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Otho Hamilton

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He became involved in the government of Nova Scotia, firstly as secretary and then as a member of the Council. He was also co-opted into two commissions to resolve border disputes. In 1744 he was appointed Lieutenant-governor of
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By 1768 he had returned to Great Britain and taken up residence in Waterford, Ireland, where he died in 1770. He was the father of Captain
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He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, one of the 12 children of Thomas and Grizel Hamilton.
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40th Regiment of Foot
Nova Scotia Council
Governor of Placentia
Earl of Portmore
2nd Regiment of Foot
Richard Philipps
40th Regiment of Foot
Placentia
John Hamilton
Siege of Grand Pre
List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador
"Hamilton, Otho"
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
University of Toronto Press
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Whitbourne
Tanfield
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Aston
Calvert
Baltimore
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