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Paternal Family Tree: Hamilton
On 25th November 1809 [his father] James Hamilton (age 23) and [his mother] Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen (age 17) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn (age 53) and [his grandmother] Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn.
On 21st January 1811 James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn was born to James Hamilton (age 24) and Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen (age 18) at Seymour Place.
On 27th May 1814 [his father] James Hamilton (age 27) died.
On 8th July 1815 [his step-father] George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl Aberdeen (age 31) and [his mother] Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Aberdeen.
On 27th January 1818 [his grandfather] John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn (age 61) died. His grandson James (age 7) succeeded 2nd Marquess Abercorn, 10th Earl Abercorn.
In 1832 James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 20) and Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 19) were married. She by marriage Duchess Abercorn. She the daughter of John Russell 6th Duke Bedford (age 65) and Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford (age 50). He the son of James Hamilton and Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen (age 39).
On 26th August 1833 [his mother] Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen (age 41) died.
In 1834 [his daughter] Harriet Georgiana Louisa Hamilton Countess Lichfield was born to James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 22) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 21).
In 1835 [his daughter] Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham was born to James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 23) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 22).
On 11th April 1835 [his brother-in-law] John Russell 1st Earl Russell (age 42) and Adelaide Lister (age 27) were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] John Russell 6th Duke Bedford (age 68) and Georgiana Elizabeth Byng.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 26th August 1836 [his daughter] Louisa Jane Hamilton Duchess Buccleuch and Queensbury was born to James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 25) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 24).
On 24th August 1838 [his son] James Hamilton 2nd Duke of Abercorn was born to James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 27) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 26).
On 20th October 1839 [his father-in-law] John Russell 6th Duke Bedford (age 73) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Francis (age 51) succeeded 7th Duke Bedford, 7th Marquess Tavistock, 11th Earl Bedford, 11th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 9th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 7th Baron Howland of Streatham. Anna Maria Stanhope Duchess Bedford (age 56) by marriage Marchioness Tavistock.
In 1840 [his daughter] Katherine Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Mount Edgcumbe was born to James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 28) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 27).
In 1841 [his daughter] Georgiana Susan Hamilton Countess Winterton was born to James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 29) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 28).
On 20th July 1841 [his brother-in-law] John Russell 1st Earl Russell (age 48) and Frances Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Countess Russell (age 25) were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 2nd Earl Minto (age 58) and Mary Brydone Countess Minto. He the son of [his father-in-law] John Russell 6th Duke Bedford and Georgiana Elizabeth Byng.
On 20th February 1843 [his son] Claud Hamilton was born to James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 32) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 30).
In 1844 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 24) appointed Knights of the Garter:
694th. King Louis Philippe I of France (age 70).
695th. Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha II Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 25).
696th. Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey (age 62).
697th. James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 32).
698th. Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot (age 66).
699th. Edward Herbert 2nd Earl Powis (age 58).
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In 1845 [his son] George Hamilton was born to James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 33) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 32).
In 1847 [his daughter] Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton Duchess of Marlborough was born to James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 35) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 34).
On 26th March 1847 [his brother-in-law] Francis Russell 7th Duke Bedford (age 58) was appointed 702nd Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 27).
In 1849 [his son] Ronald Douglas Hamilton was born to James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 37) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 36).
In 1850 [his daughter] Maud Evelyn Hamilton Marchioness Lansdowne was born to James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 38) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 37).
In 1851 George Phipps 2nd Marquess Normanby (age 31) was appointed Comptroller of the Household by [his brother-in-law] John Russell 1st Earl Russell (age 58).
In 1853 [his son] Cosmo Hamilton was born to James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 41) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 40).
On 23rd May 1854 [his son-in-law] George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl Durham (age 25) and [his daughter] Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Countess Durham. She the daughter of James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 43) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 41). He the son of John "Radical Jack" Lambton 1st Earl Durham and Louisa Elizabeth Grey Countess Durham. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 10th April 1855 [his son-in-law] Thomas George Anson 2nd Earl Lichfield (age 29) and [his daughter] Harriet Georgiana Louisa Hamilton Countess Lichfield (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess Lichfield. She the daughter of James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 44) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 42). He the son of Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield and Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield (age 55).
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 13th October 1856 [his son] Frederick Spencer Hamilton was born to James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 45) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 44).
On 5th September 1858 [his son] Ernest Hamilton was born to James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 47) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 46).
On 26th October 1858 [his son-in-law] William Henry Edgecumbe 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 24) and [his daughter] Katherine Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Mount Edgcumbe (age 18) were married. She the daughter of James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 47) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 46). He the son of Ernest Augustus Edgecumbe 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 61).
On 22nd November 1859 [his son-in-law] William Scott 6th Duke Buccleuch 8th Duke Queensberry (age 28) and [his daughter] Louisa Jane Hamilton Duchess Buccleuch and Queensbury (age 23) were married. She the daughter of James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 48) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 47). He the son of Walter Scott 5th Duke Buccleuch 7th Duke Queensberry and Charlotte Anne Thynne Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury (age 48). They were fifth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In 1861 [his brother-in-law] John Russell 1st Earl Russell (age 68) was created 1st Earl Russell of Kingston Russell in Dorset. Frances Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Countess Russell (age 45) by marriage Countess Russell of Kingston Russell in Dorset. They had four children.
On 14th May 1861 [his brother-in-law] Francis Russell 7th Duke Bedford (age 73) died. His son William (age 51) succeeded 8th Duke Bedford, 8th Marquess Tavistock, 12th Earl Bedford, 12th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 10th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 8th Baron Howland of Streatham.
On 29th June 1865 [his brother-in-law] John Russell 1st Earl Russell (age 72) was appointed Prime Minister.
In 1867 [his son] Ronald Douglas Hamilton (age 18) died.
On 10th August 1868 James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 57) was created 1st Duke Abercorn, 1st Marquess Hamilton.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1869 [his son-in-law] George Charles Spencer-Churchill 8th Duke of Marlborough (age 24) and [his daughter] Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton Duchess of Marlborough (age 22) were married. She the daughter of James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 57) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 56). He the son of John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke of Marlborough (age 46) and Frances Anne Emily Vane Duchess of Marlborough (age 46). They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In 1869 [his son-in-law] Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne (age 23) and [his daughter] Maud Evelyn Hamilton Marchioness Lansdowne (age 19) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Lansdowne. She the daughter of James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 57) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 56). He the son of Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 4th Marquess Lansdowne and Emily Jane de Flahaut Marchioness Lansdowne (age 49). They were fourth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In 1869 [his son] James Hamilton 2nd Duke of Abercorn (age 30) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Anna Curzon Howe Duchess Abercorn (age 21) were married. She by marriage Duchess Abercorn. She the daughter of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 72) and Anne Gore Countess Howe. He the son of James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 57) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 56).
In 1871 [his daughter] Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham (age 36) died.
In 1874 [his daughter] Katherine Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Mount Edgcumbe (age 34) died.
On 28th May 1878 [his brother-in-law] John Russell 1st Earl Russell (age 85) died. His grandson Frank (age 12) succeeded 2nd Earl Russell of Kingston Russell in Dorset.
On 20th July 1878 [his son] Claud Hamilton (age 35) and [his daughter-in-law] Caroline Chandos-Pole (age 21) were married. He the son of James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 67) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 66). They were half fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In 1882 [his son-in-law] Edward Turnour 5th Earl Winterton (age 44) and [his daughter] Georgiana Susan Hamilton Countess Winterton (age 41) were married. She the daughter of James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 70) and [his wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 69).
On 31st October 1885 James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 74) died. His son [his son] James (age 47) succeeded 2nd Duke Abercorn, 3rd Marquess Abercorn, 11th Earl Abercorn.
On 31st March 1905 [his former wife] Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 92) died. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map].
Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn: Memorials of Francis Chantrey RA in Hallamshire and Elsewhere Part V London Life and Works. In 1818, he exhibited a bust of John Rennie, the engineer, one of his most admirable heads, and that exquisite little statue at Woburn of Lady Louisa Russell, the present Marchioness of Abercorn. The child stands on tiptoe, with a face of the most exquisite and arch expression, proud with delight of the dove which she fondles in her bosom. All who have been at Woburn will recollect this little figure; but the trays of the Italian boys have given it a wider, and only its deserved celebrity. On 8th July 1812 she was born to John Russell 6th Duke Bedford and Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. In 1832 James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Abercorn. She the daughter of John Russell 6th Duke Bedford and Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford. He the son of James Hamilton and Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 18 Grand Son of Philip V King France I King Navarre
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Hamilton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Hamilton 6th Earl Abercorn 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Culpepper
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Hamilton 7th Earl Abercorn 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Reading 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Reading
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Hannay
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Hamilton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Plumer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Plumer Countess Abercorn
GrandFather: John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Craggs
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Craggs
Great x 1 Grandmother: Harriet Craggs
Father: James Hamilton 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Joseph Moyle
Great x 1 Grandfather: Joseph Moyle aka Copley 1st Baronet 15 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Copley 1st Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Godfrey Copley 2nd Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Copley 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Purcell Lady Copley Sprotborough
GrandMother: Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Buller
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Francis Buller
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Pollexfen of Nutwell in Woodbury in Devon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Pollexfen
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Duncombe
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Buller Lady Copley 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Jonathan Trelawny 2nd Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bishop Jonathan Trelawny 3rd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Seymour 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Rebecca Trelawny 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Douglas 7th Earl Morton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Douglas 10th Earl Morton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Keith Countess Morton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Douglas 13th Earl Morton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Douglas 14th Earl Morton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: John Douglas 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Heathcote
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gilbert Heathcote 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ann Dickens
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bridget Heathcote Countess Morton
Mother: Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Lascelles
Great x 3 Grandfather: Daniel Lascelles
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances St Quintin
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Lascelles
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Lascelles
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Lascelles
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Lascelles 1st Earl Harewood
GrandMother: Frances Lascelles
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Chaloner
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Chaloner Baroness Harewood