Cecil (Hamilton) Copley (1770 - 1819)

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Copley — married 23 May 1799 in Marylebone, London, England

Descendants

Cecil Hamilton was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Biography

Cecil Hamilton was the daughter of the Reverend George Hamilton and Elizabeth (Onslow) Hamilton.^[1] She was born on the 15th of March 1770.^[1]

She was baptised on the 3rd of May 1770 in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England.^[2]

In 1789 she was raised to the precedency of an earl's daughter by royal warrant.

She married twice: firstly she married John James Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn, son of John Hamilton and Harriet (Craggs) Hamilton, on the 4th of March 1792.^[1] They were divorced in April 1799 by an Act of Parliament.^[1][3]

She married, secondly, Joseph Copley, son of Sir Joseph Copley, 1st Bt., and Mary (Buller) Copley, on the 23rd of May 1799.^[1] They were married in Marylebone, London, England.^[4]

She died on the 19th of June 1819 at the age of 49.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 7 and 8.
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWNR-Y6J : 11 February 2018, Cecil Hamilton, 03 May 1770); citing: index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 0919250 IT 1.
3. ↑ Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 63.
4. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V524-TMK : 10 February 2018), John Copley and Cecil Hamilton, 21 May 1799; Marylebone Road, St Marylebone, London, England; reference, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 942 B4HA V. 51, 942 B4HA V. 52, 942 B4HA V. 54, 942 B4HA V. 55, 942 B4HA V. 56, 942 B4HA V. 57.
5. ↑ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. volume 1, page 983.

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p11029.htm#i110290 (The Peerage, Darryl Lundy: Person Page 11029: Lady Cecil Hamilton, #110290, b. 15 March 1770).
• Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999. Volume 1, page 5.
• Wikipedia: John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn.