NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Lincoln, Susan Hamilton, Countess of, d. 1889 DNB: Opdebeck [née Douglas-Hamilton], Lady Susan Harriet Catherine [other married name Susan Harriet Catherine Pelham-Clinton, countess of Lincoln] (1814-1889), figure of scandal LBT ID: SuHamil1889 VIAF ID: 28689524 LOC ID: n90624955 | B/BAP: 1814-06-09 DIED: 1889-11-28 |
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The daughter of Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, tenth duke of Hamilton; in 1832 she married
Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, afterwards duke of Newcastle. She abandoned him for
Horatio, Lord Walpole, who in turn abandoned her. There was a child and a notorious divorce
in 1850. | |