George Hamilton

George Hamilton was resident at No. 7 between 1892 to 1897,¹ living with his mother and step-father Robert Somerville. He was born at Duddingston on 08 August 1862, the second son of James Clarkson Hamilton and Helen Anderson.² His father, clerk to the Colonial Life Assurance company, died in 1866. His mother remarried in 1871. George Hamilton was described as an apprentice law clerk in 1881³ and a ‘solicitor general clerk’ in 1891,⁴ when the family was living in Raeburn Place. In 1901, after their removal from No. 7 to 24 Pitt Street, he was a law agent.⁵ He was still resident at 24 Pitt Street when he died on 10 June 1933.⁶

1. PO Directories 1892-93 to 1896-97.
2. Births (SR) Scotland. Duddingston, Edinburgh. 08 August 1862. HAMILTON, George. 684/1 71. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 18 September 2023.
3. Census records. Scotland. St George, Edinburgh. 03 April 1881. HAMILTON, George. 685/1 115/ 12. Ancestry collection ‘1881 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 18 September 2023.
4. Census records. Scotland. St George, Edinburgh. 05 April 1891. HAMILTON, George. 685A/2 14/ 6. Ancestry collection ‘1891 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 18 September 2023.
5. Census records. Scotland. St Andrew, Edinburgh. 31 March 1901. HAMILTON, George. 685/2 124/ 12. Ancestry collection ‘1901 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 18 September 2023.
6. Probate records. Scotland. Edinburgh. Confirmation. 13 November 1933. HAMILTON, George. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 18 September 2023.