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NameCol Gawin Rowan-Hamilton 
[188, Table, p. 160], [27, LG of Ireland 1958, Rowan-Hamilton, p. 352], [190, Killileagh, Co. Down article, p. 989]
[188, Table, p. 160], [27, LG of Ireland 1958, Rowan-Hamilton, p. 352], [190, Killileagh, Co. Down article, p. 989]Birth7 Mar 1844
Death22 Apr 1930
General1st s. Of Killyleagh castle, Co Down. Col in 3rd Royal Irish Rifles.
EducationCheltenham. Univ, Oxon: BA.
FatherArchibald Rowan-Hamilton (1818-1859)
MotherCatherine Anne Caldwell
Spouses
Marriage19 Oct 1876, Ashby de la Zouche district, Leics [27, LG of Ireland 1958, Rowan-Hamilton, p. 352], [3, Their marriage, Q4 of 1876, Ashby de la Zouche district, vol 7a, p. 223]
ChildrenArchibald James (1877-1915)
Orfla Melita (1880-)
Notes for Col Gawin Rowan-Hamilton
High Sheriff (of Co Down?): 1875.
DNB Main notes for Col Gawin Rowan-Hamilton
He is on Who Was Who:
HAMILTON, Colonel Gawin William Rowan- (1844-1930)
Details: HAMILTON, Colonel Gawin William Rowan-, DL, JP; retired; eldest lineal male representative of the Hamiltons, Earls of Clanbrassil; born 7 March 1844; eldest son of late Archibald Rowan Hamilton of Killyleagh Castle, Captain 5th Dragoon Guards, and Catherine, daughter of Rev. George Caldwell; married 1876, Lina, only daughter of Sir G. H. Beaumont, 9th Bt; one daughter.
Education: Cheltenham College; University College, Oxford.
Work: Served in the Oxford University Volunteer Corps; was Cornet, Lieutenant and Captain in the 7th Dragoon Guards, and for some years commanded the 3rd Royal Irish Rifles; High Sheriff of County Down, 1874; has travelled in America, Canada, Europe, and North Africa, and in early life took part in racing, hunting, and other field sports; for some years Master of the Killyleagh Harriers; High Sheriff, Co. Down, 1875.
Publications: The Last of the Cornets; Betwixt Two Lovers; The Second Answer.
Recreations: foreign travel.
Address: Killyleagh Castle, Co. Down.
Clubs: Naval and Military; Down Hunt, Ulster.
Died: 22 April 1930
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HAMILTON, Colonel Gawin William Rowan- (1844-1930)
Details: HAMILTON, Colonel Gawin William Rowan-, DL, JP; retired; eldest lineal male representative of the Hamiltons, Earls of Clanbrassil; born 7 March 1844; eldest son of late Archibald Rowan Hamilton of Killyleagh Castle, Captain 5th Dragoon Guards, and Catherine, daughter of Rev. George Caldwell; married 1876, Lina, only daughter of Sir G. H. Beaumont, 9th Bt; one daughter.
Education: Cheltenham College; University College, Oxford.
Work: Served in the Oxford University Volunteer Corps; was Cornet, Lieutenant and Captain in the 7th Dragoon Guards, and for some years commanded the 3rd Royal Irish Rifles; High Sheriff of County Down, 1874; has travelled in America, Canada, Europe, and North Africa, and in early life took part in racing, hunting, and other field sports; for some years Master of the Killyleagh Harriers; High Sheriff, Co. Down, 1875.
Publications: The Last of the Cornets; Betwixt Two Lovers; The Second Answer.
Recreations: foreign travel.
Address: Killyleagh Castle, Co. Down.
Clubs: Naval and Military; Down Hunt, Ulster.
Died: 22 April 1930
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