George Hamilton (lumber baron)
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! George Hamilton (April 13, 1781 January 7, 1839) was a lumber baron and public official in Upper Canada. Hamilton was born at Hamwood House, in County Meath, Republic of Ireland in 1781 and came to Quebec City sometime before 1807. He was a descendant of the Hamiltons of Killyleagh Castle, Co. Down, and the third son of Charles Hamilton (d.1818), who built Hamwood House, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Crewe Chetwood of Woodbrook, Queen's County. He and his brother, William, were merchants importing…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! George Hamilton (April 13, 1781 January 7, 1839) was a lumber baron and public official in Upper Canada. Hamilton was born at Hamwood House, in County Meath, Republic of Ireland in 1781 and came to Quebec City sometime before 1807. He was a descendant of the Hamiltons of Killyleagh Castle, Co. Down, and the third son of Charles Hamilton (d.1818), who built Hamwood House, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Crewe Chetwood of Woodbrook, Queen's County. He and his brother, William, were merchants importing Madeira wine and selling other goods. In 1809, they set themselves up in the timber trade in Lower Canada, exporting lumber and supplying shipbuilders.