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Anne Hamilton, 2nd Countess of Ruglen
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Anne Hamilton, 2nd Countess of Ruglen (5 April 1698 –
21 April 1748), was the the elder of the two daughters of
John Hamilton, 1st Earl of Ruglen, and his wife Anne. She was born
in Cramond, Scotland.
She married William Douglas (c.1696–1731), who inherited the earldom of
March in 1705. Shortly before her own death, she remarried, her second
husband being Anthony Sawyer, Esq, who held the position of Paymaster to
the King's forces in Scotland. There were no children from this second
marriage.
Her son from her first marriage, William, born in 1724, inherited the
earldom of March from his father in 1731 and the earldom of Ruglen from
his mother in 1748, but in 1778 inherited the dukedom of Queensberry
from a cousin, Charles Douglas.
See also:
• The Earls of Ruglen
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Sources
Sources for this article include:
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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and
the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, XI
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