William Hamilton

William Robert Thomas 'Bob' Hamilton (b. 2 December 1905, d. 25 November 1997, Aberdeen) was a County Councillor for Nesting between 1955 and 1973.

His father, Zachary was a County Councillor for Yell North from 1890 until his death in 1905, just 21 days after William's birth.

He unsuccessfully contested the Nesting at the 1973 County Council election.

Political Career

Conveners
Preceded by Tom Henderson	Convener of the Zetland County Council 1963-1967	Succeeded by Robert A. Johnson

Conveners of the Zetland County Council
_Councillors	_{John Bruce (1890-1907) • John Anderson (1907-1910) • James Grierson (1911-1913) • Robert D. Ganson (1914-1917) • John W. Robertson (1918-1923) • Henry Mouat (1924-1927) • James A. Smith (1928-1929) • Magnus Shearer (1930-1935) • Thomas Johnston (1935-1936) • William McDougall (1936-1937) • Adam Halcrow (1937-1938) • Edward Adie (1938-1943) • Robert J. H. Ganson (1944-1947) • William Thomson (1947-1955) • Prophet Smith (1955-1960) • Tom Henderson (1960-1963) • William Hamilton (1963-1967) • Robert A. Johnson (1967-1970) • Edward Thomason (1970-1973) • George Blance (1973-1975)}

Zetland County Council
Preceded by Prophet Smith	Member for Nesting 1955-1973	Succeeded by Andrew Riddell

Nesting County Councillors
_Councillors	_{Robert Bell (1890-1892) • William Levie (1892-1895) • John Small (1895-1910) • James Loggie (1910-1914) • John Pearson (1914-1919) • James Hunter (1919-1920) • Robert Hunter (1920-1922) • Robert D. Ganson (1922-1928) • Magnus Gray (1928-1932) • Thomas Anderson (1932-1935) • William Sutherland (1935-1938) • James Anderson (1938-1945) • Adam Thomson (1945-1948) • John Pearson (1948-1952) • Prophet Smith (1952-1955) • William Hamilton (1955-1973) • Andrew Riddell (1973-1975)}