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Born | Alexandra Anastasia Phillips 27 February 1946 Tucson, Arizona, United States[1] |
Died | 10 December 2018 London, England, United Kingdom | (aged 72)
Buried | Baronscourt Parish Church, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland |
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Alexandra Anastasia Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn, OBE OStJ (née Phillips; 27 February 1946 – 10 December 2018), usually known by family and friends as Sacha Abercorn,[2] was a British peeress and philanthropist. She was the wife of the 5th Duke of Abercorn, and a descendant of the Russian national poet Alexander Pushkin, in whose honour she founded the Pushkin Trust and the Pushkin prizes.[1]