nobleman Charles Hamilton, Count of Arran (1691-1754) Sir Charles Edward Archibald Watkin Hamilton, 5th Baronet (1876–1939),
40-643: A British convert to Islam Sir Charles John James Hamilton, 3rd Baronet (1810–1892), of the Hamilton baronets Military [ edit ] Charles Hamilton (orientalist) (1753?–1792), British East India Company soldier, known for his English translation of Al-Hidayah Charles Iain Hamilton , naval historian at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Charles Powell Hamilton (1747–1825), Royal Navy admiral Charles R. Hamilton , US Army general and former commander of
60-440: A man Charles Hamilton (handwriting expert) (1913–1996), American paleographer, handwriting expert and author of historical works Charles S. Hamilton (philatelist) (1882–1968), American philatelist and US Army colonel Charles Hamilton (rapper) (born 1987), American rapper Charles Hamilton (writer) (1876–1961), English story writer, primarily under the pen name Frank Richards Charles H. Hamilton, one-time editor of
80-697: A steward to William Lenthall, Abercorn's wife's first husband. Abercorn was accused of the murder and jailed but was finally acquitted. Abercorn died childless in Strabane in June 1701. His only child, Elizabeth, had predeceased him in 1699. His widow died on 24 May 1723 in Pall Mall, London , and was buried in the Richmond vault of the Henry VII Chapel at Westminster Abbey . With his death,
100-494: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Abercorn Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Abercorn (died 1701) succeeded his brother who had been attainted as a Jacobite and, having conformed to the established religion, could get the attainder reversed. Charles was born between 1659 and 1668, probably at Kenure House in Rush near Dublin. He
120-655: The Mexican Revolution . The colonel's Mexican collections were considered world class, and he exhibited portions of the collections at shows and exhibitions. Hamilton wrote extensively of his studies of Mexican stamps, particularly those of the Mexican Civil War era. Colonel Hamilton was named to the Mexico-Elmhurst Philatelic Society International Hall of Fame in 1965. In 1969 he was named to
140-402: The established religion . The family's usual residence was Kenure House in Rush near Dublin, where he and his siblings were probably born and where his father died. Charles's father died on 14 April 1668 at Kenure House and his elder brother, Claud , succeeded as the 5th Baron of Strabane. Charles became heir presumptive as his brother was unmarried. In about 1680 Claud also succeeded as
160-561: The 4th Earl of Abercorn after the death of his cousin George in faraway Padua , Italy. However, in August 1691, when Charles was about 26, Claud was killed in a sea-fight when a Dutch privateer attacked the ship that should have brought him from Limerick to France. His brother had been a Jacobite and had been attainted in Ireland on 11 May 1691. Charles succeeded him immediately as
180-467: The 5th Earl of Abercorn as the family's Scottish titles were not affected by the attainder but could not become Baron Hamilton of Strabane as that title was forfeit. Abercorn, as he was now, had supported the Prince of Orange and was a Protestant, perhaps due to his marriage. On 24 May 1692, he obtained a reversal of his brother's attainder and also succeeded as Baron Hamilton of Strabane, becoming
200-495: The 6th holder of that title. In that capacity he took his seat in the Irish House of Lords on 31 August 1695. About 1690 Abercorn married Catherine Lenthall (née Hamilton), the widow of William Lenthall of Burford, a grandson of the speaker , and the daughter of James Hamilton, Lord Paisley . She was his second cousin, the common great-grandfather being James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn . Her father had converted to
220-577: The Church of Scotland and she was a Protestant as her father and her first husband had been. Charles and Catherine had an only child: In 1697 Abercorn signed the Association , an oath of loyalty King William and Queen Mary that had been introduced in reaction to the Jacobite assassination plot of 1696 . On 3 April 1697 John Pryor was found murdered in the garden of Burford Priory . He had been
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#1732772126267240-833: The United States Army Materiel Command Charles S. Hamilton (born 1952), US Navy admiral Charles S. Hamilton (philatelist) (1882–1968), US Army colonel and philatelist Charles Smith Hamilton (1822–1891), Union Army general during the American Civil War Politics and government [ edit ] Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning (1697–1732), Scottish politician Charles Hamilton (MP) (1704–1786), Member of Parliament for Truro Sir Charles Hamilton, 1st Baronet (1845–1928), British Member of Parliament for Rotherhithe, 1885–1892 Sir Charles Hamilton, 2nd Baronet, of Marlborough House (1767–1849), governor of
260-667: The Wind See also [ edit ] Hamilton, Charles (album) , an album by rapper Charles Hamilton Charles Baillie-Hamilton (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Hamilton&oldid=1219745356 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
280-1164: The colony of Newfoundland Charles A. Hamilton , an Administrator of the British Indian Ocean Territory in 2005 Charles Edward Hamilton (1844–1919), Canadian politician Charles Hadley Hamilton (1850–1915), Wisconsin lawyer and politician, son of Charles Smith Hamilton Charles James Hamilton (1855–1937), Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons Charles Mann Hamilton (1874–1942), US Representative from New York, House minority whip Charles McGill Hamilton (1878–1952), Canadian farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan Charles Memorial Hamilton (1840–1875), US Representative from Florida Charles V. Hamilton (1929–2023), political scientist and civil rights leader Other fields [ edit ] Charles Hamilton (bishop) (1834–1919), Anglican bishop of Ottawa Charles Hamilton (female husband) (c. 1721–1724), woman who married while living as
300-476: The descendants of the fourth son, Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet, of Donalong . Our subject, the 5th Earl, was therefore succeeded as Earl of Abercorn by his second cousin, James Hamilton , the grandson of Sir George. James Hamilton would thus become the 6th Earl of Abercorn. With regard to the Strabanes, Charles, our subject, was the 6th Baron, and the last heir-male of Claud Hamilton, the 2nd Baron, to whom
320-460: The libertarian The Freeman journal Charles K. Hamilton (1885–1914), early American aviator Chuck Hamilton (1939–2023), Canadian ice hockey player Charles "Uncle Chucc" Hamilton, a member of the production and songwriting collective 1500 or Nothin' Fictional characters [ edit ] Charles Hamilton, Scarlett O'Hara's first husband and Melanie Hamilton's brother in Gone with
340-889: The same person. Charles S. Hamilton (philatelist) Hamilton served in the United States Army. He was stationed in the United States Army Quartermaster Corps along the Mexican border from 1913 to 1914. He also served with General John J. Pershing during Pershing's expedition into Mexico during 1915 and 1916. Hamilton became interested in Mexican postage stamps and postal history while serving in Mexico. While in Mexico, he obtained first hand information on Mexican postage stamp issues, and became an expert on stamps of Sonora and those that were issued by various postal authorities during
360-509: The senior line of the Abercorns and the Strabanes failed. With regard to the Abercorns, the succession reverted to the next of the cadet branches descending from the five sons of the 1st Earl of Abercorn as it already had done in about 1650 when George, the 3rd Earl, died unmarried in Padua. As the 1st Earl 's third son, William, 1st Baronet of Westport, had no children, the succession passed to
380-594: The title had been regranted after the 2nd Earl had resigned it. The succession, therefore, needed to make use of the special remainder, which also allowed succession through heirs-male from the body of the grantee's father. Therefore, not only the Scottish but also the Irish title devolved to his second cousin, James Hamilton . James, therefore, became 6th Earl of Abercorn and 7th Baron Hamilton of Strabane. From that time on these two titles merged and would always be worn by
400-569: Was the second son of George Hamilton , and his wife Elizabeth Fagan. His father was the 4th Baron Hamilton of Strabane , an important landowner in County Tyrone . The Strabanes were a cadet branch of the Abercorns and like the latter of Scottish origin. Charles's mother was Irish and a rich heiress, the only child of Christopher Fagan of Feltrim, County Dublin. Charles was one of four siblings, who are listed in his father's article . His parents were both Catholic, but he later conformed to
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