Dame Rosalind Cecilia  Caroline <I>Bingham</I> Hamilton

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Dame Rosalind Cecilia Caroline Bingham Hamilton

Birth
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Death
18 Jan 1958 (aged 88)
Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Burial
County Tyrone, Northern Ireland Add to Map
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Daughter of Charles George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan, and Lady Cecilia Catherine Gordon-Lennox. She was the great grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales.

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.

To this union five children were born.

Lady Mary Cecilia Rhodesia Hamilton (1896–1984), who married twice, firstly in 1917 Capt/Maj. Robert Orlando Rudolph Kenyon-Slaney (1892–1965), with whom she divorced in 1930, and secondly, in 1930, to Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet.

*Lady Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton (1897–1972), who married in 1919 to Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (1892–1975).

Lady Katherine Hamilton (1900–1985), who married in 1930 Lt-Col. Sir Reginald Henry Seymour (1878–1938), a descendant of the 1st Marquess of Hertford. She was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 3 May 1923.

Sir James Edward Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn (1904–1979)

Lord Claud David Hamilton (1907–1968), who worked as a barrister in the Inner Temple, and who in 1946 married Genesta Mary Heath.

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Titles and Honours

26 February 1869 – 10 November 1888: The Honourable Rosalind Bingham
10 November 1888 – 1 November 1894: Lady Rosalind Bingham
1 November 1894 – 3 January 1913: Marchioness of Hamilton
3 January 1913 – 12 September 1953: Her Grace The Duchess of Abercorn
12 September 1953 – 18 January 1958: Her Grace The Dowager Duchess of Abercorn

Rosalind, Duchess of Abercorn, was invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1936.[2]

She was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) by Queen's University, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, in 1944.[2] She died in 1958, aged 88.
Daughter of Charles George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan, and Lady Cecilia Catherine Gordon-Lennox. She was the great grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales.

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.

To this union five children were born.

Lady Mary Cecilia Rhodesia Hamilton (1896–1984), who married twice, firstly in 1917 Capt/Maj. Robert Orlando Rudolph Kenyon-Slaney (1892–1965), with whom she divorced in 1930, and secondly, in 1930, to Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet.

*Lady Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton (1897–1972), who married in 1919 to Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (1892–1975).

Lady Katherine Hamilton (1900–1985), who married in 1930 Lt-Col. Sir Reginald Henry Seymour (1878–1938), a descendant of the 1st Marquess of Hertford. She was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 3 May 1923.

Sir James Edward Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn (1904–1979)

Lord Claud David Hamilton (1907–1968), who worked as a barrister in the Inner Temple, and who in 1946 married Genesta Mary Heath.

Titles, styles, and honours
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Titles and Honours

26 February 1869 – 10 November 1888: The Honourable Rosalind Bingham
10 November 1888 – 1 November 1894: Lady Rosalind Bingham
1 November 1894 – 3 January 1913: Marchioness of Hamilton
3 January 1913 – 12 September 1953: Her Grace The Duchess of Abercorn
12 September 1953 – 18 January 1958: Her Grace The Dowager Duchess of Abercorn

Rosalind, Duchess of Abercorn, was invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1936.[2]

She was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) by Queen's University, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, in 1944.[2] She died in 1958, aged 88.


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