Mary Anna Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn (née Lady Mary Curzon-Howe; 23 July 1848 – 10 May 1929), was an English courtier and aristocrat. She served as Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Alexandra.

Life

Lady Mary was born at Gopsall Hall in Leicestershire, the daughter of Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and his second wife, Anne Gore, daughter of Admiral Sir John Gore. She had two brothers, Montagu Curzon and Admiral Sir Assheton Curzon-Howe, and 10 half-siblings by her father's first marriage. The Duchess held the office of Lady-in-Waiting to Alexandra, Princess of Wales. She suffered a fall and broke her arm in January 1929. She died a few months later at her residence at 115 Park Street, Mayfair.

Marriage and issue

Lady Mary married James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton, eldest son of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, and Lady Louisa Jane Russel on 7 January 1869 at St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England. They had seven sons and two daughters. A son and daughter were killed during the First World War.

Ancestry