Hugo Hamilton, Baron Hamilton

He was a younger son of Captain John Hamilton of Ballygally in County Tyrone, Ireland, by his wife Jean, daughter of James Somerville.

[1] After seeing military service at home, Hamilton was summoned to Sweden in 1680 by his elder brother Malcolm, an officer in the Swedish army.

In 1693 he and his brother were ennobled in Sweden as barons Hamilton de Hageby.

[1] Hamilton came to prominence in the wars of Charles XII, especially against the Danes in 1710 at the Battle of Helsingborg.

[1] Hamilton married a daughter of Henrik Ardvisson of Gothenburg, and left numerous children.