George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish field marshal (died 1737)

George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney

British army officer (1666–1737)

Field Marshal George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney,, styled Lord George Hamilton from 1666 to 1696, was a British army officer and the first officer of the British Army to be promoted to the rank of field marshal. After commanding a Scots Army regiment for the cause of William of…