Anne Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Countess of Orkney (1696 – 6 December 1756) was a Scottish noblewoman and the eldest daughter of Field Marshal

George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney Field Marshal George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, KT (9 February 1666 – 29 January 1737), styled Lord George Hamilton from 1666 to 1696, was a British soldier and Scottish nobleman and the first British Army officer to be promoted to the ra ...

, and his wife, the former

Elizabeth Villiers {{Infobox noble , name = Elizabeth Hamilton , title = Countess of Orkney , image = Elizbeth Villiers.jpg , caption = Elizabeth Villiers , alt = , CoA = , more ...

. She was also known as Anne O'Brien, Countess of Inchiquin, through her marriage to her first cousin

William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin {{Infobox officeholder , honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable , name = The Earl of Inchiquin , honorific-suffix = KB PC(I) , image = William_O’Brien,_4th_Earl_of_Inchiquin.jpg , caption = , alt ...

, ''the'' O'Brien, Chief of the Name, Prince of Thomond, and Lord of Dál gCais. They were married on 29 March 1720. Their daughter, Lady Mary (c. 1721–1790), succeeded her mother in the earldom of Orkney. Their other children were: *William, Lord O'Brien (1725–1727) *George, Lord O'Brien (born 1728; died in infancy) *Augustus (died in infancy) *Murrough, Viscount Kirkwall (died 1741, in childhood), who was heir to Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of Thomond, but died before inheriting *Anne (c.1721-1808) *Frances (died 1740) *Elizabeth (died 1741)

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1756 deaths People associated with Orkney Hereditary women peers

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Inchiquin Inchiquin ( ga, Inse Uí Chuinn) is a barony in County Clare, Ireland.Placenames Database of ...

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