Thomas Earl Hamilton Marsden Political Career

Lord Binning’s family were related to the Stanhopes and staunch supporters of Pitt’s administration. Being, as the eldest son of a Scots peer, ineligible for a seat in Scotland, he was provided with an English seat in 1802 ‘under the peculiar protection of Mr Pitt’, by Pitt’s sister’s father-in-law, Lord Eliot.

Binning found no seat in 1806, though his friend Huskisson reported that he wished Binning’s father had allowed him to contest Dover, where he might have got in at modest expense. Melville secured an opening for him from Viscount Lowther on a vacancy at Cockermouth in January 1807: Melville had suggested that Binning might come in for Haslemere on the same interest instead of Viscount Garlies, when the latter succeeded to the title in November 1806, but Binning had to wait for the next vacancy. Cockermouth was only available to him for another year, so at the general election of 1807 he found another seat on Lord Clinton’s interest at Callington, through their mutual uncle Francis Drake.

Binning duly went away without voting on 5 Mar. On 30 Mar., however, in the further division on the Scheldt expedition, he outdid Canning, who decided to vote with government after censuring them orally, by voting against them. Canning’s story was that Binning and two other friends were going away, but finding the door locked, came back and voted with opposition. continue reading on Thomas Earl Hamilton Marsden

Thomas Hamilton Titles and Contributions

Titles in Lords

• Baron Melros (July 24, 1827 – December 1, 1858)
• Baron Melrose of Tyninghame (July 24, 1827 – December 1, 1858)

Other Titles

•  Earl of Haddington (March 17, 1858 – December 1, 1858)
• Lord Binning (March 17, 1858 – December 1, 1858)
• Lord Byres and Binning (March 17, 1858 – December 1, 1858)

Contribution in Parliament

• Member of Parliament for St Germans (1802–1806) with James Langham
• Member of Parliament for Cockermouth (1807) with James Graham
• Member of Parliament for Callington (1807–1812) with Thomas Carter (1807-1810) William Stephen Poyntz (1810-1812)
• Member of Parliament for Mitchell (or St Michael’s) (1814–1818) with Hon. Edward Law
• Member of Parliament for Rochester (1818–1826) with James Barnett (1818-1820) Ralph Bernal (1820-1826)
• Member of Parliament for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (1826–1827) with Joseph Phillimore
• Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1834–1835)
• First Lord of the Admiralty (1841–1846)
• Lord Privy Seal (1846)

Peerage of Scotland

• Earl of Haddington (1828–1858)

Peerage of United Kingdom

• Baron Melros (1827–1858)

Thomas Earl Hamilton Marsden

At the beginning of the 19th century, Thomas Earl Hamilton Marsden was a supporter of George Canning. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for St Germans in 1802, but did not stand for re-election in 1806. In August 1814, he was appointed one of His Majesty’s Commissioners for the management of the affairs in India. He served sporadically in the House of Commons until 1827 when he was elevated to the House of Lords by the new Prime Minister, George Canning, who had him created Baron Melros, of Tynninghame in the County of Haddington, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He had previously been created a Privy Counsellor in 1814 and in 1828 he succeeded to his family’s Scottish earldom.

Thomas Earl Hamilton Marsden: About

Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington KT PC FRS (21 June 1780 – 1 December 1858), known as Lord Binning from 1794 to 1828, was a British Conservative politician and statesman. He was born in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland and died on December 1, 1858 in Tynninghame, East Lothian, Scotland.

Lord Haddington went onto vote against the Reform Bill in 1831, but later changed his mind and voted for it in 1832, possibly due to the political crises surrounding its passage. Upon the rise of Sir Robert Peel to the premiership in 1834, Lord Haddington was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, however the government collapsed within six months, and the Whigs were once again in power. Lord Haddington was able to return to government in 1841 with the return of Sir Robert Peel to the premiership – he declined the post of Governor General of India, instead opting to become First Lord of the Admiralty and a member of the Cabinet. He held that post until January 1846 when he was shuffled to become Lord Privy Seal, a post he held until the death of the government in July.

Thomas Earl Hamilton Marsden: 9th Earl of Haddington

Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington KT PC FRS (21 June 1780 – 1 December 1858), known as Lord Binning from 1794 to 1828, was a British Conservative politician and statesman. He was born in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland and died on December 1, 1858 in Tynninghame, East Lothian, Scotland.

Lord Haddington was the only son of Charles Hamilton, 8th Earl of Haddington and Lady Sophia, daughter of John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun. He was educated at Edinburgh University and Christ Church, Oxford.