Jane, Lady Archibald Hamilton (née Lady Jane Hamilton) (before 1704 – 6 December 1753, Paris) was a British noblewoman and courtier. She was mistress to

Frederick, Prince of Wales Frederick, Prince of Wales (Frederick Louis, German: ''Friedrich Ludwig''; 31 January 1707 – 31 March 1751) was the eldest son and heir apparent of King George II of Great Britain. He grew estranged from his parents, King George and Queen C ...

and First Lady of the Bedchamber,

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and

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to his wife,

Augusta of Saxe-Gotha Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg ( – 8 February 1772) was Princess of Wales by marriage to Frederick, Prince of Wales, eldest son and heir apparent of King George II. She never became queen consort, as Frederick predeceased his father ...

Life

She was the fifth child and third daughter of

James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn, PC (Ire) ( – 28 November 1734), was a Scottish and Irish peer and politician. Appointed a groom of the bedchamber to Charles II after his father's death in battle, he took the Williamite side at th ...

(d. 1734) and Elizabeth Reading, daughter of Sir Robert Reading, 1st Baronet. On 29 September 1719 she married

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(d. 1754). They had six children: *Charles (?–1751), married Mary Dufresne. *

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(1720–1800), married

Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick, KT (10 October 1719 – 8 July 1773), styled as Lord Brooke from 1727 to 1746 and Earl Brooke from 1746, was a British peer and landowner. He inherited Warwick Castle and the title of Baron Brooke from hi ...

(1719–1773). *Frederic (1728–1811), religious minister. Married Rachel Daniel, on 11 June 1757. *Archibald (accidentally drowned, 1744) * Sir William Hamilton (1730–1803), diplomat. Married Catherine Barlow (25 January 1758; died 1783) and Emma Hart (6 September 1795; died 1815). * Jane (1726–1771), married Charles Schaw (later

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), on 24 July 1753. She was appointed to serve as First Lady of the Bedchamber to the new Princess of Wales,

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg ( – 8 February 1772) was Princess of Wales by marriage to Frederick, Prince of Wales, eldest son and heir apparent of King George II of Great Britain, George II. She never became queen consort, as Freder ...

upon her arrival in 1736, a position in which she was described as very strict. In parallel, she also succeeded

Anne Vane Anne Vane (17 September 1710 – 27 March 1736), also known as "the Hon. Mrs. Vane," was a maid of honour to Caroline of Ansbach and mistress to Caroline's son Frederick, Prince of Wales. Life Vane was the first daughter of Gilbert Vane, second ...

as the mistress to the Prince of Wales between 1736 and 1745. She was replaced as mistress by Lady Middlesex. Ostler, C. (2022). The Duchess Countess: The Woman Who Scandalized Eighteenth-Century London. USA: Atria Books. p. 80 Jane died in Paris, in 1753, and is buried in

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Gallery

File:Augusta, Princess of Wales with Members of her Family and Household.jpg, Lady Jane Hamilton portrayed with Augusta, Princess of Wales and her household. File:Elizabeth Hamilton, later Countess of Warwick (1720-1800), and her brother William Hamilton (1730-1803), by William Hoare of Bath.jpg, Archibald and Jane's children Elizabeth and William. (

William Hoare William Hoare, RA ( – 12 December 1792) was an English painter. From 1740 to 1759, he was the leading oil portraitist at Bath, Somerset until Thomas Gainsborough arrived in the town. Noted for his pastels, Hoare was a co-founder of the R ...

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