Peter Hunter Hamilton
Peter Hunter Hamilton was a businessman in British North America.
Hamilton was born in 1800 at Queenston Heights, Upper Canada. He was a younger half-brother of George Hamilton, the founder of Hamilton, Ontario.
He owned extensive lands in the area, including lot 15 concession 3, purchased from George in 1823, which served as a drill ground for the local militia and in 1851 became the site of Central School. He also owned the site of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, now St. Paul's [Presbyterian Church (Hamilton)|St. Paul's Presbyterian Church], of which he was an elder in 1835. St. Paul's is now a national historical heritage site.
He died in 1857 at Hamilton, Ontario, and was buried in Hamilton Cemetery.