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Colonel Christopher Hamilton (1810–1860) was an Anglo-Irish politician and Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in British Ceylon.
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Christopher Hamilton was born c. 1810 in County Dublin, Ireland, the son of Maj-Gen Christopher Hamilton, who commanded the British Forces in County Dublin and his wife Sarah née Handcock, daughter of Richard Handcock, 2nd Baron Castlemaine. His father's family were traditionally Anglo-Irish and were well settled in the County Dublin area; his grandfather was Hans Hamilton.
After being educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he took up commission with the 1st The Royal Dragoons in Bombay but quickly impressed his superiors and was transferred to Ceylon, where he served under Edward Barnes, and eventually became Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces.
He left the army with the rank of colonel in 1840 and began a career in Irish politics, serving as Member of Parliament for Tipperary.
He married in 1830 The Hon. Jane FitzGerald-de Ros, the youngest daughter of Lord Henry FitzGerald and Charlotte FitzGerald-de Ros, 21st Baroness de Ros; she did not accompany him to Ceylon, instead raising a family in England at 48 Belgrave Square and Linney House, Ludlow. They had four children:
Hamilton died on 5 January 1860. His heart is buried in the transept of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin and his body at St Laurence Church, Ludlow.