# William Hamilton

> Sir William Hamilton, KB, PC, FRS, FRSE was a British diplomat, politician, antiquarian and vulcanologist who served as the Envoy Extraordinary to the Kingdom of Naples from 1764 to 1800. After sitting in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1761 to 1764, he began working as a diplomat, succeeding Sir James Gray as the British ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples. While in Italy, Hamilton became involved in studying local volcanoes and collecting antiquities, becoming a fellow of the Royal Society and being given the Copley Medal. His second wife was Emma Hamilton, who was famed as the mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson.

*Scottish diplomat, antiquarian, archaeologist and vulcanologist (1730-1803)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Public Official
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1730-12-13
- **Died:** 1803-04-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.7 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 21.4 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 30.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Hamilton)
- [Wikiquote](https://az.wikiquote.org/wiki/Uilyam_Hamilton)
- [وليام هاملتون (دبلوماسي)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A))
- [وليام هاملتون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Уилям Хамилтън](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BD)
- [William Douglas Hamilton](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Douglas_Hamilton)
- [William Hamilton](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hamilton)
- [William Hamilton](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hamilton)
- [William Hamilton (diplomat)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hamilton_(diplomat))
- [William Hamilton (diplomático)](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hamilton_(diplom%C3%A1tico))
- [ویلیام همیلتون (دیپلمات)](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%BE%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA))
- [William Hamilton (diplomaatti)](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hamilton_(diplomaatti))
- [William Hamilton (1731-1803)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hamilton_(1731-1803))
- [William Hamilton](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hamilton)
- [William Hamilton (diplomatico)](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hamilton_(diplomatico))
- [ウィリアム・ダグラス・ハミルトン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3)
- [William Hamilton (diplomaat)](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hamilton_(diplomaat))
- [William Hamilton](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hamilton)
- [William Douglas Hamilton](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Douglas_Hamilton)
- [William Hamilton (diplomata)](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hamilton_(diplomata))
- [William Hamilton (diplomat)](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hamilton_(diplomat))
- [Гамильтон, Уильям (дипломат)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_(%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82))
- [William Hamilton (diplomat)](https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hamilton_(diplomat))
- [William Hamilton (diplomat)](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hamilton_(diplomat))
- [Вільям Дуглас Гамільтон](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%94%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [威廉·汉密尔顿 (外交官)](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E6%B1%89%E5%AF%86%E5%B0%94%E9%A1%BF_(%E5%A4%96%E4%BA%A4%E5%AE%98))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15462)

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