HADDINGTON. 131 Lord Lieut, of co. Haddington, 1716. Rep. Peer [S.J, 1716-34 : K.T., 1 March 1717. He in. in 1696 (at the age of 16) bis cousin, Helen, sister of Charles, 1st Earl of Hopetoun Q3.1 da. of John Hope, of Hopetoun, by Margaret, da. of John (Hamilton), 4th Eaw. ok Haddington [S.], ab<iveiiamed. He d. 28 Nov. 1735, in his 55th year, at New Hai!es.( a ) His widow d. at Edinburgh 19 April 1768, in her91styear. Both were bur. at Tyninghani. [Charles Hamilton, staled Lord Binning, 1st s. and h. ap., b. 1697 ; was (with his father) at the battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715 ; M.P. for St. Germans, 1722 ; Knight Marischal [SJ (for life) 22 Feb. 1718,() and a Commissioner of Trade. He m. in or before 1 720 llachel, yst. da. (whose issue became sole heir) of George Baillie, of Jerviswood, co. Lanark and of Mellerstain, co. Koxburgh. He d. v.p. (of consumption) 27 Dec. 1732, at Naples, aged 35.0 His widow, who was 6. at Edinburgh 23 Feb. 1696, d. 24 March 1773, at Mellerstain afsd.] VII. 1735. 7. Thomas (Hamilton), Earl of Haddington, &c. [S.], grandson and h., being s. and h. of Charles Hamilton, styled Loud Binning, by Rachel, his wife, both abovenamed. He was 4. 1720 or 1721 ; was styled Lord Binning, 1733-35 ; sue. to the peerage [S.], 28 Nov. 1735 ; mat. at Oxford (St. Mary Hall) 30 April 1737, and afterwards (1740) was at the Univ. of Geneva; el. Rep. Peer [8-1 1787 and 1790. He m. firstly, 28 Oct. 1750, Mary, widow of Gresham Lloyd, da. of Rowland Holt, of Redgrave, co. Suffolk. She d. at Edinburgh, 7 Sep. 1785. He m. secondly (a few months later) 8 March 17S6, at Edinburgh, Anne, da. of Sir Charles Gascoyne, she being 40 years junior to her husband. He d. 19 May 1794, in his 74th year, at Ham, co. Surrey. His widow m. Feb. 1796, at Petersburgh, James Daluymple, of North Berwick, and d. at Great Malvern, co. Worcester, 21 June 1S40, aged 80. VIII. 1794. Charles (Hamilton), Earl of Haddington, &c. [S.J, 1st and only 'surv. s. and h., 4. 5 July 1753 ; styled Lord Binning till he sue to the peerage [S.], 19 May 1 794 ; was sometime (1778) Capt. of the Gren. Fencibles ; Lord Lieut, of co. Haddiugton, 1804-23 ; Rep. Peer[S.], 1807-12. He i/i., 30 Apri) 1779, Sophia, 3d da. of John (Hope), 2d Earl of Hopetoun [SJ, by his first wife, Anne, da. of James (Ogilvy), 5th Earl of Findlater [S.] She, who was 4. 2 Feb. 1759, d, 8 March 1813. He d. 17 March 1828, at Tyninghame afsd., aged 74. IX. 1828. 9. Thomas (Hamilton), Earl of Haddington, &c. [S.J, only s. and h., 4. 21 June 1780, at Edinburgh, styled Lord Binning, 1794—1828 ; ed. at the Univ. of Edinburgh ; mat. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 24 Oct. 1798 ; B.A., 1801, and M.A., 1815. He was M.P. for St. Germans, 1802-06 ; for Cockerruouth, Jan. to May 1807 ; for Callington, 1807-12 ; for Michael-borough, 1S14-13 ; for Rochester, 1818-26, and for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 1826-27, being cr. (v.p.) a Peer [U.K.] 24 July 1827, as BARON MELROS OF TYNINGHAME, co. Haddington, and taking his seat 29 Jan. 1 S2S. He was previously (1814) P.C. and (1814-22) a Commissioner for the all'airs of India.. He sue. to his father's Earldom [S.J in March 1S28; was Lord Lieut, of Ireland, Dec. 1834 to April 1835 ;( d ) First Lord of ( a ) He made great plantations on his estate at Tyninghame and wrote " A Treatise on raising forest trees." Mucky in his "Characters" says of him that he "hath a genius whenever he thinks fit to apply himself," while he is described by Lockhart as " hot, proud, vain, and ambitious," and as one whose " talent lay in a buffoon sort of wit and raillery. See " Nat. Biogr." ( b ) This office which had been forfeited by the 2d Earl of Kintore [S.J in 1715 was restored to that family on Lord Binning's death. ( c ) He was author of a pastoral poem called " Ungrateful Nanny." ( ll ) In 1S41 he declined the important post of Gov. Gen. of India which elicits the following remark from Greville in his "Memoirs" that "it is a curious circumstance that a man so unimportant, so destitute not only of shining but of plausible qualities, without interest or influence, should by a mere combination of accidental circum- stances have had at his disposal three of the greatest and most important offices under the Crown, having actually occupied two of them and rejected the greatest and most brilliant of all." K.
