Rosalind Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn

Rosalind Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn
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Lady Rosalind Cecilia Caroline Hamilton, DBE (February 26, 1869 — January 18, 1958), the Duchess of Abercorn, was a British aristocrat. She was a great-grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Biography

She was born on February 26, 1869 to Charles George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan and Lady Cecilia Catherine Gordon-Lennox.

She married, James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton, eldest son of James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, on November 1, 1894 at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge.

They had five children:

  • Lady Mary Cecilia Rhodesia Hamilton (1896–1984), who married twice, firstly in 1917 Capt/Maj. Robert Orlando Rudolph Kenyon-Slaney (1892–1965), with whom she divorced in 1930, and secondly, in 1930, to Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet. With her first husband she had two sons and a daughter, and with her second husband one son.
  • Lady Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton (1897–1972), who married in 1919 to Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (1892–1975). They had a son and two daughters. By their son they became grandparents of Diana, Princess of Wales.
  • Lady Katherine Hamilton (1900–1985), who married in 1930 Lt-Col. Sir Reginald Henry Seymour (1878–1938), a descendant of the 1st Marquess of Hertford.
  • Sir James Edward Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn (1904–1979)
  • Lord Claud David Hamilton (1907–1968), who worked as a barrister in the Inner Temple, and who in 1946 married Genesta Mary Heath; he was her third husband and the union was childless.

Rosalind, Duchess of Abercorn was invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1936.[1] She was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) by Queen's University, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, in 1944.[1] She died in 1958, aged 88.

Titles

  • The Honourable Rosalind Cecilia Caroline Bingham (1869 – 1888)
  • Lady Rosalind Cecilia Caroline Bingham (1888 – 1894)
  • Marchioness of Hamilton (1894 – 1913)
  • Her Grace The Duchess of Abercorn (1913 – 1953)
  • Her Grace The Dowager Duchess of Abercorn (1953 – 1958)

References

  1. ^ a b Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 6. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.

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