From 1750 AC
lived with her husband at Hamilton Palace near Glasgow, the home of James Hamilton, sixth duke
, where Patrick Cockburn was employed as Commissioner for the Hamilton estates.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Ewan, Elizabeth et al. The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women : From the Earliest Times to 2004. Edinburgh University Press.
Cockburn, Alison. Letters and Memoirs. Editor Craig-Brown, Thomas, David Douglas.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Lady Charlotte Bury
LCB
's mother, born Elizabeth Gunning
, was one of the two famously beautiful Miss Gunnings: the second daughter of Irish landowner John Gunning of Castle Coot in Roscommon. She married firstly James Hamilton
Timeline
: The Gunning sisters arrived in London from...
Building item
Summer1751
The Gunning sisters arrived in London from Ireland, and created a sensation with their beauty: Maria
was aged around seventeen and Elizabeth
was a year younger.