The son of Robert Hamilton, MRCS, obstetric physician, Liverpool; practised for many years in Liverpool, where he was Surgeon to the Liverpool Northern Dispensary; Assistant Surgeon to the Liverpool Eye and Ear Infirmary; later Surgeon to the Royal Southern Hospital, a hospital which owed much to his efforts. In his surgical work he was an earnest follower of Lister's teaching. For twenty years before his death he lived in retirement at Portrush, Co Antrim. His death occurred on August 28th, 1914. Publications: Hamilton published various papers, including an Introductory Address at the Opening of the Session of the Liverpool Medical Society in 1870.