He was created a
Knight of the Garter. He died of
pneumonia in London at the age of 74. He is buried in the cemetery at
Baronscourt Parish Church, the traditional burial place of the Dukes of Abercorn and their families.[8]
In 1883 he held 76,500 acres in Tyrone and Donegal. He also held 2,100 acres in Scotland.[9]
Family and children
In 1869 he married
Lady Mary Anna Curzon-Howe (1848–1929), daughter of Anne Gore (bef. 1832–1877), daughter of Adm. Sir John Gore (died 1836), and
Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1796–1870). Together they had two daughters and seven sons:
Lord Claud Penn Alexander Hamilton (18 October 1871 – 18 October 1871) (same day)
Lord Charlie Hamilton (10 April 1874 – 10 April 1874) (same day)
Lady Alexandra Phyllis Hamilton (1876–1918), who had
Princess Alexandra of Wales as sponsor at her baptism. She died when the
RMS Leinster was torpedoed by a German U-boat and sank. She was unmarried.
Lord Claud Francis Hamilton (25 October 1878 – 25 December 1878) (aged 2 months)
^Shaw, Wm. A. (1906) The Knights of England, I, London,
p. 69
^Sir James Balfour Paul, ed. (1904).
"Hamilton, Earl of Abercorn". The Scots Peerage. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: David Douglas. pp. 72–73. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
^Bille-Hansen, A. C.; Holck, Harald, eds. (1889) [1st pub.:1801].
Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1889 [State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1889] (PDF). Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri. pp. 13–14. Retrieved 7 February 2021 – via
da:DIS Danmark.