South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), Saturday 12 August 1871, page 7


MR. JAMES HAMILTON.

Our obituary records the death of Mr. James Hamilton, long known as Manager of the Eng-lish and Australian Copper Company's smelting works at Kooringa, and subsequently at Port

Adelaide. Mr. Hamilton was an old colonist, having arrived from London on September 19, 1839, in the Recovery, the same ship which brought Lieutenant (now Lieut.-General) Frome, long Surveyor-General of South Australia, Mr. Gordon, some time Inspector of Police, Mr. Henderson, and several other well-known colo-nists. Mr. Hamilton after a time entered into part-nership with one of his fellow-passengers, and the mercantile firm of Hamilton & Henderson will be remembered as having for several years carried on business near the spot where the Savings Bank now stands. He subsequently became connected with the Company already mentioned, and two or three years ago he paid a visit to England. Mr. Hamilton had been in rather delicate health for some time past, but no serious apprehen-sions were entertained till within the last week or two. During that time he suffered from bronchitis and heart disease, under which he finally sank about half-past 10 on Sunday morning, at the age of 57, having been attended by Drs. Gosse and Whittell, and subsequently by Drs. Campbell and Miller. Mr. Hamilton leaves a widow— daughter of Mr. D. Melville, late Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce— and ten children. The funeral procession started from Woodville about 1 p.m. on August 1, there being four mourning coaches, containing Mr. D. Melville, father-in-law of deceased; Captain Killicoat; Mr. E. Cook, Superintendent of the E. and A. Copper Company's Works, and the officers; Capt. Bickers; Capt. Quin, Harbour-Master, Port Adelaide ; Captain Bagot, Messrs. E. K. Horn, R. B. Smith, Monteith, A. Hall, J. H. Parr, and Main; a large number of other friends also followed in private vehicles. At North Adelaide the employes of the Company, num-bering about 43, joined in ; and service was conducted at Christchurch by Archdeacon Marryat. At the Cemetery there was a large concourse of people, many of whom had known Mr. Hamilton in the early days of the colony. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr. Debney.