James Hamilton
1st Duke of Hamilton
1st Duke of Hamilton
1643-1649
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| James Hamilton 4th Duke of Hamilton @Wikipedia |
(1658-1712)
4th Duke of Hamilton
1698-1712
1st Duke of Brandon
1711-1712.
His lover was:
Barbara Fitzroy (1672-1737).
Daughter of: Charles II of England (disputed) & Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland.
| Barbara Fitzroy |
"James, Earl of Arran, who succeeded his father as fourth Duke of Hamilton, having, after the death of his first wife, Anne Spencer, in 1690, seduced, under a promise of marriage, Lady Barbara Fitzroy, youngest daughter of King Charles II, by the Duchess of Cleveland, she bore a son to him at Cleveland, St. James's, 30th March, 1691, during his incarceration in the Tower, where he was thrown by the warrant of Mary II. That Queen, and the Earl's mother, the Duchess of Hamilton, were so incensed at the discovery of the intrigue, as to make the banishment to the Continent of the unfortunate girl, then but in her eighteenth year, the only condition of Arran's release. Lady Barbara was accordingly forced to abandon her infant, and retire to the convent of Pontoise, in France, where she afterwards died." (Anecdotes of the Aristocracy: And Episodes in Ancestral Story, Volume 2: 401)
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(1724-1758)
6th Duke of Hamilton.
3rd Duke of Brandon
1743-1758
His lover was:
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| Elizabeth Chudleigh Duchess of Kingston |
Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston (1720-1788)
English adventuress
" . . . It was probably due to his (William Putney's) good offices that she and her mother returned to London in 1740, and in 1743 she was through his interest appointed maid of honour to Augusta, princess of Wales. About this time James, sixth duke of Hamilton, fell in love with her. He was scarcely nineteen, and as he had not made the usual tour on the continent, left England for that purpose. Although he wrote to Miss Chudleigh, his letters were intercepted by her aunt, Mrs. Hanmer, with whom she spent the summer in 1744, and the duke afterwards married Miss Elizabeth Gunning. . . ." (Dictionary of National Biography: 299)
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| Douglas Douglas-Hamilton 8th Duke of Hamilton |
Scottish aristocrat
5th Duke of Brandon; Marquess of Clydesdale & Douglas; Earl of Angus, Lanark, Aran & Cambridge; Baron Hamilton of Hameldon 1794
Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire ?-1799; Colonel, British Army.
Also known as:
Also known as:
Double Douglas
Son of: James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton & Elizabeth Gunning
Husband of: Elizabeth Anne Burrell (1757-1837), mar 1778, div 1794.
Son of: James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton & Elizabeth Gunning
Husband of: Elizabeth Anne Burrell (1757-1837), mar 1778, div 1794.
"'The case of Her Grace Elizabeth Anne Burrell Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon against Douglas Duke of Hamilton and Brandon was extremely amicable and had clearly been agreed on beforehand. They had been married in 1778, and the libel stated that his adultery began in 1787, without naming the ‘Lady or Woman’ with whom he was then guilty. The case was founded on another affair, carried on over the months preceding the summons in November 1793. His mistress was ‘Mrs. Eisten the actress’, and he brought her to Hamilton and took her along to Arran where they could be seen together by all the servants. Her Grace, having left Hamilton a year earlier, had no trouble obtaining her divorce. She remarried, but not until 1800, so that could not have been the motive for bringing the divorce action.'" (Making History Tart & Titillating)
His lovers were:
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| Frances Villiers Countess of Jersey |
Wife of: George Bussey Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey, mar 1770, div 1788, Gentleman of the Bedchamber, Master of Buckhounds of King George III.
Natural offspring: Lady Susannah Montgomerie (1788-1805)
"In the Duchess’s mind, this divorce action had roots in Hamilton’s previous affair with the Earl of Eglinton’s wife, neé Frances Twysden, around 1787. The then 31 year old Hamilton would visit Lady Eglinton at night, including when Lord Eglinton was shortly away at supper. Their congress occurred with such regularity that the Earl’s servant, Montgomery Lawson, was boldly asked by Lady Eglinton, “if he would admit the Duke of Hamilton into her bedchamber”. He refused. She admitted the married duke anyway and so continued her not-so-discreet affair." (Making History Tart & Titillating)
2) Harriet Pye Bennet
British actress
Lover in 1793-1794
Natural offspring: Anne Douglas-Hamilton (1796-1844), later Lady Rossmore.
"For another 12 years, Hamilton continued in as much the same manner as he had before his divorce. Despite the duke’s stimulating lifestyle, however, he failed to remarry and died at the age of 43. He did have an illegitimate child with the actress Harriet Pye Bennett (at the time called Mrs. Esten), but never produced issue. . . ." (Making History Tart & Titillating)
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