Henning Hamilton was interested in politics from a young age, and from 1840 he took part in the Riksdag of the Estates, as chairman of the Appropriations Committee, as a member of the State Committee and of the Representation Committee appointed by His Majesty.
15 Facts About Henning Hamilton
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In 1850, Henning Hamilton was appointed lieutenant colonel in the army, and in 1851 he was commissioned and in 1852 appointed county governor of Ostergotland County.
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When Gustaf Sparre was appointed Prime Minister for Justice in April 1848, Henning Hamilton took his place as lord marshal for the remainder of the Riksdag.
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From 1853 to 1854 and 1856 to 1858, Henning Hamilton was lord marshal.
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When great conflict broke out over the Norwegian Storting's demand for the abolition of the office of governor, and Henning Hamilton showed his willingness to give in to the Norwegian demands in accordance with the wishes of Charles XV, his role was over.
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Henning Hamilton's long leave of absence from government service involved no rest from work.
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Henning Hamilton was appointed university chancellor for Lund and Uppsala University in 1872.
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Henning Hamilton was chairman of the committees for the review of the plans for the country's fortresses, for the revision of the 1686 Swedish Church Law and for the revision of the statutes of the country's public schools, of the board of directors of the General Fire Insurance Board and of the Gota Canal Board, and of the General Mortgage Bank.
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Henning Hamilton was an elected member of most Swedish learned societies and many foreign ones.
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Henning Hamilton received honorary doctorates from Lund University and the University of Copenhagen.
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Henning Hamilton was the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy from 1874 to 1881.
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Henning Hamilton was active in the temperance movement, and was a member of Svenska nykterhetssallskapet, serving as its chairman.
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Henning Hamilton was a gambler and addicted to morphine, and his gambling habits abroad, in particular in Germany, had resulted in a desperate need for money.
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Henning Hamilton was forced into exile, and moved to southern France.
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Henning Hamilton still drew a pension from the Swedish government and he received a pension from the Royal Order of the Seraphim.