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Susan Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton (14 May 1786 – 27 May 1859), formerly Susan(na) Euphemia Beckford, was the wife of Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, and the mother of the 11th Duke.
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Born | Susan(na) Euphemia Beckford 14 May 1786 Château La Tour, Vevay, Switzerland |
Died | 27 May 1859 73) | (aged
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Father | William Thomas Beckford |
Mother | Lady Margaret Gordon |
Susan was born at Château La Tour, Vevay, in Switzerland.[1] She was the daughter of William Thomas Beckford[2] and his wife, the former Lady Margaret Gordon. Beckford was an art collector who made his home at Brodick Castle on the Isle of Arran. He was the son of a Lord Mayor of London, William Beckford (whose wife, Maria Hamilton, was a descendant of James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault, as was her future grandson-in-law). Lady Margaret was the daughter of Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne.
Susan Beckford married the future duke, then a former MP and styled Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale,[1] on 26 April 1810 in London.
They had two children:
Her daughter, also named Susan, caused the duke and duchess some concern by eloping with Horatio Walpole, by whom she had an illegitimate child, born in 1849.[5] She lived abroad with Walpole for a time but returned to Britain for a time in 1853.
The dowager duchess was a patron of the arts whose acquaintances included Alfred, Lord Tennyson.[6] She inherited many of her father's works of art.[7]
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