Brother of the orientalist Alexander Hamilton (1762-1824) and friend of John Murray; he edited the East India Gazetteer (1815).

REFERENCES TO WORKS BY Walter Hamilton:

The East India Gazetteer; containing particular Descriptions of the Empires, Kingdoms, Principalities, Provinces, Cities, Towns, Districts, Fortresses, Harbours, Rivers, Lakes, &c. of Hindostan, and the adjacent Countries, India beyond the Ganges, and the Eastern Archipelago; together with Sketches of the Manners, Customs, Institutions, Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, Revenues, Population, Castes, Religion, History, &c. of their various Inhabitants.

A Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Description of Hindostan, and the adjacent Countries.