Antoine Hamilton
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Anthony Hamilton PC, also known as Antoine and comte d'Hamilton, was a soldier and a writer. As a Catholic of Irish and Scottish ancestry, his parents brought him to France in 1651 when Cromwell's arm
Anthony Hamilton from NPG
During his second French exile
Engraved by E. Scriven
The Château-Vieux de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, north side, as it was in Hamilton's time.
Philibert de Gramont
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Philibert, Count de Gramont, was a French courtier and soldier, known as the protagonist of the Mémoires written by Anthony Hamilton. He was a younger half-brother of Antoine III of Gramont and uncle
Antoine Hamilton
…and elegant style, seeking to amuse and entertain his reader. He wrote the Mémoires du Comte de Grammont, which focuses on the time his brother-in-law Philibert de Gramont spent at the court of Charles II. These memoirs are a classic of French literature and a source for the history of the Stuart Restoration. Hamilton…
Philibert de Gramont Engraving