The Duchess of Hamilton | |
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 Portrait by David Scougall | |
| Duchess of Hamilton | |
| Tenure | 1651–1698 |
| Predecessor | William Hamilton |
| Successor | James Hamilton |
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| Born | 6 January 1631 Palace of Whitehall, London, England |
| Died | 17 October 1716 (aged 85) Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Buried | Bent Cemetery, Hamilton |
| Noble family | House of Hamilton |
| Spouse(s) | William Douglas, 1st Earl of Selkirk |
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| Father | James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton |
| Mother | Lady Mary Feilding |
Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton (6 January 1632[1] – 17 October 1716) was a Scottish peeress.
The daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton and 3rd Marquess of Hamilton, Scottish General and premier peer of the realm, and Lady Mary Feilding, daughter of William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh, and his wife, the former Lady Susan Villiers, a sister of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.
She was born at the Palace of Whitehall in London, where her mother was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Henrietta Maria of France, wife of King Charles I.
Her name is found as a shareholder in "A List of the Names of the Adventurers in the Bank of Scotland, February 4, 1697". Holding shares worth £8000 Scots, she was entitled to be elected as Governor.[2]
- ^ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VI, page 264.
- ^ Wall text from A Tale of Two Banks, Museum on the Mound, Edinburgh.