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He suffered from ill-health in his later years, and handed over management of Ewell
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Hamilton, Frank Hamilton’s grandson and a fifth generation of South Australian Hamilton’s began making wine in 1972 in McLaren Vale and continues to produce South Australian wine to this day under ‘Richard Hamilton Wines’ and ‘Leconfield Wines’ labels.
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groves of almonds and other fruit. Frank married Violet
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