Frances Lumley-Saunderson, Countess of Scarbrough
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Frances Douglas-Hamilton (died 30 December 1772) was a British courtier.
She was the daughter of George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney and his wife, Elizabeth Villiers. She was a lady of the bedchamber to Caroline, Princess of Wales, later Queen Caroline of Great Britain and to Princess Augusta of Wales (from 1745).[1][2]
On 27 June 1724, she married Thomas Lumley-Saunderson, 3rd Earl of Scarbrough, the third son of Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough and Frances Jones of Aston. They had a total of five children:
- Richard, styled Viscount Lumley (1725–1782), later 4th Earl of Scarbrough
- George (d. 11 December 1739)
- Lady Anne (d. 1807)
- Lady Frances (d. 1796), married Peter Ludlow, 1st Earl Ludlow (1730–1803) in June 1753
- Lady Harriet (d. 6 November 1747)
References
- ^ Lady Frances Hamilton, The Peerage of England. Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the Peers of that Kingdom. Volume 4
- ^ Household of Princess Augusta 1736-72, Institute of Historical Research