_Sir William Hamilton._--On a tombstone in the burial-ground at St.
Hilda's, South Shields, in the county of Durham, is the following
inscription:--
"Here lieth interr'd ye body of Sir W. Hamilton Knt and Baronet
sonne to ye Earle of Abercorne and late servant to Queen
Henrietta Maria ye late Queene mother of our Soveraigne Lord
King Charles that now is over England &c. who departed to ye
mercy of God June 24th anno Domni 1681."
There is in the possession of an old lady living at Durham, in 1836, an
original note in the handwriting of King Charles the Second, of which
the following is a copy:--
"Whereas a debte of foure thousande one hundred and fifty pounds
sterlinge apeares to be remayning dew by the king my father to
Sir W. Hamilton brother to the Earle of Abercorne for the
service done to the Queene my mother, I do hereby promis to pay
ye sayde debte of 4150£. to ye sayde Sir William Hamilton his
heires and assigns or to satisfie him or them to the valew
thereof when it shall please God to restore me to the possession
of my dominions.
"Given at Brussells 28 Mar. 1630.
"CHARLES REX."
Is any thing known of Sir William Hamilton, or of the services he
rendered to Queen Henrietta Maria?