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Margaret Hamilton, Lady Belhaven and Stenton

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Lady Margaret's correspondence demonstrates that she was a sought-after nurse and practitioner of herbal remedies. She collected recipes and made up her own plasters, and advised her great-niece, Margaret Hamilton, countess of Panmure, in maintaining a healthy pregnancy.
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Marshall, R. K. (1982). "'Take of dragon's blood two drachms': the treatment of pregnancy and miscarriage in seventeenth-century Scotland".
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Lady Margaret died in or after 1694, predeceased by two of her children. The line continued through her daughter Anne, who married
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In 1648, the Hamiltons feared that John might be arrested because he had financially supported Lady Margaret's half-brother,
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in 1647. They had three daughters – Anne, Margaret, and Elizabeth – and a son, who died in childhood in 1661.
247:"A" Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland: Second Series 86: 58: 81:. Margaret and John arranged for John to fake his death, pretending that he had drowned in the 197: 114: 24: 151:
Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire
261: 82: 215: 46:. It has been suggested that her mother was Anne Stewart, the widowed daughter of 85:. Lady Margaret went into public mourning, and John's death was recorded by the 201: 89:
in 1652. He returned after six years in hiding and actually died in 1679.
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English Royalist conspirator and medical practitioner (bef.1625 – c.1695)
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Lady Margaret was sketched and painted several times by the studio of
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Virgins and viragos: a History of Women in Scotland from 1080 to 1980
18: 196:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. 185: 57:, who was created 1 Lord Belhaven and Stenton by 108:Sir Robert Hamilton, 1 baronet of Silvertonhill 8: 154:. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1830. p. 59. 32:Margaret Hamilton, Lady Belhaven and Stenton 138:. Vol. 1 (106 ed.). p. 1283. 77:army into England and been executed by the 42:Margaret was the illegitimate daughter of 193:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 126: 44:James Hamilton, 2 marquess of Hamilton 23:Margaret Hamilton and her husband, by 7: 180: 178: 176: 71:James Hamilton, 1 duke of Hamilton 14: 250:. Hurst and Blackett. p. 38. 53:She married her distant relative 48:Walter Stewart, 1 Lord Blantyre 268:Women in the English Civil War 136:Burke's Peerage and Baronetage 1: 134:Mosley, Charles, ed. (1999). 216:UK public library membership 273:17th-century Scottish women 289: 165:Marshall, R. K. (1983). 244:Burke, Bernard (1854). 202:10.1093/ref:odnb/93811 28: 64: 22: 93:Medical practitioner 65:Faking John's death 29: 214:(Subscription or 87:Lyon King of Arms 280: 252: 251: 241: 235: 234: 226: 220: 219: 211: 209: 208: 189: 182: 171: 170: 162: 156: 155: 146: 140: 139: 131: 115:Anthony Van Dyck 102:Death and legacy 79:Parliamentarians 73:, who had led a 25:Anthony Van Dyck 288: 287: 283: 282: 281: 279: 278: 277: 258: 257: 256: 255: 243: 242: 238: 228: 227: 223: 213: 206: 204: 184: 183: 174: 164: 163: 159: 148: 147: 143: 133: 132: 128: 123: 104: 95: 67: 40: 17: 12: 11: 5: 286: 284: 276: 275: 270: 260: 259: 254: 253: 236: 231:Nursing Mirror 221: 172: 169:. p. 108. 157: 141: 125: 124: 122: 119: 103: 100: 94: 91: 66: 63: 39: 36: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 285: 274: 271: 269: 266: 265: 263: 249: 248: 240: 237: 232: 225: 222: 217: 203: 199: 195: 194: 188: 181: 179: 177: 173: 168: 161: 158: 153: 152: 145: 142: 137: 130: 127: 120: 118: 116: 111: 109: 101: 99: 92: 90: 88: 84: 80: 76: 72: 62: 60: 56: 55:John Hamilton 51: 49: 45: 37: 35: 33: 26: 21: 246: 239: 230: 224: 205:. Retrieved 191: 166: 160: 150: 144: 135: 129: 112: 105: 96: 83:Solway Firth 68: 52: 41: 31: 30: 262:Categories 218:required.) 207:2023-11-30 121:References 59:Charles I 75:Royalist 233:: 32–6. 212: 38:Family 198:doi 50:. 264:: 190:. 175:^ 117:. 110:. 210:. 200:: 27:.

Index


Anthony Van Dyck
James Hamilton, 2 marquess of Hamilton
Walter Stewart, 1 Lord Blantyre
John Hamilton
Charles I
James Hamilton, 1 duke of Hamilton
Royalist
Parliamentarians
Solway Firth
Lyon King of Arms
Sir Robert Hamilton, 1 baronet of Silvertonhill
Anthony Van Dyck
Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire



"Hamilton, Margaret, Lady Belhaven and Stenton (b. in or before 1625, d. in or after 1694), royalist heroine and medical practitioner"
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
doi
10.1093/ref:odnb/93811
UK public library membership
"A" Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland: Second Series
Categories
Women in the English Civil War
17th-century Scottish women

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