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By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:37:46 +0000

I would be happy to have a look at what you have. Email to wendy@wendyreid.org please. My Hamilton family is the Hamilton’s of Brownhall Demesne Co. Donegal and into this family married, among other notable women, a daughter of the Ist Earl of Longford – she was Helen Pakenham, my 5th Great Grandmother and sister to Kitty, the Duchess of Wellington. When she died in 1807 members of the Pakenham family travelled some time after to Brownhall and reclaimed a number of her possessions which had come from the Pakenhams (Longfords) originally.

Also some valuable silver belonging to the Hamilton family was inherited by my great-great grandmother in 1905 on the death of her husband, a Hamilton grandson, and was subsequently sold off by her sometime afterwards. Perhaps what you have found could be some of what she sold…?

Thankyou for contacting me as you have me very intrigued! by the way – a portrait of John and Isabella (Stewart) Hamilton was auctioned by, I think, Christies, back in the 1980’s for a considerable sum. It was painted back in the late 1770’s at Brownhall house. The table that featured in the portrait still sits in a drawing room at Brownhall today.

Regards

Wendy

By: Thomas Jenner-Fust

Thomas Jenner-Fust — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:58:58 +0000

I am an auctioneer in Gloucestershire and have recently come across some silver and silver plate bearing the crest of Hamilton of Donegal. There is a salver with a coat of arms, Hamilton impaling another which I cannot identify. If I sent an image I wonder if you could help me to identify the coat of arms? I daresay it commemorates a marriage in the 19th Century.
Kind Regards.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:07:23 +0000

Thanks Marky – glad you loved it and your appreciation is as good as Rob’s, she was on my mind right throughout the visits to BH and Radine and John were sad not to have been able to meet her. But I am sure Rob is floating around BH in some way
I will check out that chef guy…very interesting.

By: mark hamilton

mark hamilton — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:52:40 +0000

Hi Wendy. I found this site via google. And i would love to say thank you. Thank you for doing the trip to brownhall. Mum would have been their for sure. I also was watching ready steady cook and their is an irish or scottish cheff on it just a wee man and his last name is courbarron? Maybe a lead for you?? Any way thank you for this site. I will read and help on anyway i can. Mark hamilton. Xxoo

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:58:10 +0000

This is certainly interesting – I will look into what I have and get back to you. Thanks for contacting me

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:56:24 +0000

Hi, to date I have not received any emails via this site from you or your brother. I am baffled as to who EP Hamilton is and how this person fits in here at all…?
Hamilton was a relatively common name in County Donegal and I have details on all the Hamiltons of the Brownhall line. Some more detailed info would be helpful.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:44:23 +0000

Hello,

An Alice Maud Wells-Willis married into my Robinson family in India. I have her father as Joseph Wells-Wallis.

There was also an Elizabeth Kathleen Wells-Wellis who married Samuel Frank Pearcey in Bombay Presidency, but I’m not sure how or if she is related to Alice.

Registry Office Marriage Index, Alice Maud Wallis (Wells, Wellis) to George Gordon Robinson, 1901-1905, Lucknow, see Z/N/11/10/f. 18.

I am trying to find out what happened to Alice and George since I don’t have any info past their marriage.

Thanks,
Melanie Tucker