Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Lord Claud Hamilton PC (27 July 1813 3 June 1884) was a British Conservative politician. Hamilton was the second son of James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton, eldest son of John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn. His mother was Harriet, daughter of the Hon. James Douglas, while James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, was his elder brother. Hamilton sat as Member of Parliament for County Tyrone from 1835 to 1837 and from 1839 to 1874 and served under the Earl of Derby as Treasurer of the Household in 1852 and from 1858 to 1859 and under Derby and later Benjamin Disraeli as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1866 to 1868. In 1852 he was admitted to the Privy Council. Hamilton married Lady Elizabeth Proby, daughter of the Granville Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort, on 7 August 1844. They had one son and three daughters. His only son Douglas became a soldier and Member of Parliament while his grandson Richard was created a Baronet in 1952 (see Proby Baronets).