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Alexander Hamilton (September 9, 1847 – June 3, 1928) was an Episcopal priest and great grandson of Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. He was the rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Weston, Connecticut by 1893; St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Woodbury, Connecticut by 1915; and Christ Church in Westport, Connecticut until he retired in 1920. Hamilton was the chaplain for the Society of the Cincinnati and the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the Revolution. He was also a member of the Advisory Council for the Daughters of the Cincinnati. ==Biography== He was born at Setauket, New York on Long Island on September 9, 1847 to Alexander Hamilton (1815–1907). He and his family moved to the Ramapo Valley in 1858, then to New York City in 1861.〔 He served during the American Civil War under the command of his father, who was then a colonel in the New York Militia. He attended St. Stephen's College and then attended the General Theological Seminary in Manhattan. He received his ordination in 1870 at the Church of the Transfiguration as a deacon.〔 On July 12, 1872 he married Adele Walton Livermore (1849–1907), the daughter of William W. Livermore, a banker, in New York City. She was the grand-niece of William Floyd, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.〔 They had four children.〔 He was ordained as a priest in 1890 by Bishop Henry Codman Potter, seventh Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.〔 By 1893 he was the rector of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Weston, Connecticut. That same year his father was judged to be insane. In 1894 he resigned from Emmanuel Episcopal Church. As reported by the ''New York Times'', after a previous disagreement, John Watson Gulick attempted to visit Hamilton's daughter Anne Adele Walton Hamilton (1873–1898) whom he had dated before. He was met with coldness from the Hamilton family and a short time later Hamilton's daughter was engaged to another man by the name of Gilbert Kellogg. Soon after the engagement, six of Gullick's relatives who were also members of the church, demanded Hamilton's resignation. In his resignation statement he said: "when there are two members of this church who wish me to resign, my resignation is ready ... I stand before you a condemned man."〔 (full article in pdf ) 〕 After his resignation Hamilton became pastor at Christ Episcopal Church in Trumbull, Connecticut. Following Hamilton's resignation, it was reported that his father, General Alexander Hamilton, had invited him to move to his place of residence.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexander Hamilton (priest)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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