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Historical records matching Nina Mary Benita Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton
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About Nina Mary Benita Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton
President of Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Mary_Benita_Douglas-Hamilton,_Duc...
http://thepeerage.com/p10949.htm#i109482
Nina Mary Benita Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton (13th May 1878 - 12th January 1951). She was born in Salisbury, the daughter of Major Robert Poore, married Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton and died in London.
She had a Princess Coronation Class steam locomotive named after her, which is on static display at the National Railway Museum, York. The Duchess Nina Institute in the village of Quarter, near Hamilton, Scotland, was a gift to the villagers by the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton and was formally opened on the 24th September 1910.
In 1912 she was a founder of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection, which went on to become Advocates for Animals.
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Nina Mary Benita Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton's Timeline
| 1878 |
May 13, 1878
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Old Lodge, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
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| 1903 |
February 3, 1903
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71 Eccleston Square, Pimlico, London, England
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June 11, 1904
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| 1906 |
January 4, 1906
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October 13, 1907
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| 1909 |
November 12, 1909
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Dungavel, UK
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November 8, 1912
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August 27, 1914
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| 1951 |
January 12, 1951
Age 72
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