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Looking for any information about Lord Spencer Hamilton.According to information sources such as Burkes Peerage, Spencer Hamilton is said to have died unmarried.Genealogy sites such as WikiTree don't…Continue
My supposed connection to the Douglas line is via the Hamilton-Douglas or is it Douglas-Hamilton family linage of James Hamilton the 5th Duke of Hamilton and his 3rd wife Anne Spencer of Rendlesham, his father, being the 4th Duke of Hamilton, James Douglas-Hamilton, and his mother was Elizabeth Gerard.
This then take us back to his father William Douglas the 3rd Earl of Selkirk.
One of my Great Grandmothers was a Wynter (Fanny Maria 1840 - 1917), daughter of Henry Richard Walker Wynter (1808 - 1888). Henry's father, Philip Wynter (1753 - 1827) was married to Anne Elizabeth Hamilton (1769 - 1843).
Anne Hamilton is said to be the daughter of Lord Spencer Hamilton (1742 - 1791) and Charlotte Spencer (1745 - 1786). Anne had a brother Spencer Hamilton (1767 - 1767).
However, according to reliable sources of the day such as Burkes Peerage and others, Lord Spencer Hamilton did not marry let alone have any issues.
There seems to be even less scant information on his alleged wife Charlotte Spencer.
Charlotte Spencer could be related the famous Spencer line, or it has even been suggested that she is a third daughter of Edward Spencer of Rendlesham.
This would mean that Lord Spencer Hamilton had a relationship with his Aunt (?).
So, is there any documented proof out there to support the family history of this connection?
This must be what family researchers refer to as a brick wall.
I'm desperately trying to resolve this before I return in the Tardis to the 21 centuries, just find I have dissolved into thin air, after finding out this part of my genetic structure never having ever existed.
Welcome to our community, Don.
Membership here is a 2-way thing. The more information that you provide about your family connections, the more chance there is that someone might connect with you and share their knowledge.
The more information you can give about the people you mention, the more chance there is of someone else connecting with your family.
Dates and places of births, deaths and marriages all help to place families.
Professions also help.
'My great-grandmother mother was a Douglas from Montrose' does not give many clues to follow up! But a bit of flesh on the bones makes further research possible. But if we are told who she married, what his profession was and where the children were baptised, then we can get to work.
Maybe it is time to update the information in your profile?
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