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Elizabeth, Duchess of Hamilton, widow of the 14th Duke and founder of the influential Lamp of Lothian charity, has died at the age of 92.
The eldest daughter of the 8th Duke of Northumberland, the duchess was caught up in one of the most dramatic events of the Second World War, when Rudolf Hess, the deputy F?hrer, flew to Scotland in an abortive attempt to make peace between Germany and Britain.
Hess, who had crash-landed his Messerschmitt in May 1941 at a farm south of Glasgow, was interviewed by the Duke of Hamilton, who then prepared to fly south to report to Winston Churchill. Before he went he showed Elizabeth the photographs of the German prisoner he had just interviewed in Maryhill Barracks in Glasgow. He told her that if anything happened to him on his journey to see the Prime Minister, he was of the opinion that the prisoner was indeed Rudolf Hess, and to inform Churchill that Hess had been treated correctly as a prisoner of war.
The duchess, who was born Elizabeth Percy, had been brought up in the splendour of Alnwick castle in Northumberland. In 1937 she was one of the maids of honour at the Coronation of King George VI. That year she was married to Douglas, Marquis of Douglas and Clydesdale, the future Duke of Hamilton. The marriage of a Percy to a Douglas was a matter for some comment in Scotland, since the two families had been deadly enemies in the Middle Ages.
It was, however, for her tireless charity work that the Duchess will be remembered. She founded the Lamp of Lothian in 1967 and helped to raise the funds required to restore St Mary's Church in Haddington, beside the River Tyne, which had been destroyed by an English army at the time of the Battle of Pinkie in 1547. Only the lower part of the cross remained, and for centuries most of the church lay in ruins. Its restoration and conservation work, which took several years, was a triumph.
She also helped to raise funds to restore the old mill, the granary and the Community Centre across the road. The project won a significant European Architectural Heritage Award. She was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for East Lothian, serving from 1984-89 and received the OBE for her public services to the charity in 1988. Last year the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh visited the Lamp of Lothian to celebrate its 40th anniversary.

Elizabeth married Douglas (14th Duke of Hamilton) Douglas-Hamilton, K.T., G.C.V.O., A.F.C., P.C. on 2 Dec 1937. Douglas (son of Alfred (13th Duke of Hamilton) Douglas-Hamilton and Nina Mary Benita Poore) was born on 3 Feb 1903; died on 30 Mar 1973. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Angus Alan (15th Duke of Hamilton, 12th Duke of Brandon) Douglas-Hamilton was born in 1938; died on 5 Jun 2010; was buried on 10 Jun 2010.
2. Lord James Alexander (Baron Selkirk of Douglas) Douglas-Hamilton was born on 31 Jul 1942; died on 28 Nov 2023.
3. Lord Hugh Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton was born on 22 Aug 1946; died on 21 Jun 1995.
4. Lord Patrick George Hamilton
5. Lord David Stephen Hamilton was born on 26 Dec 1952; died on 6 Apr 2020 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Alan + Helen Magdalene Gordon-Lennox. Helen (daughter of Charles Henry (7th Duke of Richmond & Gordon) Gordon-Lennox and Isabel Sophia Craven) died on 13 Jun 1965. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mistress of the Robes to HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother 1937

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NORTHUMBERLAND RESOURCES
Stirnet Genealogy
William de Percy (b c1034, d c1096) to Henry Percy, 1st Earl ofNorthumberland
at http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/pp/percy01.htm
&
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland to Josceline Percy, 11th Earl ofNorthumberland
at http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/pp/percy02.htm

Genealogy.Eu
Joscelin de Louvain & Agnes de Percy to "Henry Percy 1st Earl ofNorthumberland at
http://genealogy.euweb.cz/brabant/brabant4.html
&
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland to Josceline Percy, 11th Earl ofNorthumberland *1644, +1670
at http://genealogy.euweb.cz/brabant/brabant5.html

Burke's Peerage under "Northumberland"

Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web by Brian Tompsett
" of Northumberland" at
http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedidex/n=royal?+of+Northumberland
Has links to:
0 , Ealred (Siward) of Northumberland, Earl of Northumberland
0 Dudley, Antonio, Duke of Northumberland
0 Fitzroy, George, Duke of Northumberland
0 Dudley, Carlo, Duke of Northumberland
965 , Waltheof of Northumberland, Earl of Northumberland
1055 Godwinsson, Tostig of Northumbria, Earl of Northumberland
1065 , Morcar (Morkere) of Northumberland, Earl of Northumberland
1067 , Gospatrick of Northumberland, Earl of Northumberland
1377 Percy, Henry, Earl of Northumberland 1
1415 Percy, Henry, Earl of Northumberland II
1455 Percy, Henry, Earl of Northumberland
1461 Neville, John, Earl of Northumberland
1470 Percy, Henry, Earl of Northumberland
1489 Percy, Henry Algernon, Earl of Northumberland 5
1551 Dudley, John of Northumberland, Duke of Northumberland
1572 Percy, Henry, Earl of Northumberland 8
1585 Percy, Henry, Earl of Northumberland 9
1632 Percy, Algernon, Earl of Northumberland 10
1668 Percy, Joceline, Earl of Northumberland 11
1766 Percy, Hugh Smithson, Duke of Northumberland 1
1786 Percy, Hugh, Duke of Northumberland 2
1817 Percy, Hugh, Duke of Northumberland 3
1847 Percy, Algernon, Duke of Northumberland 4
1865 Percy, George, Duke of Northumberland 5
1867 Percy, Algernon George, Duke of Northumberland 6
1899 Percy, Henry George, Duke of Northumberland 7
1918 Percy, Alan Ian, Duke of Northumberland 8
1930 Percy, Henry George Alan, Duke of Northumberland 9
1940 Percy, Hugh Algernon, Duke of Northumberland 10
1988 Percy, Henry Alan Walter Richard, Duke of Northumberland 11
1995 Percy, Ralph George Algernon, Duke of Northumberland 12

Henry married Edith Campbell on 23 Dec 1868. Edith (daughter of George Douglas (8Th Duke of Argyll) Campbell and Elizabeth Georgina Sutherland-Leveson-Gower) was born on 7 Nov 1849; died on 6 Jul 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Isabel Sophia Craven on 3 Jul 1882. Isabel was born on 28 Apr 1863; died on 20 Nov 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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2nd dau. of William George Craven by his wife Lady Mary Yorke, 2nd dau. of Charles Philip [Yorke], 4th Earl of Hardwicke

Algernon married Louisa Drummond on 23 Dec 1868. Louisa (daughter of Henry Drummond) died on 18 Dec 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Campbell was a politician. He succeeded his father to the Dukedom of Argyll in 1847. Campbell was regarded as a superb debater and by 1853 was a cabinet minister, remaining in office almost continuously until 1874. Between 1868 and 1874 he presided over territorial expansion in the Indian sub-continent as Secretary for India.

George married Elizabeth Georgina Sutherland-Leveson-Gower on 31 Jul 1844. Elizabeth (daughter of George Granville (2nd Duke of Sutherland) Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, KG and Lady Harriett Elizabeth Georgiana Howard, VA) died on 25 May 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]