Thomas Ferrier Hamilton | |
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Member of the Victorian Legislative Council | |
In office April 1872 – August 1884 |
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Preceded by | William Pettett |
Succeeded by | Thomas Henty |
Constituency | Southern Province |
Personal details | |
Born |
Cathlaw House, Torphichen, Linlithgowshire, Scotland |
31 March 1820
Died | 7 August 1905 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia |
(aged 85)
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast (under-arm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1850–1858 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 26 March 2014
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Thomas Ferrier Hamilton (31 March 1820 – 7 August 1905) was an Australian politician, pastoralist, and sportsman. A grandson of the 2nd Viscount Gort, he was born in Linlithgowshire, Scotland, but emigrated to Australia in 1839. With his cousin, John Carre Riddell, Hamilton owned a pastoral lease near Gisborne, Victoria. A local magistrate and justice of the peace, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1872, sitting as a member for the Southern Province until 1884. He also sat on the Gisborne Road Board, including as chairman for a time. A member (and twice president) of the Melbourne Cricket Club, Hamilton was a keen cricketer, and played several matches for Victorian representative teams, including the inaugural first-class match in Australia.
Hamilton was born at Cathlaw House, in Torphichen, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, on 31 March 1820. His father was Col. John Ferrier Hamilton, of the 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards, and his mother was The Hon. Georgina Prendergast Vereker, the third daughter of Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort. The couple's first son was Major Walter Ferrier Hamilton, who inherited his father's properties and was the member for the Linlithgowshire constituency in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1859 to 1865.