She was the fifth child and third daughter of
James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn (d. 1734) and Elizabeth Reading, daughter of
Sir Robert Reading, 1st Baronet. On 29 September 1719 she married
Lord Archibald Hamilton (d. 1754). They had six children: • Charles (?–1751), married Mary Dufresne. •
Elizabeth (1720–1800), married
Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick (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
Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart), 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 upon her arrival in 1736, a position in which she was described as very strict. In parallel, she also succeeded
Anne Vane as the mistress to the Prince of Wales between 1736 and 1745. She was replaced as mistress by
Lady Middlesex. Jane died in Paris, in 1753, and is buried in
Montmartre. ==Gallery==