Person:Alexandra Hamilton (1)
Lady Alexandra Phyllis Hamilton
b.23 Jan 1876 Mayfair, London, England
d.10 Oct 1918 At Sea
Parents and Siblings
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m. 7 Jan 1869
  1. Most Noble James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn KG KP KStJ PC1869 - 1953
  2. Lord Claud Penn Alexander Hamilton1871 - 1871
  3. Lord Charles Hamilton1874 - 1874
  4. Lady Alexandra Phyllis Hamilton1876 - 1918
  5. Lord Claud Francis Hamilton1878 - 1878
  6. Lady Gladys Mary Hamilton1880 - 1917
  7. Capt. Lord Arthur John Hamilton1883 - 1914
  8. — Hamilton1886 - 1886
  9. Capt. Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton, GCVO CMG DSO1889 - 1975
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Lady Alexandra Phyllis Hamilton
Gender Female
Birth[2] 23 Jan 1876 Mayfair, London, England
Christening[2] 29 Feb 1876 St. Marylebone, London, England
Death[3] 10 Oct 1918 At Sea
Probate[3] 30 Jan 1919 London, England
This person does not have any known living descendants. She died unmarried.[3]

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Personal History

Alexandra Phyllis Hamilton,[1] daughter of James Hamilton and Mary Anna[2] (later the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn), was born 23 January 1876,[2] probably in Mayfair, co. Middlesex, England (registered in the district of St George Hanover Square),[1] and was baptized 29 February 1876 in Quebec Chapel in the parish of St. Marylebone.[2] Her godmother was Queen Alexandra, then Princess of Wales.[2]

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Death and Probate

Alexandra died 10 October 1918, at sea,[3] when the RMS Leinster was sunk by two torpedoes while enroute from Kingstown (later Dún Laoghaire), Ireland, to Holyhead, Wales.

On 30 January 1919,[3] in London, administration (with will) was granted to her mother Mary Anna, dowager Duchess of Abercorn; effects were in the amount of £16,169 10s 3d.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Registered during Q1, 1876, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Birth Index. (London, United Kingdom: General Register Office, 1837-Present)
    [digital image, Ancestry.com].

    “Hamilton, Alexandra Phyllis”, St George Hanover Square dist., vol. 1a, p. 368.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Church of England. Parish of St Mary, Bryanston Square (Middlesex). Parish Registers, 1825–1985
    London Metropolitan Archives, City of London P89/MRY2/037. Register of baptisms, Aug. 1872–June 1877, p. 220, no. 81.

    Digital image in London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1916 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1558/31280_197719-00257/3878940 : accessed 2 Oct. 2017).

    “Alexandra Phyllis Dr of James & Mary Anna Hamilton, [abode] 38 Upper Brook St., [occ.] M.P., [by] Francis J. Holland”, bap. 29 Feb. 1876, b. 23 Jan. 1876; in the margin “Princess of Wales a Godmother” and “Baptized in Quebec Chapel”

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 “Wills and Administrations, 1919”, in Principal Probate Registry (London). Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration: Made in the Principal Registry and in the Several District Registries of Her Majesty's Court of Probate. (London, United Kingdom: HM Stationery Office, [1859?]–present)
    vol. surnames H–K, p. 32.

    Digital image in England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–1995 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1904/31874_222416-00041/395421 : accessed 2 Oct. 2017).

    “HAMILTON, lady Alexander Phyllis,” of 112 Gloucester-place, Portman-square, co. Middlesex, spinster, d. 10 Oct. 1918 at sea; probate in London, 30 Jan., administration (with will) to Mary Anna dowager Duchess of Abercorn, widow, effects £16,169 10s 3d.

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