George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney

Scottish nobleman and field marshal

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1666

Place of Birth: Hamilton Palace, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 29-Jan-1737

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Field Marshal George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, KT (9 February 1666 – 29 January 1737), styled Lord George Hamilton from 1666 to 1696, was a British soldier and Scottish nobleman and the first British Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal.
After commanding a regiment for the cause of William of Orange during the Williamite War in Ireland, he commanded a regiment in the Low Countries during the Nine Years' War.
He then led the final assault at the Battle of Blenheim attacking the village churchyard with eight battalions of men and then receiving the surrender of its French defenders during the War of the Spanish Succession.
He also led the charge of fifteen infantry battalions in an extremely bloody assault on the French entrenchments at the Battle of Malplaquet.
In later life he became a Lord of the Bedchamber to George I and was installed as Governor of Edinburgh Castle.

Martin Maingaud (–1725)
Description	French portrait painter
Date of birth/death	17^th century date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7	1725
Location of birth	Paris
Work period	1692 / 1699 / 1724
Work location	Paris; Hanover; Brussels; Munich (1692–1706)
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