Archie Hamilton

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The Right Honourable
The Lord Hamilton of Epsom
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Minister of State for the Armed Forces
In office
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Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
John Major
Preceded byIan Stewart
Succeeded byJeremy Hanley
Member of Parliament
for Epsom and Ewell
In office
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Preceded byPeter Rawlinson
Succeeded byChris Grayling
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Life peerage
17 June 2005
Personal details
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PartyConservative
PortfolioTrustee of Supporting Wounded Veterans, President of the Lest We Forget Association

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Archibald Gavin Hamilton, Baron Hamilton of Epsom, PC (born 30 December 1941) is a British Conservative Party politician. A member of the House of Lords, he served as Minister of State for the Armed Forces under John Major.

Background and education

Hamilton is the second son of the 3rd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, a Lord-in-waiting to the Queen. The title was created for Hamilton's great-grandfather, John Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, who was a Liberal politician, and was inherited by his second son, Gavin Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, also a Liberal politician, before passing to his nephew, Hamilton's father. His mother, Rosemary Coke, was a daughter of Major Sir John Spencer Coke, son of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester; her maternal grandfather was Harry Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham. Hamilton is the younger brother of the 4th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, and was born at Beckington Castle, Beckington, Somerset, which was then his parents' country house.[1] He was educated at Eton College.

Political career

Hamilton was a Conservative councillor in Kensington and Chelsea from 1968 to 1971.[2] He initially attempted to enter Parliament for Dagenham at the February and October 1974 elections, but was defeated by Labour's veteran incumbent, John Parker. He won the seat of Epsom and Ewell at a 1978 by-election. He held it until his retirement from Parliament in 2001.

During his parliamentary career, Hamilton served as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Secretary of State for Energy (1979–81) and Transport (1981–82). From 1982 to 1984, he was Assistant Conservative Whip. In 1984 he became Lord Commissioner to HM Treasury, a position he held until 1986. From 1986 to 1987, Hamilton was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence.

Hamilton served as PPS to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1987–88), Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Armed Forces Minister, 1988–93) and was created a Privy Councillor in 1991. He was Chairman of the 1922 Committee from 1997 to 2001. Whilst an MP, he sat on the Standards and Privileges Committee (regarding Ethics of the Lords and Commons) in 1996. From 1994 to 1997, he also served on the Intelligence and Security Committee.

Hamilton was knighted in 1994.[3] On 13 May 2005 it was announced that he would be created a life peer, and the peerage was gazetted on 17 June 2005 as Baron Hamilton of Epsom, of West Anstey in the County of Devon.[4] Since 2015, he has sat on the Joint Committee for the National Security Strategy. In March 2025, Hamilton made remarks during a House of Lords debate on the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre Bill,[5] which drew criticism; he later withdrew the comments and apologised.[6]

Personal life

Hamilton is a bridge player. He is a member of the Lords bridge team and the All Party Parliamentary Bridge Group. In 1968, he married Anne Catherine Napier (born 1940), daughter of the late Commander Trevylyan Michael Napier DSC, RN. (1901–30 August 1940) and poet and author Priscilla Hayter (1908–98), who produced books about Napier ancestors, poetry and an autobiography, A Late Beginner. Anne is a sculptor and painter. The couple have three daughters and several grandchildren.[citation needed] In 2006, their youngest daughter Alice Rose Alethea Hamilton married Dominic Johnson, financier, hedge fund manager, and government minister.[7] Hamilton sits in the House of Lords, and is a trustee of Supporting Wounded Veterans,[8] as well as being the president of the Lest We Forget Association.

Arms

Coat of arms of Archie Hamilton
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Coronet
Coronet of a baron
Crest
An antelope Proper armed and unguled Or.
Escutcheon
Gules an annulet Or between three cinquefoils Ermine pierced of the field a bordure of the second.
Supporters
Dexter a wildman Proper wreathed about the head and waist with laurel Proper and holding over the dexter shoulder a club Or sinister an antelope as matriculated in June 2008 in Scotland Proper armed unguled and gorged with a coronet attached thereto a chain reflexed over the back Or.
Motto
Modo Ludos[9]

References

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  1. ^ 'Births' column in The Times, Friday, 2 January 1942, p. 1
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1922 Elections Choses New Chairman (sic)". BBC News. Archived from the original on 9 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025. Alt URL
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  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Holocaust Memorial Bill - Hansard - UK Parliament". hansard.parliament.uk. 25 December 2025. Retrieved 25 December 2025.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Walker, Peter (5 March 2025). "Conservative peer accused of using antisemitic tropes in Lords debate". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 December 2025.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Debrett's peerage & baronetage : comprises information concerning the royal family, the peerage and baronetage (147th ed.). Richmond, Surrey [England]: Debrett's. 2012. p. 638. ISBN 9781870520805.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Supporting Wounded Veterans". SWV. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 2880.

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