Anthony Hamilton (archdeacon of Taunton) explained

Anthony Hamilton (12 July 1778 – 10 September 1851)^[1] was Archdeacon of Taunton^[2] from 5 December 1827 until his death.

Life

He was the younger son of Anthony Hamilton (Archdeacon of Colchester) and his wife Anne Terrick, daughter of Richard Terrick. His older brother was William Richard Hamilton.

Hamilton was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.^[3]

He married Charity Graeme, third daughter of Sir Walter Farquhar, 1st Baronet, physician to the prince regent, and their eldest son was Walter Kerr Hamilton^[4] and their younger son was Edward William Terrick Hamilton.^[5]

Notes and References

1. "Bequests." Bristol Mercury (Bristol, England), Saturday, September 27, 1851; Issue 3210
2. "Memorials of Cambridge" Cooper, CH p135: Cambridge, CUP, 2012
3. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900]
4. Hamilton, Walter Kerr. William Alexander. Greenhill. 24.
5. hamilton-edward-william-terrick-455. Hamilton, Edward William Terrick (1809–1898). Robertson. J R. 16 October 2011.