Editing Archie Hamilton (section)

==Background and education==
Hamilton is the second son of the [[John Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell|3rd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell]], a [[Lord-in-waiting]] to the Queen. The title was created for Hamilton's great-grandfather, [[John Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Dalzell]], who was a [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician, and was inherited by his second son, [[Gavin Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell]], also a Liberal politician, before passing to his nephew, Hamilton's father. His mother, Rosemary Coke, was a daughter of Major Sir John Spencer Coke, son of [[Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester]]; her maternal grandfather was [[Harry Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham]].

He is the younger brother of the [[James Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell|4th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell]], and was born at [[Beckington Castle]], [[Beckington]], [[Somerset]], which was then his parents' [[English country houses|country house]].<ref>'Births' column in ''The Times'', Friday, 2 January 1942, p. 1</ref> He was educated at [[Eton College]].