Mary Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn

Mary Anna Curzon-Howe
Mary Anna Curzon-Howe
Duchess of Abercorn
Born	23 July 1848
Died	10 May 1929 (aged 80)
Spouse(s)	James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn
Issue	James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn; Lady Alexandra Phyllis Hamilton; Gladys, Countess of Wicklow; Lord Arthur John Hamilton; Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton
Father	Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe
Mother	Anne Gore

Mary Anna Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn (née Curzon-Howe; 23 July 1848 – 10 May 1929), was an English aristocrat. She was the daughter of Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and his second wife, Anne Gore.

Life

Her Grace held the office of Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Alexandra.

Marriage and issue

She married James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton, eldest son of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn and Lady Louisa Jane Russel on 7 January 1869^[1] at St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England.

They had seven sons and two daughters:

James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn (1869–1953)
Lord Claud Penn Alexander Hamilton (1871–1871, on the same day)
Lord Charlie Hamilton (1874–1874, on the same day)
Lady Alexandra Phyllis Hamilton (1876–1918), who had The Princess of Wales as sponsor at her baptism, she was lost at sea aboard RMS Leinster, unmarried.
Lord Claud Francis Hamilton (1874–1874, on the same day)
Lady Gladys Mary Hamilton (1880–1917), who in 1902 married Ralph Francis Forward-Howard, 7th Earl of Wicklow (1877–1946) She was his first wife; and they had one son.
Lord Arthur John Hamilton (1883–1914), who was Deputy Master of the Household from 1913, Captain in the Irish Guards and was killed in action at the First Battle of Ypres.
Lord unnamed Hamilton (1886–1886, on the same day)
Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton (1889–1975), Captain in the Grenadier Guards, fought in the First World War and served in the household of King George V, his widow and Queen Elizabeth II as Deputy Master of the Household, as Extra Equerry, as Equerry in Ordinary and as Comptroller, Treasurer and Extra Equerry. In 1933 he married Violet Ruby Ashton. They had no issue.

Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997) was the Duchess's great-great-granddaughter, through Mary's granddaughter, Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer.

Titles and styles

1848–1869: Lady Mary Anna Curzon-Howe
1869–1885: Marchioness of Hamilton
1885–1913: Her Grace The Duchess of Abercorn
1913–1929: Her Grace The Dowager Duchess of Abercorn

Ancestry

Ancestors of Mary Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn

16. Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet, of Kedleston

8. Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon

17. Mary Assheton

4. The Hon. Penn Assheton Curzon

18. William Hanmer

9. Esther Hanmer

19. Elizabeth Jennens

2. Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe

20. Emanuel Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe

10. Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe

21. Baroness Sophia Charlotte Mary von Kielmansegg

5. Lady Sophia Howe, 2nd Baroness Howe

22. Maj. Chiverton Hartopp

11. Mary Hartopp

23. Catherine Mansfield

1. Lady Mary Anna Curzon-Howe

24. William Gore

12. Col. John Gore

25. Dorothy Manley

6. Adm. Sir John Gore

26. Valentine Munbee

13. Bellamira Munbee

27. Elizabeth Warden

3. Anne Gore

28. Adm. John Montagu

14. Adm. Sir George Montagu

29. Sophia Wroughton (sister of 30)

7. Georgiana Montagu

30. George Wroughton (brother of 29)

15. Charlotte Wroughton

31. Susannah Moyle

References

^ Jackson, Alvin (2004). "Hamilton, James, second duke of Abercorn (1838–1913)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33669. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[1] Jackson, Alvin (2004). "Hamilton, James, second duke of Abercorn (1838–1913)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33669. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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