Anne Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton (1720 – 9 March 1771) formerly Anne Spencer, was the third wife of

James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton and 2nd Duke of Brandon KT FRS (5 January 1703 – 2 March 1743) was a Scottish peer, the son of the 4th Duke of Hamilton. Hamilton attended Winchester College from 1716 to 1717. He matriculated at Christ ...

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She was the daughter of Edward Spencer of

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, Suffolk, where she was born. Thus she was the sister of Elizabeth Spencer, later the wife of

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, and the aunt of the future Anne Stewart, Countess of Galloway. His second wife having died in 1729, the duke married Anne Spencer on 21 August 1737. They had three children: *

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(1738–1780), who married Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall, and had children *

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(1740–1819) *Lord Spencer Hamilton (1742–1789) who died unmarried in Paris. An alternative death date of 1791 is also recorded. The duke died in 1743, aged 40, and was initially succeeded by

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, his 21-year-old son from his first marriage. The duchess remarried on 24 December 1751, her second husband being

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, a son of Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein, 3rd Earl of Rochford. She retained the status of dowager duchess. They had three children: *Lucy Nassau de Zuylestein (1752–1830), who died unmarried *William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 5th Earl of Rochford (1754–1830), who died unmarriedG.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910–1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XI, page 55 *

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(1756–1823), who died unmarried The duchess died in 1771 and was buried at

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, under the terms of her will. The Spencer family estates passed to her elder son, Archibald, who later inherited the dukedom from the son of his half-brother.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Anne Hamilton, Duchess of 1720 births 1771 deaths British duchesses by marriage Peerage of Scotland