Archibald Rutledge
Archibald Hamilton Rutledge( 1883–1973) was an American poet and educator, the first South Carolina poet laureate from 1934 to 1973.
He wrote over 50 books and many poems, usually about his hunting and life experiences in South Carolina.
Archibald Hamilton
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James Hamilton (priest)
Reverend Dr. James Archibald Hamilton( 1748 – 1815)
FRIA, Irish cleric and astronomer, was born in the area of Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland.
Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton
Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton and 6th Duke of Brandon( 15 July 1740 – 16 February 1819) was a Scottish peer and politician.
Archibald Hamilton Rowan
Archibald Hamilton Rowan( 1 May 1751 – 1 November 1834), christened Archibald Hamilton( sometimes referred to as Archibald Rowan Hamilton), was a founding member of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.
He was the son of Gawen Hamilton( 1729 – 1805) of Killyleagh Castle, County Down and Lady Jane Rowan Hamilton.
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Archibald Hamilton (1790–1815)
Archibald Hamilton (c. 1790 – 15 January 1815) was the son of Secretary of the Navy Paul Hamilton, and an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.
Hamilton was appointed Midshipman on 18 May 1809 and assigned to work with a new kind of hollow shot needed by frigate "President".
He next sailed for Europe in "John Adams" on 31 January 1811 carrying dispatches for American officers in the Mediterranean.
On his return to the United States, Hamilton was assigned to "United States" on which he won high commendation from his commanding officer, Captain Stephen Decatur, for gallantry in action during the capture of British frigate "Macedonian" on 25 October 1812.
Decatur selected him to bear the captured British flags to Washington.
Appointed Acting Lieutenant 21 December 1812 and Lieutenant 24 July 1813, Hamilton served with distinction throughout the War of 1812, only to be killed shortly after the Treaty of Ghent had formally ended the war.
Because of the slow communications of the day, word of peace had not reached New York by 15 January 1815 when frigate "President", commanded by Captain Decatur and having Hamilton as one of her lieutenants, ran the blockade out of that port.
The next day British men-of-war "EndymionPomone" and "Tenedos" overtook and captured "President" after a long and bloody running fight in which Hamilton was killed.
He was the last U.S. Navy officer to die in the War of 1812.
Paul Hamilton (politician)
Paul Hamilton (October 16, 1762 – June 30, 1816) was the 3rd United States Secretary of the Navy, from 1809 to 1813.
Paul Hamilton was born in Saint Paul's Parish, South Carolina, on October 16, 1762.
He left school at the age of sixteen due to financial problems.
During the American War of Independence he served in military roles in the southern states, fighting under General Francis Marion.
He participated with Colonel William Harden in the capture of Fort Balfour.
Following the war, he was a planter and public figure.
Hamilton served South Carolina in many public offices including state Representative (1787), State Senator (1794), Comptroller (1800), and the 42nd Governor (1804).
In 1809, President James Madison selected Hamilton to become the third Secretary of the Navy.
His term in office included the first months of the War of 1812, during which time the small United States Navy achieved several remarkable victories over British warships.
Hamilton was a proponent of military preparedness, especially sea fortifications.
Although he wanted to strengthen the Navy, he found the Congress hostile and the President indifferent to his ideas.
However, he was responsible for the Naval Hospitals Act of 1811.
Secretary Hamilton resigned at the end of 1812 and returned to South Carolina, where he died in Beaufort on June 30, 1816.
Three Navy destroyers have been named in his honor along with and one Liberty ship named .
Also bearing his name is the town of Hamilton, Georgia.
Motherland (disambiguation)
Motherland is the place of one's birth, the place of one's ancestors, or the place of origin of an ethnic group.
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USS Hamilton (DD-141)
The second USS" Hamilton"( DD – 141) was a in the United States Navy following World War I, later reclassified DMS- 18 for service in World War II.
She was the first ship named for Lieutenant Archibald Hamilton.
" Hamilton" was launched on 15 January 1919 by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, sponsored by Miss Dolly Hamilton Hawkins, great- grand- niece of Archibald Hamilton.
The ship was commissioned on 7 November 1919, Lieutenant Commander R. G. Coman in command.

Question: Where was the place of death of Archibald Hamilton (1790–1815)'s father?
Answer: Beaufort