Person:Harriett Hamilton (3)

Lady Harriet Georgina Louisa Hamilton
b.6 Jul 1834
Facts and Events
Name Lady Harriet Georgina Louisa Hamilton
Married Name Rt. Hon. Harriet Georgina Louisa Anson, Countess of Lichfield
Gender Female
Birth[1] 6 Jul 1834
Christening[2] 2 Aug 1834 Westminster St. Martin in the Fields, London, England
Marriage 10 Apr 1855 Hatfield Registration District, Hertfordshire, Englandto Thomas George Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield
Death[3][4] 23 Apr 1913 St. Marylebone, London, England
Probate[4] 30 May 1913 London, England

Personal History

Harriet Georgina Louisa[5] Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton and Louisa Jane[2] (then Marquess and Marchioness of Abercorn, later the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn), was born 6 July 1834[1] and baptized 2 August 1834 in the parish of St Martin in the Fields, co. Middlesex, England.[2]

Marriage and Family

(see the Family page for references)

Thomas George Earl of Lichfield and Harriet Georgiana Louisa Hamilton were married 10 April 1855 (registered in the district of Hatfield, co. Hertford).

Death and Probate

The Dowager Countess of Lichfield, then of 18 Manchester Square, died 23 April 1913 at home in St Marylebone, co. London[4][5] (registered in the district of St Marylebone).[3]

On 30 May 1913,[4][5] in London, the will was proved by the executors: (her son) the Rt. Hon. Thomas Francis Earl of Lichfield, Capt. the Hon. George Augustus Anson, and the Hon. Frederic William Anson. Effects were in the amount of £14,488 1s 11d.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 “Hamilton, Earl of Abercorn”, in Paul, James Balfour. The Scots peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's ‘Peerage of Scotland’ containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, with armorial illustrations. (Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1904-1914)
    vol. 1, p. 71.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Church of England. Diocese of London. Parish of St Martin in the Fields (Westminster, Middlesex). Bishop's Transcripts, 1800–1855
    London Metropolitan Archives, City of London DL/T/093/067. Transcript of baptisms, marriages and burials, 1834, p. 340, no. 410.

    Digital image in London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1916 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1558/31547_213353-00350/6810210 : accessed 11 Oct. 2017).

    “Harriet Georgiana Louisa [dau. of] James & Louisa Jane Hamilton Marquis of Abercorn, [abode] Carlton Terrace, [by] Wriothesley Russell, Rector of Streatham”, bap. 2 Aug. 1834

  3. 3.0 3.1 Registered during Q2, 1913, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Death Index. (London, United Kingdom: General Register Office, 1837-Present)
    [digital image, Ancestry.com].

    “Anson, Harriett G.L.”, age 78, Marylebone dist., vol. 1a, p. 597.

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 “Wills and Administrations, 1913”, 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 L–P, p. 56.

    Digital image in England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–1995 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1904/31874_222409-00065/1847502 : accessed 17 Nov. 2017).

    “LICHFIELD, Dowager countess of, the right honourable Georgina Louisa,” of 18 Manchester-square, co. Middlesex, widow, d. 23 April 1913; probate in London, 30 May, to rt. hon. Thomas Francis, earl of Lichfield, hon. George Augustus Anson, capt. H.M. Army (ret.), and hon. Frederic William Anson, £12,925 5s 10d, resworn £14,488 1s 11d.

  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 England. The London gazette. (London, England)
    no. 28763, p. 7096, 10 Oct. 1913.

    (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28763/supplement/7096 : accessed 11 Oct. 2017)

    “The Right Honourable HARRIET GEORGINA LOUISA DOWAGER COUNTESS OF LICHFIELD, Deceased.

    “NOTICE is hereby given, that all creditors and other persons having any debts, claims, or demands against the estate of the said Dowager Countess of Lichfield, late of 18, Manchester-square, London, W. (who died on the 23rd day of April, 1913, and whose will was proved in the Principal Registry of the Probate Division of His Majesty's High Court of Justice, on the 30th day of May, 1913, by the Right Honourable Thomas Francis Earl of Lichfield, Captain the Honourable George Augustus Anson, and the Honourable Frederic William Anson, the executors therein named), are hereby required to send particulars, in writing, of their debts, claims, or demands to us, the undersigned, as Solicitors to the said executors, on or before the 10th day of November, 1913, ….—Dated this 8th day of October, 1913.”