Rosalind Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn
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Rosalind Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn
Lady Rosalind Cecilia Caroline Hamilton, DBE (February 26, 1869 — January 18, 1958) was a British aristocrat and the Duchess of Abercorn by marriage. 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. She was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 3 May 1923. [1]
- 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.[2] She was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) by Queen's University, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, in 1944.[2] 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
- ^ Daily Telegraph: royal wedding photograph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/royalty/9176069/The-Queen-Mother-in-pictures.html?frame=2181538
- ^ 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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