630 Count Hugo Erik Gustaf Hamilton

Count Hugo Erik Gustaf Hamilton
Speaker, Governor, Minister

✶ 21 August 1849 at Blomberg, Husaby parish
✟ 27 January 1928 at Högfors, Karbenning parish

Appointed

The Royal Palace of Stockholm 6 June 1918

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Missing

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Painted 1924 by David Friefeldt. Date of death added 1928 by the same artist.

other awards

Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (1st class) 1886
Knight of the Order of the Polar Star 1887
Commander of the Order of Vasa (2nd class) 1895
Commander of the Order of Vasa (1st class) 1898
Commander of the Order of the Polar Star (1st class) 1902
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star 1910

Biography

Governor of Gävleborg county 1900-1918
Minister and Head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs 1907-1911
Member of the second chamber of the Riksdag of Sweden 1881-1893 and 1897-1901
Member of the first chamber of the Riksdag of Sweden 1908-1928 (Speaker 1916)

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