Robert Hamilton (September 14, 1753 – March 8, 1809) was a businessman, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.
He was born in the manse at Bolton, East Lothian, Scotland in 1753, the son of Rev John Hamilton, the local minister, and his wife Jean Wight.
[1] He came to Canada as part of a contract with a fur trading company operating west of the Great Lakes.
He opened a general store at Queenston and also acquired extensive land holding on the Niagara peninsula with his profits.
[3] His sons, Alexander (First Sheriff of Niagara, Postmaster of Upper Canada, Deputy Collector of Customs), Robert, George and John, went on to become important political figures in the province.