Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and Argyll

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18th-century person duchess noblewoman socialite

Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and Argyll, was an 18th-century Irish-born beauty who rose from modest origins to become one of Britain’s most celebrated and influential noblewomen, marrying into both the Hamilton and Argyll ducal families.

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Label	Occurrences
Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton	2
Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and Argyll canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century person ⓘ duchess ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ socialite ⓘ
associatedWith	British royal court NERFINISHED ⓘ Gunning sisters NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	1733-12-27 ⓘ
birthPlace	Hemmingford Grey, Huntingdonshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Kilmun Parish Church, Argyll, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
child	Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon NERFINISHED ⓘ George Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll NERFINISHED ⓘ James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady Charlotte Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
courtRole	lady of the bedchamber ⓘ
deathDate	1790-12-20 ⓘ
describedAs	one of the most admired beauties of her time ⓘ
era	Georgian era ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Anglo-Irish ⓘ
familyName	Gunning NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	John Gunning NERFINISHED ⓘ
floruit	mid-18th century ⓘ
fullName	Elizabeth Gunning NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Elizabeth NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Her Grace ⓘ
marriageToArgyllDate	1759-03-03 ⓘ
marriageToHamiltonDate	1752-02-14 ⓘ
mother	Bridget Bourke NERFINISHED ⓘ Bridget Gunning, Countess of Coventry NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	Irish ⓘ
nobleRank	duchess ⓘ
notableEvent	created Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon in her own right in 1776 ⓘ
notableFor	celebrated beauty ⓘ prominent figure in 18th-century British high society ⓘ
religion	Church of England ⓘ
residence	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Scotland ⓘ
servedAs	Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte ⓘ
sibling	Maria Gunning, Countess of Coventry NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialCircle	British aristocracy ⓘ
socialStatus	rose from relatively modest origins ⓘ
spouse	James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchess of Argyll NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchess of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Douglas Hamilton → spouse → Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and Argyll ⓘ

subject surface form: Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton

Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton → mother → Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and Argyll ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton

James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton → spouse → Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and Argyll ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton