Augustus W. Hamilton
Served his apprenticeship with McIlwaine and Lewis, an old Belfast firm of shipbuilders
He was later at sea with the Head Line
1894 Mr. A. W. Hamilton and a partner founded Hamilton and McMaster
1917 Mr. Hamilton acquired the company outright and changed the title to A. W. Hamilton and Co.[1]
His son, J. B. W. Hamilton, continued the business
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Belfast Telegraph - Friday 18 September 1959