Louisa Jane Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn, VA (née Lady Louisa Jane Russell; 8 July 1812 – 31 March 1905) was a member of the British aristocracy. She was the half-sister of Prime Minister John Russell, 1st Earl Russell.

Biography

She was the wife of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, and the daughter of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, by his second wife, Lady Georgiana Gordon. She was the mother of

Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch Louisa Jane Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry (26 August 1836 – 16 March 1912) was the daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn. In 1884, she became the Duchess of Buccleuch and Duchess of Queensberry, the w ...

and James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn.

Early life, marriage, and family

Lady Louisa Jane Russell was born on Wednesday, 8 July 1812.

G. E. Cokayne George Edward Cokayne, (29 April 1825 – 6 August 1911), was an English genealogist and long-serving herald at the College of Arms in London, who eventually rose to the rank of Clarenceux King of Arms. He wrote such authoritative and standar ...

, et al., eds, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant'', new ed., 1910-1959, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000, volume I, p. 9 She was the sixth child of eight, and a second daughter for John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford and

Lady Georgiana Gordon Georgiana Russell, Duchess of Bedford (18 July 1781 – 24 February 1853), formerly Lady Georgiana Gordon, was a British aristocrat, patron of the arts and wife of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford. Georgiana was born at Gordon Castle in Sco ...

. On Thursday, 25 October 1832, at

Gordon Castle Gordon Castle is located near Fochabers in Moray, Scotland. Historically known as the Bog-of-Gight or Bog o'Gight, it was the principal seat of the dukes of Gordon. Following 18th-century redevelopment, it became one of the largest country hous ...

, in Morayshire, Scotland, Louisa married

James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, (21 January 1811 – 31 October 1885), styled Viscount Hamilton from 1814 to 1818 and The Marquess of Abercorn from 1818 to 1868, was a British Conservative statesman who twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ir ...

, the son of James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton, and Harriet Douglas. Louisa and James had fourteen children, among them seven daughters, all of whom were ordered to marry into the peerage and no one beneath the rank of an earl: *Lady Harriett Georgiana Louisa Hamilton (6 July 1834 – 23 April 1913), married 10 April 1855

Thomas Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield Thomas George Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield (15 August 1825 – 7 January 1892), known as Viscount Anson from 1831 to 1854, was a British politician from the Anson family. Early life Lichfield was the eldest of four sons and four daughters born t ...

, and had issue *Lady Beatrix Frances Hamilton (21 July 1835 – 21 January 1871), married in London 23 May 1854

George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham (George Frederick) D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham (5 September 1828 – 27 November 1879), styled Viscount Lambton from 1833 to 1840, was a British peer. Early life Lambton was born on 5 September 1828 at Copse Hill, Wimbledon and was baptis ...

, and had issue * Lady Louisa Jane Hamilton (26 August 1836 – 16 March 1912), married in London 22 November 1859 William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch, and had issue * James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn (24 August 1838 – 3 January 1913) *Lady Katherine Elizabeth Hamilton (9 January 1840 – 3 September 1874), married 26 October 1858

William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, GCVO, PC, DL (5 November 1833 – 25 September 1917), styled Viscount Valletort between 1839 and 1861, was a British courtier, Conservative politician, and Volunteer officer. Background Edg ...

, and had issue *Lady Georgiana Susan Hamilton (7 July 1841 – 23 March 1913), married in London 16 March 1882

Edward Turnour, 5th Earl Winterton Edward Turnour, 5th Earl Winterton (15 August 1837 – 5 September 1907) was an Irish peer and cricketer. He married Lady Georgiana Susan Hamilton (1841–1913), daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, by whom he had one son: *Edward ...

, and had issue * Lord Claud John Hamilton (20 February 1843 – 26 January 1925) * Lord George Francis Hamilton (17 December 1845 – 22 September 1927) * Lady Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton (29 July 1847 – 7 January 1932), married at the

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, London, 8 November 1869

George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough, DL (13 May 1844 – 9 November 1892), styled Earl of Sunderland until 1857 and Marquess of Blandford between 1857 and 1883, was a British peer. Early life Marlborough was born in Engl ...

, and had issue, divorced 20 November 1883 *Lord Ronald Douglas Hamilton (17 March 1849 – November 1867) * Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton (17 December 1850 – 21 October 1932), married at

Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an historic, mainly Gothic church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United ...

, London, 8 November 1869 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, and had issue *Lord Cosmo Hamilton (16 April 1853 – 16 April 1853) *

Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton (13 October 1856 – 11 August 1928) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom, the sixth son and thirteenth child of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn and Lady Louisa Jane Russell. He was Sec ...

(13 October 1856 – 11 August 1928) * Lord Ernest William Hamilton (5 September 1858 – 14 December 1939)Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999, volume 1, p. 661. In 1881, Louisa was invested as a Lady of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert (3rd class). Louisa was still living at the time of the birth of her great-great-grandson, the future

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Alec Douglas-Home Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel (; 2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), styled as Lord Dunglass between 1918 and 1951 and being The 14th Earl of Home from 1951 till 1963, was a British Conservative politician who se ...

, on 2 July 1903. Her other great-great-grandchildren that she lived to see were Lady Patricia Herbert, Mildred Egerton, daughter of Lady Bertha Anson, Louisa's great-granddaughter through her grandson

Thomas Anson, 3rd Earl of Lichfield Earl of Lichfield is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England (1645 and 1674) and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1831). The third creation is extant and is held by a member of the Anson family. Hi ...

and Guendolen Wilkinson, daughter of Lady Beatrix Herbert, Louisa's great-granddaughter through her granddaughter Lady Beatrix Lambton.

Death

The Duchess of Abercorn died at Coates Castle, Coates, West Sussex, England on Friday, 31 March 1905, aged 92. She survived her husband by almost twenty years. She was interred on Wednesday, 5 April 1905, in Chenies, Buckinghamshire; she left an estate worth over £24,000.

Titles, honours, and awards

* 8 July 1812 – 25 October 1832: ''The Lady'' Louisa Jane Russell * 25 October 1832 – 10 August 1868: ''The Most Honourable'' The Marchioness of Abercorn * 10 August 1868 – 1881: ''Her Grace'' The Duchess of Abercorn * 1881 – 31 October 1885: ''Her Grace'' The Duchess of Abercorn, VA * 31 October 1885 – 31 March 1905: ''Her Grace'' The Dowager Duchess of Abercorn

Ancestry

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abercorn, Louisa Hamilton, Duchess Of Ladies of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert British duchesses by marriage Daughters of English dukes People from West Sussex Wives of knights 1812 births 1905 deaths