George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney

The Right Honourable The Earl of Orkney
Portrait by Martin Maingaud, 1724
Born	(1666-02-09)9 February 1666 Hamilton Palace, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died	29 January 1737(1737-01-29) (aged 70) London, England
Buried	Taplow Court, Buckinghamshire, England
Allegiance	Kingdom of Scotland  Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch	Royal Scots Army  British Army
Rank	Field Marshal
Battles/wars	Williamite War in Ireland Nine Years' War War of the Spanish Succession
Awards	Knight of the Order of the Thistle
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Villiers
Children	Anne O'Brien, 2nd Countess of Orkney Frances Lumley-Saunderson, Countess of Scarbrough Henrietta Boyle, Countess of Cork

Field Marshal George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, KT (9 February 1666 – 29 January 1737), styled Lord George Hamilton from 1666 to 1696, was a British soldier and Scottish nobleman and the first British Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal. After commanding a regiment for the cause of William of Orange during the Williamite War in Ireland, he commanded a regiment in the Low Countries during the Nine Years' War. He then led the final assault at the Battle of Blenheim attacking the village churchyard with eight battalions of men and then receiving the surrender of its French defenders during the War of the Spanish Succession. He also led the charge of fifteen infantry battalions in an extremely bloody assault on the French entrenchments at the Battle of Malplaquet. In later life, he became a Lord of the Bedchamber to George I and was installed as Governor of Edinburgh Castle.