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From to William Hamilton was an officer in the 3rd regiment of the foot-guards, and for five years of this period acted as equerry to his foster-brother, the Prince of Wales George III. As ensign he served in Holland under the Duke of Cumberland.

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In January he married Miss Barlow, daughter and heiress of Hugh Barlow of Lawrenny Hall, Pembrokeshire, through whom he obtained an estate near Swansea worth nearly 5, l. They lived together happily till her death in Their only child, a daughter, died in In January Hamilton was M. In he was appointed the British envoy extraordinary and plenipotentiary at the court of Naples.

He secured the neutrality of the king of Naples in the American war, and settled the family misunderstanding between Spain and Naples —6 , but had no important diplomatic duties till — At Naples he was hospitable and influential in society, being 'the best dancer at the Neapolitan court,' and a creditable musician and artist.

He was a man 'of spare figure and of great muscular power and energy,' a good rider and a keen sportsman. His leisure was chiefly occupied in the study of volcanic phenomena, and in the formation of his remarkable collections of antiquities. Within four years he had ascended Vesuvius twenty-two times, more than once at great risk, making himself or causing Fabris, an artist trained to the work by him, to make numberless sketches at all stages of the eruptions.