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On December 13 , , Scottish diplomat , antiquarian, archaeologist and vulcanologist Sir William Hamilton was born.

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Hamilton served as British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples from to , where he studied the volcanoes Vesuvius and also Etna on Sicily. At age nine, he went to Westminster School. As a younger son he would have to make his own way in life. At age 16, he was commissioned into the 3rd Foot Guards as an ensign and spent some time with the regiment in the Netherlands, and advanced to lieutenant in In Hamilton entered Parliament and when he heard that the ambassador to the court of Naples, Sir James Gray, was likely to be promoted to Madrid, Hamilton expressed an interest in the position, and was duly appointed in From until his recall in , Hamilton served as British envoy to the court of Naples.

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His official duties as ambassador left Hamilton plenty of time to pursue his interests in art, antiquities, and music, as well as developing new interests in volcanoes and earthquakes. Catherine, who had never enjoyed good health, began to recover in the mild climate of Naples. Their main residence was the Palazzo Sessa, where they hosted official functions and where Hamilton housed his growing collection of paintings and antiquities.

Hamilton began collecting Greek vases and other antiquities as soon as he arrived in Naples, obtaining them from dealers or other collectors, or even opening tombs himself. As an archaeologist he actively participated in the early excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum. In —67 he published a volume of engravings of his collection with contributions by famous art historian Johann Winckelmann.

Soon after Hamilton arrived in Naples, Mount Vesuvius began to show signs of activity and in the summer of he sent an account of an eruption, together with drawings and samples of salts and sulfurs , to the Royal Society in London. On the strength of this paper he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.