Mary Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn

Mary Anna Curzon-Howe
Duchess of Abercorn
Spouse(s)	James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn
Issue James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn Lady Alexandra Phyllis Hamilton Gladys, Countess of Wicklow Lord Arthur John Hamilton Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton
Father	Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe
Mother	Anne Gore
Born	(1848-07-23)23 July 1848
Died

Mary Anna Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn (née Curzon-Howe; 23 July 1848 – 10 May 1929), was an English aristocrat. She was the daughter of Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe and Anne Gore.

Marriage and issue

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

They had seven sons and two daughters:

• James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn (1869–1953)
• Lord Claud Penn Alexander Hamilton (1871–1871, on the same day)
• Lord Charlie Hamilton (1874–1874, on the same day)
• Lady Alexandra Phyllis Hamilton (1876–1918), who had The Princess of Wales as sponsor at her baptism, she was lost at sea aboard RMS Leinster, unmarried.
• Lord Claud Francis Hamilton (1874–1874, on the same day)
• Lady Gladys Mary Hamilton (1880–1917), who in 1902 married Ralph Francis Forward-Howard, 7th Earl of Wicklow (1877–1946) She was his first wife; and they had one son.
• Lord Arthur John Hamilton (1883–1914), who was Deputy Master of the Household from 1913, Captain in the Irish Guards and was killed in action at the First Battle of Ypres.
• Lord unnamed Hamilton (1886–1886, on the same day)
• Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton (1889–1975), Captain in the Grenadier Guards, fought in the First World War and served in the household of King George V, his widow and Queen Elizabeth II as Deputy Master of the Household, as Extra Equerry, as Equerry in Ordinary and as Comptroller, Treasurer and Extra Equerry. In 1933 he married Violet Ruby Ashton. They had no issue.

Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997) was the Duchess's great-great-granddaughter, through Mary's granddaughter, Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer. She held the office of Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Alexandra.

Ancestry

Family of Mary Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn

16. Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet, of Kedleston               8. Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon                       17. Mary Assheton               4. The Hon. Penn Assheton Curzon                             18. William Hanmer               9. Esther Hanmer                       19. Elizabeth Jennens               2. Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe                                   20. Emanuel Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe               10. Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe                       21. Baroness Sophia Charlotte Mary von Kielmansegg               5. Lady Sophia Howe, 2nd Baroness Howe                             22. Maj. Chiverton Hartopp               11. Mary Hartopp                       23. Catherine Mansfield               1. Lady Mary Anna Curzon-Howe                                         24. William Gore               12. Col. John Gore                       25. Dorothy Manley               6. Adm. Sir John Gore                             26. Valentine Munbee               13. Bellamira Munbee                       27. Elizabeth Warden               3. Anne Gore                                   28. Adm. John Montagu               14. Adm. Sir George Montagu                       29. Sophia Wroughton (sister of 30)               7. Georgiana Montagu                             30. George Wroughton (brother of 29)               15. Charlotte Wroughton                       31. Susannah Moyle

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 1848–1869 Lady Mary Anna Curzon-Howe
• 1869–1885 Marchioness of Hamilton
• 1885–1913 Her Grace The Duchess of Abercorn
• 1913–1929 Her Grace The Dowager Duchess of Abercorn