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Katherine HAMILTON

Katherine HAMILTON

Female 1900 - 1985  (85 years)

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  1. 1.  Katherine HAMILTON was born on 25 Feb 1900 (daughter of James Albert Edward HAMILTON, 3rd Duke of Abercorn and Rosalind Cecilia Caroline BINGHAM); died on 28 Apr 1985.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also known as: Katharine
    • Married name: Katherine Seymour, Katharine Seymour
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1927 to 1930; Woman of the Bedchamber to Her Majesty Queen Mary
    • Honor: From 1930 to 1953; Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to Her Majesty Queen Mary
    • Honor: From 1937 to 1960; Woman of the Bedchamber to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother)
    • Membership: From 1960 to 1985; Extra Woman of the Bedchamber
    • Honor: 6 Jun 1961; Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO)

    Katherine married Sir Reginald Henry SEYMOUR on 6 Aug 1930. Reginald was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 2 Oct 1938. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Albert Edward HAMILTON, 3rd Duke of Abercorn was born on 30 Nov 1869 (son of James HAMILTON, 2nd Duke of Abercorn and Mary Anna CURZON-HOWE); died on 12 Sep 1953.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: Eton
    • Occupation / Profession: - His Majesty's Lieutenant of County Tyrone. - Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of County Donegal.
    • Occupation / Profession: 7 Oct 1896; Captain of 1st Life Guards
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1900 to 1913; Member of Parliament (MP) for Londonderry City
    • Event: 1901; He accompanied his father the Duke of Abercorn on his special mission to announce the accession of King Edward VII.
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1903 to 1905; Treasurer of the Household
    • Occupation / Profession: 26 Aug 1903; - Major of North Irish Horse/North of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry.
    • Title: From 3 Jan 1913 to 12 Sep 1953; 3rd Duke of Abercorn [Ireland. 1868], 3rd Marquess of Hamilton (of Strabane, in the county of Tyrone) [Ireland. 1868], 4th Marquess of Abercorn [Great Britain. 1790], 5th Viscount Hamilton (of Hamilton, in the county of Leicester) [Great Britain. 1786], 7th Baron Mountcastle (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1701], 7th Viscount Strabane [Ireland. 1701], 8th Baronet (of Donalong, County Tyrone and Nenagh, County Tipperary) [Ireland. 1660], 13th Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1617], 12th Earl of Abercorn, 12th Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick [Scotland. 1606], 12th Lord Abercorn (County Linlithgow) [Scotland. 1603], 12th Lord Paisley (County Renfrew) [Scotland. 1587]
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1922 to 1945; Governor of Northern Ireland
    • Occupation / Profession: 1922; Privy Counsellor (PC) of Northern Ireland
    • Honor: 1922; Knight, Order of St. Patrick (KP)
    • Academic degree: 1928; Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) from Queen's University Belfast
    • Honor: 17 Apr 1928; Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG)
    • Honor: 21 Jun 1932; Knight of Grace of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (KStJ)
    • Event: 1937; One of the four Peers bearing the Canopy Coronation.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1939; Honorary Colonel 9th Anti-aircraft Regiment.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1945; Privy Counsellor (PC) of Great Britain
    • Honor: 10 Aug 1945; Royal Victorian Chain

    James married Rosalind Cecilia Caroline BINGHAM on 1 Nov 1894. Rosalind was born on 26 Feb 1869; died on 18 Jan 1958. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Rosalind Cecilia Caroline BINGHAM was born on 26 Feb 1869; died on 18 Jan 1958.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Rosalind Cecilia Caroline Hamilton
    • Academic degree: Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) from Queen's University Belfast
    • Title: From 3 Jan 1913 to 9 Feb 1928; Duchess of Abercorn
    • Title: From 9 Feb 1928 to 18 Jan 1958; Dowager Duchess of Abercorn
    • Honor: 1 Jan 1936; Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) - Civil Division. For public services in Northern Ireland.

    Children:
    1. Mary Cecilia Rhodesia HAMILTON was born on 21 Jan 1896; died on 5 Sep 1984.
    2. Cynthia Elinor Beatrix HAMILTON was born on 16 Aug 1897; died on 4 Dec 1972.
    3. 1. Katherine HAMILTON was born on 25 Feb 1900; died on 28 Apr 1985.
    4. James Edward HAMILTON, 4th Duke of Abercorn was born on 29 Feb 1904; died on 4 Jun 1979.
    5. Claud David HAMILTON was born on 13 Feb 1907; died on 15 Feb 1968.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James HAMILTON, 2nd Duke of Abercorn was born on 24 Aug 1838 (son of James HAMILTON, 1st Duke of Abercorn and Louisa Jane RUSSELL); died on 3 Jan 1913 in London, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: Harrow
    • Occupation / Profession: Brigadier of the Royal Company of Archers
    • Honor: - Honorary Colonel of North Irish Horse and of the 5th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - Knight of the Dannebrog Order of Denmark, St. Anne of Russia, the Iron Crown, and order of Leopold of Austria.
    • Education: 28 May 1857; Christ Church Oxford
    • Also known as: 1860; Bachelor of Arts (BA)
    • Occupation / Profession: 1860; Appointed Honorary Colonel Donegal Militia
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1860 to 1880; Member of Parliament (MP) for County Donegal
    • Occupation / Profession: 1863; High Sheriff of the county Tyrone
    • Academic degree: 1865; Master of Arts (MA) from Christ Church Oxford
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1866 to 1886; Lord of Bedchamber to His Majesty King Edward VII (the then Prince of Wales).
    • Occupation / Profession: 1885; Lieutenant and custos rotulorum of County Donegal.
    • Honor: 15 Jun 1885; Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
    • Title: From 31 Oct 1885 to 3 Jan 1913; 2nd Duke of Abercorn [Ireland. 1868], 2nd Marquess of Hamilton (of Strabane, in the county of Tyrone) [Ireland. 1868], 3rd Marquess of Abercorn [Great Britain. 1790], 4th Viscount Hamilton (of Hamilton, in the county of Leicester) [Great Britain. 1786], 6th Baron Mountcastle (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1701], 6th Viscount Strabane [Ireland. 1701], 7th Baronet (of Donalong, County Tyrone and Nenagh, County Tipperary) [Ireland. 1660], 12th Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1617], 11th Earl of Abercorn, 11th Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick [Scotland. 1606], 11th Lord Abercorn (County Linlithgow) [Scotland. 1603], 11th Lord Paisley (County Renfrew) [Scotland. 1587]
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1886 to 1901; Groom of the Stole
    • Event: 1886; Grand master of the Freemasons of Ireland
    • Occupation / Profession: 21 Oct 1887; Privy Counsellor (PC) of Ireland
    • Honor: 10 Aug 1892; Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG)
    • Occupation / Profession: 1901; Special Envoy to Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, Russia, Germany and Saxony to announce accession of His Majesty King Edward VII.
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1908 to 1912; Ensign Royal Company Archerts
    • Occupation / Profession: 22 Jun 1911; High Constable of Ireland on Coronation of His Majesty King George V.

    James married Mary Anna CURZON-HOWE on 7 Jan 1869. Mary was born on 23 Jul 1848; died on 10 May 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Anna CURZON-HOWE was born on 23 Jul 1848; died on 10 May 1929.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Mary Anna Hamilton
    • Title: From 31 Oct 1885 to 3 Jan 1913; Duchess of Abercorn
    • Title: From 3 Jan 1913 to 10 May 1929; Dowager Duchess of Abercorn

    Children:
    1. 2. James Albert Edward HAMILTON, 3rd Duke of Abercorn was born on 30 Nov 1869; died on 12 Sep 1953.
    2. Claud Penn Alexander HAMILTON was born on 18 Oct 1871; died on 18 Oct 1871.
    3. Charles HAMILTON was born on 10 Apr 1874; died on 10 Apr 1874.
    4. Alexandra Phyllis HAMILTON was born on 23 Jan 1876; died on 10 Oct 1918.
    5. Claud Francis HAMILTON was born on 25 Oct 1878; died on 25 Dec 1878.
    6. Gladys Mary HAMILTON was born on 10 Dec 1880; died on 12 Mar 1917.
    7. Arthur John HAMILTON was born on 20 Aug 1883; died on 6 Nov 1914.
    8. Xy HAMILTON was born on 31 Oct 1886; died on 31 Oct 1886.
    9. Claud Nigel HAMILTON was born on 10 Nov 1889; died on 22 Aug 1975.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James HAMILTON, 1st Duke of Abercorn was born on 21 Jan 1811 (son of James HAMILTON, Viscount Hamilton and Harriet DOUGLAS); died on 31 Oct 1885.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: Harrow
    • Occupation / Profession: - Colonel of Donegal Militia. - Major General of Royal Company of Archers. - A Governor of Harrow School. - Chancellor of Royal University of Ireland.
    • Title: From 27 Jan 1818 to 31 Oct 1885; 10th Earl of Abercorn, 10th Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick [Scotland. 1606], 2nd Marquess of Abercorn [Great Britain. 1790], 3rd Viscount Hamilton (of Hamilton, in the county of Leicester) [Great Britain. 1786], 5th Baron Mountcastle (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1701], 5th Viscount Strabane [Ireland. 1701], 6th Baronet (of Donalong, County Tyrone and Nenagh, County Tipperary [Ireland. 1660], 11th Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1617], 10th Lord Abercorn (County Linlithgow) [Scotland. 1603], 10th Lord Paisley (County Renfrew) [Scotland. 1587]
    • Education: 2 Jul 1829; Christ Church, Oxford
    • Occupation / Profession: 1844; Appointed Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county Donegal
    • Honor: 12 Dec 1844; Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG)
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1846 to 1859; Groom of the Stole to HRH The Prince Consort.
    • Occupation / Profession: 25 Feb 1846; Privy Counsellor (PC)
    • Academic degree: 5 Jul 1847; Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) of Cambridge
    • Academic degree: 4 Jun 1856; Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) of Oxford
    • Event: 13 Jan 1862; Served heir male of the body of the 1st Duke of Chatellerault by the Sheriff of Chancery in Scotland and as such asserted hereditary right to the dukedom [France. 1548], the descent of French dukedoms having been declared by edict of Louis XIV in 1711 to be the heirs 'descendus de mâle en mâles'.
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1866 to 1868; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland
    • Academic degree: 21 Apr 1868; Doctor of Laws (LLD) of Dublin
    • Title: From 10 Aug 1868 to 31 Oct 1885; 1st Duke of Abercorn [Ireland. 1868], 1st Marquess of Hamilton (of Strabane, in the county of Tyrone) [Ireland. 1868]
    • Occupation / Profession: From 3 Mar 1874 to 6 Dec 1876; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland
    • Event: 6 Jan 1875; Grand Master of the Freemasons of Ireland
    • Occupation / Profession: 2 Mar 1878; Envoy Extraordinary to Italy for the Investiture, at Rome, of King Humbert, with the order of the Garter.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1881; Appointed Chancellor of the Royal University of Ireland.

    James married Louisa Jane RUSSELL on 25 Oct 1832. Louisa was born on 8 Jul 1812 in London, England; died on 31 Mar 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Louisa Jane RUSSELL was born on 8 Jul 1812 in London, England; died on 31 Mar 1905.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Louisa Jane Hamilton
    • Title: From 25 Oct 1832 to 31 Oct 1885; Countess of Abercorn
    • Title: From 10 Aug 1868 to 31 Oct 1885; Duchess of Abercorn
    • Title: From 31 Oct 1885 to 31 Mar 1905; Dowager Duchess of Abercorn, Dowager Countess of Abercorn

    Children:
    1. Harriet Georgiana Louisa HAMILTON was born on 6 Jul 1834; died on 23 Apr 1913.
    2. Beatrix Frances HAMILTON was born on 21 Jul 1835; died on 21 Jan 1871.
    3. Louisa Jane HAMILTON was born on 16 Apr 1836 in Brighton, East Sussex, England; died on 17 Mar 1912 in Dalkeith Castle, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland.
    4. 4. James HAMILTON, 2nd Duke of Abercorn was born on 24 Aug 1838; died on 3 Jan 1913 in London, England.
    5. Katherine Elizabeth HAMILTON was born on 9 Jan 1840; died on 3 Sep 1874.
    6. Georgiana Susan HAMILTON was born on 7 Jul 1841; died on 23 Mar 1913.
    7. Claud John HAMILTON was born on 20 Feb 1843; died on 26 Jan 1925.
    8. George Francis HAMILTON was born on 17 Dec 1845; died on 22 Sep 1927.
    9. Albertha Frances Anne HAMILTON was born on 29 Jul 1847; died on 7 Jan 1932.
    10. Ronald Douglas HAMILTON was born on 17 Mar 1849; died on 6 Nov 1867.
    11. Maud Evelyn HAMILTON was born on 17 Dec 1850; died on 21 Oct 1932.
    12. Cosmo HAMILTON was born on 16 Apr 1853; died on 16 Apr 1853.
    13. Frederick Spencer HAMILTON was born on 13 Oct 1856; died on 11 Aug 1928.
    14. Ernest William HAMILTON was born on 5 Sep 1858; died on 14 Dec 1939.



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