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Hugh Douglas Hamilton 1739-1808
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- Hugh Douglas Hamilton
- Portrait of Thomas Earl of Longford
- inscribed on old label attached to the backboard: Thomas Earl of Longford R. St.P./was born 14 May 1774 died 24 May 1835
- pastel over black chalk, oval
Provenance
by descent from the sitter to his sister, Elizabeth Stewart of Trycallen, Co.Donegal;
by descent to the present owner
Catalogue Note
Thomas Pakenham, Baron Longford was born on 14th May 1774 in Dublin. He succeeded to the Earldom of Longford on the death of his grandmother in 1794. On 23rd January 1817 he married Georgiana Emma Charlotte, 5th daughter of William Lygon, 1st Earl of Beauchamp. He died, aged 61, on 24th May 1835 in Portland Place.
Hamilton also drew a portrait of Thomas, Earl of Longford's son, Edward Michael, which is recorded at Pakenham Hall and was engraved by H.Meyer in 1820.