TO THE MEMORY OF MY MOTHER

ANNA AUGUSTA WILLOUGHBY HAMILTON EATON

(Youngest Daughter of Otho Hamilton)

I DEDICATE THIS BRIEF RECORD

OF

EMINENT MILITARY SERVICE

BY

MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY

PRESS OF J. R. FINDLAY, 211 BRUNSWICK ST., HALIFAX, N. 8.

LT.-COL. OTHO HAMILTON

OF

OLIVESTOB

LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF PLACENTIA, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL
IN THE ARMY, MAJOR OF THE 40TH REGIMENT OF FOOT,
MEMBER OF THE NOVA SCOTIA COUNCIL FROM

1731 TO 1744

HIS SONS, CAPTAIN JOHN AND LIEUTENANT-COLONEL
OTHO HAMILTON, 2HD, AND HIS GRANDSON,

SIR RALPH HAMILTON, KT.

BY

REV. ARTHUR WENTWORTH HAMILTON EATON, B. A.

AUTHOR OF

"THE

CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN NOVA SCOTIA AND THE TORY CLERGY OF
THE REVOLUTION," "THE NOVA SCOTIA EATONS,"
"THE OLIVESTOB

HAMILTONS," "THE ELMWOOD EATONS," "THE HAMILTONS

OF DOVER AND BERWICK," "WILLIAM THORNE AND
SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS," "THE FAMILIES OF EATON-

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SUTHERLAND, LAYTON-HILL,” THE COCHRAN-
INGLIS FAMILY OF HALIFAX," &C., &c.

HALIFAX, N. S.

C. H. RUGGLES & Co.