title Duke of Abercorn (/ˈævərkɔːrn/) is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1868 and bestowed upon James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn...
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James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn KG KP PC (30 November 1869 – 12 September 1953), styled Marquess of Hamilton between 1885 and 1913, was...
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James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn, KG (born 4 July 1934), styled Viscount Strabane until 1953 and Marquess of Hamilton between 1953 and 1979, is a British...
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1st Duke of Abercorn, KG, KP, PC (21 January 1811 – 31 October 1885), styled Viscount Hamilton from 1814 to 1818 and The Marquess of Abercorn from 1818...
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James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn KG CB PC (Ire) (24 August 1838 – 3 June 1913), styled Viscount Hamilton until 1868 and Marquess of Hamilton from 1868...
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James Edward Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn (29 February 1904 – 4 June 1979), styled Viscount Strabane until 1913 and Marquess of Hamilton between 1913 and...
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British peeress and philanthropist. She was the wife of the 5th Duke of Abercorn, and a descendant of the Russian national poet Alexander Pushkin, in whose...
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Palace Duke of Abercorn Lord Belhaven and Stenton Sinclair, Alexander: Dissertation upon "heirs male,": when used as a clause of remainder in grants of Scotch...
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Clan Hamilton (category House of Hamilton)
Hamilton, Earl of Abercorn, challenged her right to succeed to the title. Anne married William Douglas, 1st Earl of Selkirk (later Duke of Hamilton). Their...
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Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, had 13 children, and were "long remembered as the most handsome and most distinguished young couple of their generation...
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4th Earl of Lucan, and Lady Cecilia Catherine Gordon-Lennox. She married James, Marquess of Hamilton, eldest son of The 2nd Duke of Abercorn, on 1 November...
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to the nave Abercorn church seen from the SE Abercorn church front seen from towards the main gate Duke of Abercorn Trumwine of Abercorn Newtownstewart...
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and estate 4.5 km southwest of Newtownstewart in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and is the seat of the Duke of Abercorn. It is a Grade A-listed building...
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Dukes in the United Kingdom (redirect from Duke (United Kingdom))
order): Duke of Abercorn (Ireland), Duke of Châtellerault (France) (currently all one person) Duke of Argyll (Scotland), (United Kingdom) Duke of Atholl...
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1972) 26. James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn (30 November 1869 – 12 September 1953) 52. James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn (24 August 1838 – 3 January...
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Lady Moyra Campbell (category British maids of honour)
Marquess of Hamilton, later 4th Duke of Abercorn, and The Hon. Kathleen Crichton. Her father was the son and heir of James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, and...
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John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (category British Army personnel of World War II)
younger child of Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, and his wife the former Lady Cynthia Hamilton, second daughter of the 3rd Duke of Abercorn. He was born...
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Archbishop of York (1975–1983) Duke of Abercorn James Edward Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn (1953–1979) James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn (1979-)...
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Dukedom of Abercorn was created after the Acts of Union 1800. It takes precedence after earlier Dukedoms of the United Kingdom. As members of the Royal...
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1841–1846: Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter 1846–1859: James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn (later Duke of Abercorn) 1859–1861: John Spencer, 5th Earl...
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second Earl of Selkirk, and who also reverted to his original surname of "Douglas". Thus, while the eldest son was to inherit the title of Duke of Hamilton...
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and was succeeded as Duke of Hamilton by his fourth cousin Alfred, Duke of Hamilton. The Dukes of Hamilton and the Dukes of Abercorn have since then used...
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Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales. Cynthia Hamilton was the daughter of James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton, later 3rd Duke of Abercorn (30 November...
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Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough and his first wife, Lady Albertha Hamilton (a daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn and Lady Louisa Russell)...
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Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, KG, PC (2 June 1822 – 4 July 1883), styled Earl of Sunderland from 1822 to 1840 and Marquess of Blandford from 1840...
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Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry VA (26 August 1836 – 16 March 1912) was the daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn. In 1884, she...
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James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn (1811–1885), twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn (1838–1913), British...
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Frances Anne, daughter of The 1st Duke of Abercorn. He was a nephew of Lord Randolph Churchill and a first cousin of Sir Winston Churchill,[citation needed]...
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refurbishment of the Castle, the Duke of Abercorn took up residence in 1925. It remained the official residence until the abolition of the office of governor...
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Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster, DL (born 29 January 1991), is a British aristocrat and businessman. He inherited his title and control of the Grosvenor...
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