Hamilton of Lynn, was born at Edinburgh 6 December 1721, and educated at the high school.
Having settled at King's Lynn, he acquired a good practice, and was consulted by patients from a distance.
He was a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh, and a member of several other learned societies.
Another paper, on a case of tapping the bladder per rectum, is printed in the 'Philosophical Transactions,' lxvi.
Two works bearing his name were published posthumously, 'Observations on the Marsh Remittent Fever, on Water Canker and Leprosy, with Memoir of the Author's Life' London, 1801, and 'Letters on the Cause and Treatment of the Gout,' Lynn, 1806.