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Also Known As

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  • Family name: Cole-Hamilton
  • Mrs. Hamilton
  • Mr. C. G. Hamilton

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

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Organizations

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  • Light of the South Freemason lodge in Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentine Republic[1]

Timeline

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1893 April 4, Claud George Cole-Hamilton and Lucy Charlewood Thorold married.[2]

1895, the Cole-Hamiltons seem to have been living in the Argentine Republic, at least according to the 1895 Argentina, National Census.[3]

1896 February 4, Claud George Cole Hamilton (age 27) was initiated and "passed" into the Light of the South Freemason lodge in Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentine Republic.[1]

1896 July 21, Claud George Cole Hamilton "passed" the next step in the Freemason Lodge in Argentina[1]

1896 November 17, Claud George Cole Hamilton was "raised" in the next step in the Freemason Lodge in Argentina.[1]

1897 July 2, Friday, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton — Lucy Charlewood and Claud Cole-Hamilton — attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House. (Lucy Cole-Hamilton is #652 on the list of people who were present; Claud Cole-Hamilton is #653.)

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball

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Lucy Charlewood Cole-Hamilton as Amy Robsart. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.
 
Claud George Cole-Hamilton in costume as Edmund Tressilian. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.

Lucy Charlewood Cole-Hamilton and Claud George Cole-Hamilton attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

Lucy Cole-Hamilton

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Lafayette's portrait (left) of "Lucy Charlewood Cole-Hamilton (née Thorold) as Amy Robsart" in costume is photogravure #151 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[4] The printing on the portrait says, "Mrs. C. G. Hamilton as Amy Robsart."[5]

Newspaper Reports

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  • Lucy Cole-Hamilton as Amy Robsart: "pink brocaded silk, spangled with silver, front studded with pearls; large pointed stand-up collar; trimmed silver pearl girdle; pointed cap of pink, trimmed silver and pearls; long veil of white gauze."[6]:p. 34, Col. 1c
  • "MRS HAMILTON, Amy Robart [sic], wore a robe of pink brocaded silk, spangled with silver, the front studded with pearls; the large pointed stand-up collar was trimmed with silver; there was a pearl girdle, and the pointed pink cape was wrought in pearls and silver."[7]:Col. 2c

Claud George Cole-Hamilton

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Lafayette's portrait (above right) of "Claud George Cole-Hamilton as Edmund Tressilian" in costume is photogravure #152 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[4] The printing on the portrait says, "Mr. C. G. Hamilton as Edmund Tressilian," with a Long S in Tressilian.[8]

  • Mr. Hamilton wore what the Gentlewoman calls an "Elizabethan costume" of "black velvet, trimmed [in] gold."[6]:p. 36, Col. 3b
  • "MR HAMILTON [was] in an Elizabethan costume, carried out in black velvet and gold embroidery."[7]:Col. 3a

Amy Robsart and Edmund Tressilian

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Amy Robsart and Edmund Tressilian are characters in Sir Walter Scott's 1821 Kenilworth.[9] A Romance. Politically ambitious Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester attempts to keep his marriage to Amy Robsart secret. Edmund Tressilian loved Amy Robsart before she married Leicester, and because of Tressilian, Queen Elizabeth discovers the secret marriage. Leicester's steward Varney murders Amy, although a jury determines that she fell down stairs, breaking her neck.

The novel, like so much of Scott's work, was popular and influential. Arthur Sullivan wrote the music for the oratorio Kenilworth, A Masque of the Days of Queen Elizabeth with librettist Henry Fothergill Chorley and conducted its premiere at the Birmingham Festival on 8 September 1864; it was reviewed in the Times, not completely positively.[10] It was performed at the Crystal Palace on 12 November 1864 and in Dublin in 1868.[10]

Demographics

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  • Nationality: Anglo-Irish, British

Residences

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  • Encadenadas y Barriles (Población rural), General López, Santa Fe, Argentina (1895)[3]
  • Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentine Republic, occupation listed as sheep farmer (1896)[1]
  • The Plâs, Llangattock, Crickhowell, South Wales (as of 1910)[11]

Family

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  • Lt.-Col. Claud George Cole-Hamilton (27 January 1869 – 6 January 1957)[12]
  • Lucy Charlewood Thorold (baptized 3 September 1869[13] – 14 November 1951[14])
  1. Isabel Katherine Cole-Hamilton (c. 1894[15] – 10 February 1980[16])
  2. Lucy Alice Cole-Hamilton (21 February 1896[17] – 13 July 1981[18])
  3. Norah Elizabeth Cole-Hamilton (27 March 1899[19] – 8 February 1982[20])

Biographical Material

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  1. Irish Archives Resource: PRONI has estate records ("Title deeds and leases of the Cole-Hamilton estate in and north of Enniskillen") in the Earl of Erne Papers, not sure what dates.[21]

Notes and Questions

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  1. It is an assumption that Claude George Cole-Hamilton is the Mr. Hamilton referred to by the Queen; check the Gentlewoman to see if there's enough context to know for certain.
  2. In the 1911 Wales Census, Claude George Cole-Hamilton and Lucy Charlewood Cole-Hamilton were living with their 3 daughters: Isabel Katherine Cole-Hamilton, Lucy Alice Cole-Hamilton, and Norah Elizabeth Cole-Hamilton, as well as 4 servants, Helene Heldt (German Governess, 36 years old), Mily Heldt is (English Cook, 30 years old), Annie Heldt (English servant, 26 years old), and Ada Price (English servants, 20 years old).[15]
  3. Claud George Cole-Hamilton's estate was worth £20,118 19s. 9d.[22] He left it to his solicitor and "spinster" daughter .
  4. It seems like it was the same Claud George Cole Hamilton in Argentina because of the daughter, Isabel Katherine Cole-Hamilton.

Footnotes

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Library and Museum of Freemasonry; London, England; Freemasonry Membership Registers; Description: Membership Registers: Colonial and Foreign G 1417-1603 to Colonial and Foreign H 1617-1786; Reel Number: 26. Ancestry.com. England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921 database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
  2. ↑ "Lucy Charlewood Thorold." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ancestry.com. Argentina, National Census, 1895 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball (1897): photogravures by Walker & Boutall after various photographers." 1899. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait-list.php?set=515.
  5. ↑ "Mrs. Hamilton as Amy Robsart." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158514/Lucy-Charlewood-Cole-Hamilton-ne-Thorold-as-Amy-Robsart.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 “The Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball.” The Gentlewoman 10 July 1897 Saturday: 32–42 [of 76], Cols. 1a–3c [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18970710/155/0032.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 “Additional Costumes Worn at the Duchess of Devonshire’s Fancy Ball.” The Queen, The Lady’s Newspaper17 July 1897, Saturday: 63 [of 97 BNA; p. 138 on the print page], Col. 2a–3a [3 of 3 cols.]. British Newspaper Archive  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002627/18970717/283/0064.
  8. ↑ "Mr. Hamilton as Edmund Tressilian." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158515/Claud-George-Cole-Hamilton-as-Edmund-Tressilian.
  9. ↑ "Kenilworth (novel)". Wikipedia. 2021-09-23. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenilworth_(novel)&oldid=1046057429.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenilworth_(novel).
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "The Masque at Kenilworth". Wikipedia. 2019-02-20. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Masque_at_Kenilworth&oldid=884304249.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masque_at_Kenilworth.
  11. ↑ Ancestry.com. UK, City and County Directories, 1766 - 1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
  12. ↑ "Lt.-Col. Claud George Cole-Hamilton." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  13. ↑ Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
  14. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Class: RG14; Piece: 33612; Schedule Number: 13. Ancestry.com. 1911 Wales Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
  16. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  17. ↑ Ancestry.com. UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
  18. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  19. ↑ Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  20. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  21. ↑ "Earl of Erne Papers". Irish Archives Resource. Retrieved 2024-05-01. https://iar.ie/archive/earl-erne-papers/.
  22. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
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