Rosalind Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn
| Her Grace The Duchess of Abercorn DBE |
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The Duchess of Abercorn in 1914.
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| Born | 26 February 1869 |
| Died | 18 January 1958 (aged 88) |
| Spouse(s) | James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton (m. 1884; his death 1953) |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent(s) |
Charles George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan Lady Cecilia Catherine Gordon-Lennox |
Rosalind Cecilia Caroline Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn, DBE (26 February 1869 – 18 January 1958) (née Lady Rosalind Bingham) was a and the Duchess of Abercorn by marriage. She was a great-grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales.
She was born on 26 February 1869 to Charles George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan, and Lady Cecilia Catherine Gordon-Lennox.
She married, James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton, eldest son of James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, on 1 November 1894 at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge.
They had five children:
Rosalind, Duchess of Abercorn, was invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1936.
She was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) by Queen's University, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, in 1944. She died in 1958, aged 88.
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