Viscount Boyne

Title in the Peerage of Ireland

Viscount Boyne, in the province of Leinster, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland.^[1] It was created in 1717 for the Scottish military commander Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Stackallan. He had already been created Baron Hamilton of Stackallan, in the County of Meath in 1715, also in the Peerage of Ireland.^[2] Hamilton was the youngest son of Sir Frederick Hamilton, youngest son of Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley (from whom the Dukes of Abercorn descend), third son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran (from whom the Dukes of Hamilton descend). His grandson, the second Viscount, represented Newport (Isle of Wight) in the House of Commons. His first cousin, the fourth Viscount, sat as a member of the Irish House of Commons for Navan.

His great-grandson, the seventh Viscount, married Emma Maria Russell, sister and heiress of William Russell of Brancepeth Castle, County Durham, children of Matthew Russell of the same, and in 1850 assumed by royal licence the additional surname of Russell.^[3] In 1866, he was created Baron Brancepeth, of Brancepeth in the County of Durham, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Prior to the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, the Viscounts Boyne sat in the House of Lords in right of this title. As of 2010^[update] the titles are held by the seventh Viscount's great-great-great-grandson, the eleventh Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1995.

The family seat is at Burwarton House, near Bridgnorth, Shropshire.

Viscounts Boyne (1717)

Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne (1642–1723)
- Hon. Frederick Hamilton (c. 1663–1715)
Gustavus Hamilton, 2nd Viscount Boyne (1710–1746)
Frederick Hamilton, 3rd Viscount Boyne (1718–1772)
Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boyne (1724–1789)
Gustavus Hamilton, 5th Viscount Boyne (1749–1816)
Gustavus Hamilton, 6th Viscount Boyne (1777–1855)
Gustavus Frederick Hamilton-Russell, 7th Viscount Boyne (1798–1872)
Gustavus Russell Hamilton-Russell, 8th Viscount Boyne (1830–1907)
Gustavus William Hamilton-Russell, 9th Viscount Boyne (1864–1942)
Gustavus Michael George Hamilton-Russell, 10th Viscount Boyne (1931–1995)
Gustavus Michael Stucley Hamilton-Russell, 11th Viscount Boyne (born 1965)

The heir apparent is the present holder's eldest twin son the Hon. Gustavus Archie Edward Hamilton-Russell (born 1999)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Viscount Boyne

8. Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, 9th Viscount Boyne

4. Hon. Gustavus Hamilton-Russell

9. Lady Margaret Selina Lascelles

2. Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, 10th Viscount Boyne

10. Harry Lloyd-Verney

5. Joan Lloyd-Verney

11. Lady Joan Cuffe

1. Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, 11th Viscount Boyne

12. Sir Hugh Stucley, 4th Baronet

6. Sir Dennis Stucley, 5th Baronet

13. Gladys Bankes

3. Rosemary Stucley

14. George Bampfylde, 4th Baron Poltimore

7. Hon. Sheila Bampfylde

15. Cynthia Lascelles

References

^ "No. 5368". The London Gazette. 27 September 1715. p. 2.
^ "No. 5561". The London Gazette. 3 August 1717. p. 1.
^ Cokayne, G. E. & Gibbs, Vicary, eds. (1912). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (Bass to Canning). 2 (2nd ed.). London: The St. Catherine Press, p.268

Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 130.
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.^{[page needed]}
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Gustavus Frederick Hamilton-Russell, 7th Viscount Boyne
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Gustavus Russell Hamilton-Russell, 8th Viscount Boyne
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Gustavus William Hamilton-Russell, 9th Viscount Boyne
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Gustavus Michael Stucley Hamilton-Russell, 11th Viscount Boyne