Hamilton, Anthony (c. 1646–1720)

Irish-born French author. He wrote the Mémoires of his brother-in-law, the comte de Gramont, which gave an admirable picture of the court of Charles II of England and were published anonymously in 1713. He also wrote Le Belin, Fleur d'Epine, and other tales based on the translation of the Arabian Nights by Antoine Galland (1646–1715).

Hamilton was probably born in Roscrea, Tipperary; he was taken to France when a child. On the accession of James II in England he was given command of an infantry regiment in Ireland and made Roman Catholic governor of Limerick, but after the Battle of the Boyne (1690) he spent the rest of his life in France.