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Robert Smyly Greer Hamilton (b Castle Caulfield – d Armagh 1928) was Dean of Armagh from 1924 until his death.

Hamilton was educated at Trinity College, Dublin;and ordained in 1885. He began his career with curacies at Urney and Six Mile Cross. He was the Incumbent of Derryloran from 1896 to 1905; and of Dundalk from 1905 to 1924.

There is a memorial to him in the north aisle at his cathedral.

References

1. Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1976, Pg.709:Burke's, London, 1976
2. Cathedral List
3. "Hamilton, Robert Smyly Greer". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 27 December 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p618 London, Horace Cox, 1908
5. Saint Luran's Parish Church Records, Derryloran
6. "Armagh clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, &c" Leslie, J.B. p282: Dundalk, William Tempest, 1911
7. "Funary Monuments & Memorials in St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh" Curl, J.S. p56-57: Whitstable; Historical Publications; 2013 ISBN 978-1-905286-48-5

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