WILLIAM HAMILTON
1730 - 1803

Sir William Hamilton was a British diplomat and archaeologist. From 1764 to 1800 he lived in Naples, Italy.

William's famous second wife, Lady Emma Hamilton, became mistress of the even more famous Admiral Horatio Nelson during William's term as ambassador to Naples.

William Hamilton nurtured an archaeological fascination of the volcano Vesuvius. He hiked this mountain many times, arranged for a painter to capture the eruptions, and sent rock samples back to England.

WILLIAM HAMILTON TRIVIA
William's father, Lord Archibald Hamilton, was governor of Jamaica from 1711 - 1716.