Louisa Jane Hamilton, 1st Duchess of Abercorn
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Painting of Louisa Hamilton, by Edwin Henry Landseer
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| Born |
8 July 1812 London, England, UK |
| Died | 31 March 1905 (aged 92) Coates Castle, Coates, West Sussex, England, UK |
| Burial place | Chenies, Buckinghamshire |
| Title | Duchess of Abercorn |
| Spouse(s) | James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn |
| Children | Harriett Anson, Countess of Lichfield Beatrix Lambton, Countess of Durham Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch Katherine Edgcumbe, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn Georgiana Turnour, Countess Winterton Lord Claud Hamilton Lord George Hamilton Albertha Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough Lord Ronald Hamilton Maud Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne Lord Cosmo Hamilton Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton Lord Ernest Hamilton |
| Parent(s) |
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford Lady Georgina Gordon |
Louisa Jane Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn, VA (née Lady Louisa Jane Russell) (8 July 1812 – 31 March 1905) was the wife of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, and the daughter of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, by his second wife, Lady Georgiana Gordon. She was the mother of Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch, and therefore the paternal great grandmother of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, and the maternal 2nd great-grandmother of Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester. She was also the mother of James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, and therefore the paternal great-grandmother of Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer, and the paternal 3rd great-grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the maternal 4th great-grandmother of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Harry. Through her daughter Lady Louisa Hamilton she also is the maternal 3rd great-grandmother of Sarah, Duchess of York.
Lady Louisa Jane Russell was born on Wednesday, 8 July 1812. She was the sixth child of eight, and a second daughter for John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford and Lady Georgiana Gordon.
On Thursday, 25 October 1832, at Gordon Castle, Fochabers, Morayshire, Scotland, Louisa married James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn, the son of James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton, and Harriet Douglas. Louisa and James had fourteen children:
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