James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn
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James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn. |
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn,
KG (born
July 4,
1934) is a
Northern Irish peer and
politician, and currently
Lord Steward of the Household.
Hamilton was educated at
Eton College and the
Royal Agricultural College. In
1952, he was commissioned into the
Grenadier Guards. From
1964 to
1970, he was
MP for
Fermanagh & South Tyrone . In
1986, he was appointed
Lord Lieutenant of County Tyrone. In
1999, he was appointed a Knight of the
Order of the Garter, and he is the
colonel of the
Irish Guards; additionally, he was appointed
Lord Steward of the
Royal Household in
2001.
He is one of the largest land owners in
Northern Ireland with more than 15,000 acres. His seat is
Baronscourt, near
Omagh,
County Tyrone,
Northern Ireland.
In
1966 he married
Anastasia Alexandra "Sacha" Phillips (b.
February 27,
1946), eldest daughter of Lt.-Col. Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips (
1909–
1980) and
Georgina Wernher (b.
1919), elder daughter and co-heiress of Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Baronet, of
Luton Hoo,
Bedfordshire). The Duchess is known by her second name Alexandra, and her nickname "Sacha". She is the elder sister of Natalia, wife of the
Duke of Westminster.
The Duke and Duchess of Abercorn have two sons and a daughter:
*James Harold Charles Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton (b. 19 August
1969), who was styled
Viscount Strabane before his father became Duke. On 7 May
2004 he married Tanya Marie Nation (b.
1971) at Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks. She was the eldest daughter of Douglas Percy Codrington Nation, the senior managing director of
Bear Stearns. (
1942–
2001). They have one child, James Alfred Nicholas Hamilton, Viscount Strabane (b. 30 October
2005).
*Lady Sophia Alexandra Hamilton (b.
1973), who was a model before
1996. She married British war journalist
Anthony Loyd in
2002, but they divorced, without children, in 2005.
*Lord Nicholas Edward Hamilton (b.
1979) who is not married.
