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George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney.
Scottish nobleman and field marshal
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About George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney
Field Marshal George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney,, styled Lord George Hamilton from 1666 to 1696, was a British army officer and the first officer of the British Army to be promoted to the rank of field marshal. After commanding a Scots Army regiment for the cause of William of Orange during the Williamite War in Ireland, he commanded another Scottish regiment in the Low Countries during the Nine Years' War.
Everything about George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney →- Occupation
- military personnel
- Position held
- member of the House of Lords, colonial governor of Virginia
- Born
- February 9, 1666
- Died
- January 29, 1737