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4 unusual facts about Gustav Hamilton


Gustaf Hamilton

Gustav Hamilton (1650s–1691), chief of defence in Northern Ireland

Gustav Hamilton

Gustav's namesake great-great-grandson, barrister Gustav Hamilton, then of Dublin, laid in mid-19th century claim to the baronial title and seat of Deserf in peerage of Sweden, as he was de jure 9th friherre of Deserf.

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From father's side, In 1684, the English-held government, fearful of the Mac Sweeney clan, placed a garrison in Doe Castle, County Donegal, commanded by Major Gustavus Hamilton.

Gustavus Hamilton

Gustav Hamilton (c. 1650–1691), Swedish born noble, Irish Governor of Enniskillen



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