BOYNE 267 He m. Elizabeth, 2nd da. of Sir Henry Brooke, of Brooke Borough, co. Fermanagh, by his 2nd wife, Anne, da. of Sir George St. George, Bart. She d. at Stackallan, co. Meath, 28 Dec. 1721. He d. there 16 Sep. 1723, in his 84th year, and was bur. there. Will pr. 1723. II. 1723. 2. GusTAVUs (Hamilton), Viscount Boyne, £5?c. [I.], grandson and h., being s. and h. of the Hon. Frederick Hamilton, by Sophia, sister of James, ist Earl of Clanbrassil [I.], da. of James Hamilton, of ToUymore, which Frederick was s. and h. ap. of the I St Viscount and d. v.p., 10 Dec. 171 5. He was b. 17 10; ed. at Westm. school; took his seat in the House of Peers [I.] 24 Dec. 1731; was M.P. (Whig) for Newport, Isle of Wight 1736-41. P.C. [I.] 9 Aug. 1736; Commissioner of the Revenue [I.] 1 737 till his death. He d. unm., 20 Apr. 1746, and was bur. at Stackallan. W^ill dat. 5 Apr. 1746, leaving his estates to his cousin, Richard Hamilton, afterwards the 4th Viscount, in tail male. III. 1746. 3. Frederick. (Hamilton), Viscount Boyne, i^c. [I.], cousin and h., being s. and h. of the Hon. Gustavus Hamilton, of Redwood, King's Co., by Dorothea, da. of Richard (Bellew), Baron Bellew [I.], which Gustavus was 2nd s. of the ist Viscount. He was bap. 9 Nov. 171 8, and sue. his father 26 Feb. 1733/4. Took his seat 24 Oct. 1747. He is said to have m., istly, privately, 25 Aug. 1737, at Chapelizod, co. Dublin, when aged 19, Elizabeth, da. of Benjamin Hadley, a blacksmith of Tullamore, King's Co. It was sought to set aside this marriage, but its validity was never determined, as the case turned on technical points of pleading. He m., in July 1746, during the lifetime of the afsd. Elizabeth, Bridget, da. of Lieut. Col. Mooney. He recorded his children by her in "Lords Entries," Ulster office, 10 June 1766. The will of "Elizabeth Dowager Viscountess Boyne" [i.e. Eliz. Hadley afsd.] was pr. 1785 [I.]. He d. s.p. legit.., 2 Jan. 1772, at Drumcondra, and was bur. in St. Paul's Church, Dublin. Frederick Hamilton, ist s.by Bridget Mooney, assumed the title on the death of his father, 2 Jan. 1772. He was b. 26 Feb. 1751. He acted as one of the train bearers to the Lord Lieut, attending Pari, in state, (an office performed by the sons of Peers) 7 June 1766, and 16 Feb. 1768. He m. (lie. 24 Mar. 1772), being described as "commonly called Viscount Boyne," Delphina, da. of Thomas Smyth, yeoman usher of the House of Lords [I.], and had issue. He d. in 1803. Will pr. 1803 [I.]. His descendants never assumed the title. () if) For an account of them see "The Boyne Peerage Case," by the Rev. William Ball Wright, in the Genealogical Mag.,o.v. The claim to this Barony in 1772 is among the claims to Irish Peerages preserved in the Record Office in Dublin Castle. For a list of these see note suh Thomas, Baron Louth [1763].
