| Alexander Hamilton | |
| Bishop of Jarrow | |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Durham |
| Term: | 1965–1980 |
| Predecessor: | Mervyn Armstrong |
| Successor: | Michael Ball |
| Ordination: | 1939 (deacon); 1940 (priest) |
| Consecration: | 1965 |
| Consecrated By: | Donald Coggan |
| Birth Date: | 11 May 1915 |
| Death Place: | Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, United Kingdom |
| Nationality: | British |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Parents: | Cuthbert Arthur Hamilton and Agnes Maud Hamilton |
| Spouse: | unmarried |
| Alma Mater: | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
Alexander Kenneth Hamilton (11 May 191522 December 2001) was an eminent Anglican clergyman during the second half of the 20th century.[1]
Educated at Malvern and Trinity Hall, Cambridge (he proceeded Cambridge Master of Arts in 1941), he trained for the ministry at Westcott House, Cambridge. He was ordained a deacon by John Willis, assistant bishop, at Holy Apostles, Leicester, on 8 October 1939; and a priestby Guy Smith, Bishop of Leicester, at St Margaret's, Leicester, on 22 September 1940. His first post was as a Curate in Birstall, Leicestershire,[2] after which he was a Chaplain in the RNVR. When peace returned he was Vicar of St Francis, Ashton Gate.[3] Appointed Rural Dean of Central Newcastle in 1962, when Vicar of the Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Grainger Street, he became Bishop of Jarrow, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Durham, three years later.[4] He was ordained (consecrated) a bishop by Donald Coggan, Archbishop of York, on St Matthias' day (24 February) 1965.