aw ly ▁was ▁his ▁uncle . ▁ ▁After ▁seeing ▁military ▁service ▁at ▁home , ▁Hamilton ▁was ▁sum mon ed ▁to ▁Sweden ▁in ▁ 1 6 8 0 ▁by ▁his ▁elder ▁brother ▁Mal col m , ▁an ▁officer ▁in ▁the ▁Swedish ▁army . ▁There ▁his ▁earliest ▁commission ▁was ▁as ▁lieutenant ▁of ▁the ▁El fs burg ▁regiment , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁rose ▁to ▁be ▁captain . ▁In ▁ 1 6 9 3 ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁were ▁en no bled ▁in ▁Sweden ▁as ▁bar ons ▁Hamilton ▁de ▁H age by . ▁ ▁Hamilton ▁came ▁to ▁prom in ence ▁in ▁the ▁wars ▁of ▁Charles ▁XII , ▁especially ▁against ▁the ▁Dan es ▁in ▁ 1 7 1 0 ▁at ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Hels ing borg . ▁He ▁was ▁in ▁action ▁def ending ▁against ▁the ▁Rus si ans ▁at ▁G ä v le ▁in ▁ 1 7 1 9 . ▁He ▁became ▁a ▁general ▁and ▁master ▁of ▁the ▁ord n ance . ▁He ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 7 2 4 , ▁and ▁was ▁buried ▁in ▁the ▁province ▁of ▁Jon kö ping . ▁ ▁Family ▁Hamilton ▁married ▁a ▁daughter ▁of ▁Hen rik ▁Ar d v isson ▁of ▁Goth enburg , ▁and ▁left ▁numerous ▁children . ▁His ▁sixth ▁son , ▁Gustav us ▁David , ▁was ▁created ▁Count ▁Hamilton ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 1 ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁field ▁mar shal . ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁Att ribution ▁ ▁Category : Year ▁of ▁birth ▁missing ▁Category : 1 7 2 4 ▁death s ▁Category : Bar ons ▁of ▁Sweden ▁Category : S