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JOHN HAMILTON
JOHN HAMILTON, of Northpark, an extensive West India merchant. - His father, Dr. John Hamilton, was minister of the Inner High Church from 1749 till 1780. His grandfather, also a Dr. John Hamilton, was minister of the Blackfriars' or College Church, from 1713 till 1742, and his great-grandfather, Rev. John Hamilton, was minister of Carmichael in 1650. When Episcopacy came into Royal favour, this latter gentleman was displaced for refusing to conform to this mode of worship; but in 1672 he received the benefit of "indulgence," and was reseated in the parish by the Privy Council. John Hamilton was a much respected and highly influential member of the community. He was a Merchant Bailie in 1793, Dean of Guild in 1809 and 1810, and Lord Provost in 1801, 1802, 1803, 1811, and 1811. He died in 1829, aged 73. Several of his sons were West India merchants, and resided abroad. Perhaps the best known of this family was William of Northpark, who was Lord Provost of Glasgow in 1829, and an active and respected citizen. His daughter, Mary Anne, was married to John Patrick Alston of Muirburn, head of the existing firm of Campbell, Rivers & Co. The Hamiltons have numerous relations alive, the lineal representative of the family being George William Hamilton, son of Archibald of Woodside, the second son of John of Northpark.
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