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Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton

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65: 385: 372:, wrote of him that 'never was such a magnifico as the 10th Duke, the Ambassador to the Empress Catherine; when I knew him he was very old, but held himself straight as any grenadier. He was always dressed in a military laced undress coat, tights and Hessian boots, &c'. Lady Stafford in letters to her son mentioned 'his great Coat, long Queue, and Fingers cover'd with gold Rings', and his foreign appearance. According to another obituary, this time in 332: 358:
Hamilton was a well-known dandy of his day. An obituary notice states that "timidity and variableness of temperament prevented his rendering much service to, or being much relied on by his party ... With a great predisposition to over-estimate the importance of ancient birth ... he well deserved to
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as repository for the overcrowded family vault at the Palace. He was interred there with other Dukes of Hamilton, from the 1858 completion of the Mausoleum until 1921 when subsidence and the subsequent demolition of the Palace forced removal of the bodies to the Bent cemetery in Hamilton, where he
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His collection of paintings, objects, books and manuscripts was sold for £397,562 in July 1882. The manuscripts were purchased by the German government for £80,000. Some were repurchased by the British government and are now in the
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that he arranged for Pettigrew to mummify him after his death. He died on 18 August 1852 at age 84 at 12 Portman Square, London, England and was buried on 4 September 1852 at
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that he had originally acquired in Paris in 1836 ostensibly for the British Museum. At the same time he had acquired the sarcophagus of
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be considered the proudest man in England." He also supported Napoleon and commissioned the painting
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from 1802 to 1852. He received the numerous titles at his father's death in 1819. He was
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Hamilton was a Whig, and his political career began in 1802, when he became
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
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Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886
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between 1820 and 1822. He held the office of President of the
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Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, 7th Duke of Brandon
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between 1827 and 1831. He held the office of Trustee of the
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Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Russian Empire
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Ancestors of Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton
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contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Hamilton
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Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton
His Grace
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Henry Raeburn
Duke of Hamilton
Duke of Brandon
Archibald Hamilton
William Hamilton
London
Hamilton
Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire
Susan Euphemia Beckford
William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton
Lady Susan de Beeck
Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton
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Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton
Harrow School
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