Duchess of Abercorn is a title given to the wife of the Duke of Abercorn, an extant title in the Peerage of Ireland which was created in 1868 by Queen Victoria. Alexandra Phillips married James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn in 1966. She was the last person to hold this title and, since her death in 2018, no one holds it, as the 5th Duke is alive and unmarried.
List of Duchesses of Abercorn #NameBirthMarriageBecame Duchess of AbercornSpouseDeathCeased being Duchess of AbercornReason ceased being Duchess of Abercorn1Louisa Russell8 July 181225 October 183210 August 1868James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn31 March 190531 October 1885Husband's death2Mary Curzon-Howe23 July 18487 January 186931 October 1885James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn10 May 19293 January 1913Husband's death3Rosalind Bingham26 February 18691 November 1894Cokayne (1910), p. 103 January 1913James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn18 January 195812 September 1953Husband's deathThe Times (London), Monday, 14 September 1953 p. 10 col. D4Kathleen Crichton8 July 19059 February 192812 September 1953James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn2 February 19904 June 1979Husband's death5Alexandra Phillips27 February 194620 October 19664 June 1979James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn10 December 2018Died
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