Hamilton

My 4th Great Grandfather, John Hamilton, was born in 1800 to James Hamilton and Helen Pakenham. 

The couple were married in Dublin near to Helen’s family residence of Upper Merrion Street, she was the 6th child of Edward Micheal Pakenham, Earl of Longford and Catherine Rowley.

Her siblings were:

1. Elizabeth Pakenham: 1769 - 1851 m Henry Stewart of Tyrcallen, Co. Tyrone

2.Mary Pakenham: 1770 - 1787

3. Catherine (Kitty) Sarah Dorothea Pakenham: 1772 - 1831 m Arthur Wellesley Ist Duke of Wellington

4. Frances Pakenham: 1773 - 1774

5. Thomas Pakenham: 1774 - 1835 m Georgiana Emma Charlotte Lygon

6. Gen Sir Edward Micheal Pakenham: 1778 - 1815

7. Caroline Penelope Pakenham: 1780 - ? m Henry Hamilton

8. Maj. Gen. Sir Hercules Rowley Pakenham: 1781 - 1850 m Emily Stapleton

9. Capt. William Pakenham: 1782 - 1811

10. Henry Pakenham: 1787 - 1863 m Eliza Catherine Sandford

James Hamilton had inherited the estate of Brownhall from his father John and the couple took up residence after their marriage, though they divided their time between the estate in Co Donegal and Dublin. During their absence John’s brother Abraham and his family occupied the house of Brownhall.

The couple had three children:

1. John Hamilton: 1800 - 1884

2. The Rev. Edward Micheal Hamilton: 1802 - 1861 m Martha Anne Fortescue

3. Catherine Hamilton: 1803 - 1871 m Rev. William Henry Foster of Loughgilly

The marriage was not to last very long with James dying at the age of 30 in 1805 - Helen passed away two years later leaving their three children to be taken into the care of Helens family namely by their aunt Catherine Wellesley Duchess of Wellington and their grandmother Isabella (Stewart) Hamilton.

With John being the eldest (and heir to the Brownhall estate) his uncle Arthur Wellesley took particular interest in his education and saw that he attended Cambridge University in England. Through this John was granted his Degree after just 2 years due to a very old law which stated that direct male descendants of the Monarch could gain their qualification in a shorter time. John, of course, was descended from King Edward Ist .

The youngest, Catherine, grew especially close to her namesake aunt Catherine and so was always known as Kitty - just as her aunt was known by that name herself.

Catherine, Duchess of Wellington, sister of Helen.

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Mary Rose was born 1804 at Calrossie, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Her parents were Hugh Rose and Arabella Margaretta Phipps.

In 1823, at the age of 18, Mary married 23 year old John Hamilton of Brownhall, Co. Donegal. John was a close friend of Mary’s brother and the two men had attended Cambridge University together.

Mary died at St Ernans House, part of the Brownhall Estate, in 1854.

Mary Rose (Hamilton).

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It’s been a while but finally I am around to updating the site with new info.

Thanks to an email from Alexandra Starling in Australia I have added siblings to the Reid category regarding my Grandfather George Albert Reid.

This was a very exciting revelation for me and many, many thanks to Sandie for her kind contribution.

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