Robert George Crookshank Hamilton
| Robert George Crookshank Hamilton | |
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| 6th Governor of Tasmania | |
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In office 11 March 1887 – 30 November 1892 |
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| Preceded by | Major Sir George Strahan |
| Succeeded by | Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
30 August 1836 Bressay, Shetland, Scotland  United Kingdom
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| Died | 22 April 1895 (aged 58) South Kensington, London, England United Kingdom
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| Spouse(s) | Caroline Jane Ball, Teresa Felicia |
| Education | Aberdeen Grammar School |
| Alma mater | King's College, Aberdeen |
Sir Robert George Crookshank Hamilton KCB, (30 August 1836 – 22 April 1895) was the sixth Governor, and the Commander-in-Chief of the then British colony of Tasmania from 11 March 1887, until 30 November 1892, during which time he oversaw the ministries of two Tasmanian Premiers. Sir Philip Fysh (30 March 1887 to 17 August 1892) and Henry Dobson (17 August 1892 to 14 April 1894), both of whom, he curiously insisted on incorrectly referring to as Prime Minister.
Born in Bressay, Shetland, Scotland, Sir Robert Hamilton was the son of Rev. Zachary Macaulay Hamilton and his first wife Anne Irvine (née Croockshank). He was educated at Grammar School.
Robert was educated at University and King's College, Aberdeen, where he graduated MA in March 1854. In 1855, he migrated to London and entered the civil service as a temporary clerk at the war office. In the same year he was sent to the Crimea as a clerk in the commissariat department. In 1857, he was employed in the office of works, and in 1861 he was selected to take charge of the finance of the education department, the work of which was then rapidly growing in bulk and complexity. In 1869, on Lord Lingen's recommendation, Hamilton was appointed to the yet more difficult post of accountant to the board of trade, and in this capacity he successfully reorganised the board's financial department ; from 1872 to 1878 he was assistant-secretary to the board of trade. In 1872, he was appointed assistant-secretary and in 1874 secretary of Playfair's civil service inquiry commission ; in this capacity he spent some time at Dublin Castle with a view to its reorganisation. In 1878, he became accountant-general of the navy, and was the first to simplify the naval estimates so as to make them intelligible to the public. In 1879 he was appointed a member of The Earl of Carnarvon's royal commission on colonial defenses, and in May 1882 he was made permanent secretary to the admiralty.
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