Mary Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn

Mary Anna Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn (née Lady Mary Curzon-Howe; 23 July 1848 – 10 May 1929), was an English courtier and aristocrat. She served as Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Alexandra.[2]

The Duchess of Abercorn
BornMary Anna Curzon-Howe
(1848-07-23)23 July 1848
Gopsall, Leicestershire, England[1]
Died10 May 1929(1929-05-10) (aged 80)
London, England
Spouse(s)
(m. 1869; died 1913)
Issue
FatherRichard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe
MotherAnne Gore

Life

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Lady Mary was born at Gopsall Hall in Leicestershire, the daughter of Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and his second wife, Anne Gore, daughter of Admiral Sir John Gore. She had two brothers, Montagu Curzon and Admiral Sir Assheton Curzon-Howe, and 10 half-siblings by her father's first marriage.[3]

The Duchess held the office of Lady-in-Waiting to Alexandra, Princess of Wales.[2]

She suffered a fall and broke her arm in January 1929. She died a few months later at her residence at 115 Park Street, Mayfair.[2]

Marriage and issue

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Lady Mary married James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton, eldest son of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, and Lady Louisa Jane Russel on 7 January 1869[4] at St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England.

They had seven sons and two daughters. A son and daughter were killed during the First World War.[2]

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ 1861 England Census
  2. ^ a b c d "Obituary: Mary, Duchess of Abercorn". The Times. 10 May 1929. p. 8.
  3. ^ Burke, Bernard (1885). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. p. 707. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  4. ^ Jackson, Alvin (2004). "Hamilton, James, second duke of Abercorn (1838–1913)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33669. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)