Lady Mary Fielding, Duchess of Hamilton, Countess of Arran

LADY MARY FIELDING

Lady Mary Feilding Hamilton

• BIRTH - 1613 - Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
• DEATH - 10 May 1638 (aged 24–25), London, City of London, Greater London, England
• BURIAL - Westminster Abbey, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
• PLOT - Buckingham's Vault
• MEMORIAL ID 103542650

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Duchess of Hamilton, Countess of Arran

Lady Fielding is the daughter of William Fielding, Earl of Denbigh. She married James Hamilton, third Marquess of Hamilton in 1620. The Scots Peerage IV: 378 She died on 10 May 1638. NRS: GD112/39/66/10

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

16 May 1638: Archibald Campbell [of Glencarradale], Culros, to the laird of Glenurchy. Sends a letter, the outside written and signed by the Treasurer, and the inside by Lord Lorne; expects them both in Edinburgh either that night or the next day; the Treasurer has cleared himself of accusations against him; the bishop of St Andrews is gone to Bath and "the rest of that crew are cuming downe I hoipe in god with small contentment," the Marquess of Hamilton was expected in Edinburgh but he may be delayed by the death of his lady [Margaret Fielding, died 10 May 1638]; James Prymrois has a daughter about to be married - he asks for some venison and wildfowl for the marriage; burial of the laird of Alwas, whose death is much regretted by all honest men. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Campbell Family, Earls of Breadalbane (Breadalbane Muniments), reference GD112/39/66/10

Genealogy

1. The Scots Peerage IV: 378
2. Stirnet: Hamilton 09

Research Note

Lady Margaret Fielding's date of birth and death are available in the following book: The days of Duchess Anne: life in the household of the Duchess of Hamilton, 1656-1716. By Rosalind Kay Marshall (Tuckwell Press, 2000)