Maria Anna Hamilton Curzon-Howe (July 23, 1848 – May 10, 1929), was an English aristocrat

Aristocracy

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. She was the daughter of Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe

Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe

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 and Anne Gore.

She married, James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton

James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn

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, eldest son of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn KG PC , styled Viscount Hamilton from 1814 to 1818 and the Marquess of Abercorn from 1818 to 1868, was a British Conservative politician and statesman who twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.In 1860, The Times noted that Hamilton was one of only three to...

 and Lady Louisa Jane Russel

Louisa Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn

Lady Louisa Jane Russell 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...

 on January 7, 1869 at St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square

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, London, England.

They had seven sons and two daughters:

• James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn (1869–1953)
• Lord Claud Penn Alexander Hamilton (1871–1871, on the same day)
• Lord Charlie Hamilton (1874–1874, on the same day)
• Lady Alexandra Phyllis Hamilton (1876–1918), who had The Princess of Wales
  Alexandra of Denmark
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   as sponsor at her baptism, she was lost at sea aboard RMS Leinster
  RMS Leinster
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  , unmarried.
• Lord Claud Francis Hamilton (1874–1874, on the same day)
• Lady Gladys Mary Hamilton (1880–1917), who in 1902 married Ralph Francis Forward-Howard, 7th Earl of Wicklow (1877–1946) She was his first wife; and they had one son.
• Lord Arthur John Hamilton (1883–1914), who was Deputy Master of the Household from 1913, Captain
  Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)
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   in the Irish Guards
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   and was killed in action at the First Battle of Ypres
  First Battle of Ypres
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  .
• Lord unnamed Hamilton (1886–1886, on the same day)
• Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton (1889–1975), Captain
  Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)
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   in the Grenadier Guards
  Grenadier Guards
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  , fought in the First World War and served in the household of King George V
  George V of the United Kingdom
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  , his widow and Queen Elizabeth II
  Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
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   as Deputy Master of the Household, as Extra Equerry, as Equerry in Ordinary and as Comptroller
  Comptroller
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  , Treasurer
  Treasurer
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   and Extra Equerry. In 1933 he married Violet Ruby Ashton. They had no issue.

She held the office of Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Alexandra

Alexandra of Denmark

Alexandra of Denmark was the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom...

.

Titles

• Lady Maria Anna Curzon-Howe (1848–1869)
• Marchioness of Hamilton (1869–1885)
• Her Grace The Duchess of Abercorn (1885–1913)
• Her Grace The Dowager Duchess of Abercorn (1913–1929)