Robert Hamilton

Robert Hamilton may refer to:

Politics

U.S.

• Robert Hamilton (congressman) (1809–1878), U.S. Representative from New Jersey
• Robert K. Hamilton (1905–1986), American politician from Pennsylvania
• Robert Ray Hamilton (1851–1890), New York politician
• Robert S. Hamilton (1865–1940), American politician from Illinois
• Robert W. Hamilton (judge) (1899–1981), Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas

Canada

• Robert Hamilton (judge) (1753–1809), judge and political figure in Upper Canada
• Robert Hamilton (merchant) (1787–1856), political figure in Upper Canada
• Robert Hamilton (Northwest Territories politician) (1842–1911), Canadian politician
• Robert J. Hamilton (active since 2003), Canadian politician from Ontario

UK

• Robert Hamilton (Liberal politician) (1867–1944), Scottish Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland
• Robert Hamilton, 8th Lord Belhaven and Stenton (1793–1868), Scottish peer
• Robert Hamilton-Udny, 11th Lord Belhaven and Stenton (1871–1950), Scottish representative peer and soldier
• Robert Hamilton, 12th Lord Belhaven and Stenton (1903–1961), Scottish peer
• Sir Robert Hamilton, 6th Baronet, British politician and East India Company civil servant

Australia

• Robert Hamilton (civil servant) (1836–1895), Australian politician, governor of Tasmania
• Robert Bell Hamilton (1892–1948), Australian architect and politician

Religion

• Robert Hamilton of Preston (1650–1701), one of the leaders of the Scottish Covenanters
• Robert Hamilton (moderator, died 1581) (c.1530–1581), Church of Scotland minister, Moderator of the General Assembly in 1572
• Robert Hamilton (bishop) (c.1600-1649), Bishop of Caithness
• Robert Hamilton (moderator, died 1787) (1707–1787), twice Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
• Robert Hamilton (priest) (1853–1928), Dean of Armagh

Sports

• Robert Hamilton (Scottish footballer) (1877–1948), Scottish footballer often known as R.C. Hamilton
• Robert Hamilton (Irish footballer) (1907–1964), Northern Irish footballer who played for Rangers F.C.
• Bob "Bones" Hamilton (1912–1996), American football player
• Bob Hamilton (1916–1990), American professional golfer
• Bobby Hamilton (1957–2007), American stock car racing driver
• Bobby Hamilton (American football) (born 1971), American football defensive end
• Bobby Hamilton Jr. (born 1978), American stock car racing driver
• Bobby Hamilton (footballer) (1924–1999), English footballer for Chester and Yeovil

Others

• Robert Hamilton (Norwegian governor) (died 1677), Scottish born, Norwegian military officer and governor
• Robert Hamilton (economist) (1743–1829), Scottish economist and mathematician
• Robert Hamilton (advocate) (1763–1831), Scottish advocate and friend of Sir Walter Scott
• Robert Wilson Hamilton (1819–1904), American-born lawyer and judge in Fiji
• Robert Hamilton (archaeologist) (1905–1995), British archaeologist and academic
• Robert William Hamilton Jr. (1930–2011), hyperbaric physiologist
• Robert W. Hamilton (law professor) (1931–2018), American legal scholar
• Robert Hamilton (surgeon) (died c. 1832), president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
• Robert Hamilton of Briggis (died 1568), Scottish soldier and military engineer

See also

• Hamilton Bobby (died 2011), Indian international footballer
• Bob Hamilton (disambiguation)
• Robert W. Hamilton (disambiguation)
• Hamilton (name)