Michael Hamilton (politician)


Sir Michael Aubrey Hamilton was a British Conservative Party politician.
Hamilton was educated at Radley and University College, Oxford. He was a director of Royal Exchange Assurance and of Army & Navy Stores.
Hamilton was elected Member of Parliament for Wellingborough in 1959, which he lost in 1964. He was then elected for Salisbury at a 1965 by-election, which he represented until he retired in 1983. He was an opposition whip from 1961 to 1964, a senior one from the second year. He was knighted in the 1983 Birthday Honours. He died in Chichester, West Sussex two days before his 82nd birthday.