Peerage Record – 8347

     Fanny Elizabeth Tower was the daughter of Reverend Charles Tower.¹ She married Captain Henry George Hamilton, son of William Richard Hamilton and Juliana Udny, on 7 June 1845.¹ She died on 14 December 1875.¹
     From 7 June 1845, her married name became Hamilton.¹

     Reverend Charles Tower was Perpetual Curate of Brentwood, Essex.¹ He graduated with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹

     Edmund William Hamilton was born on 10 July 1853.¹ He was the son of Captain Henry George Hamilton and Fanny Elizabeth Tower.¹ He died, young.¹

     Admiral Sir Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton was born on 31 December 1890.¹ He was the son of Admiral Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton and Maria Walpole Keppel.¹ He died on 27 June 1957 at age 66, unmarried.¹
     He fought in the Cameroons and Niger River.¹ He fought in the First World War.¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1915.¹ He was awarded the Order of St. Stanislaus of Russia 3rd class with swords.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He was awarded the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1940 and bar.¹ He was Flag Officers of the forces in Malta between 1943 and 1945.¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) in 1944.¹ He was Chief Naval Advisor of the Australian Governemnt.¹ He gained the rank of Admiral in the Royal Navy.¹

     Captain Henry Hamilton was born on 18 May 1892.¹ He was the son of Admiral Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton and Maria Walpole Keppel.¹ He married Margaret Mary Stilwell, daughter of Major Charles Henry Stilwell, on 6 February 1932.¹ He died on 25 January 1972 at age 79.²
     He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹

     Margaret Mary Stilwell is the daughter of Major Charles Henry Stilwell.¹ She married Captain Henry Hamilton, son of Admiral Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton and Maria Walpole Keppel, on 6 February 1932.¹
     Her married name became Hamilton.

     Major Charles Henry Stilwell lived at Lorton House, Broadway, Weymouth, Dorset, England^G.¹

     Henry Frederick Stephenson was born illegitimately on 20 September 1790.¹ He was the son of Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk.² He married Lady Mary Keppel, daughter of William Charles Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle and Hon. Elizabeth Southwell, on 27 February 1826.¹ He died on 30 July 1858 at age 67.¹
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Westbury between 1831 and 1832.¹

     Granville Southwell Macdonald was born in 1821.¹ He was the son of Sir James Macdonald, 2nd Bt. and Lady Sophia Keppel.¹ He died in 1831.¹

     Sir James Macdonald, 2nd Bt. was born on 14 February 1784.¹ He was the son of Sir Archibald Macdonald, 1st Bt. and Lady Louisa Leveson-Gower.¹ He married, firstly, Elizabeth Sparrow, daughter of John Sparrow, on 5 September 1805.¹ He married, secondly, Lady Sophia Keppel, daughter of William Charles Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle and Hon. Elizabeth Southwell, on 10 August 1819.² He married, thirdly, Anne Charlotte Ogle, daughter of Reverend John Saville Ogle and Catherine Hannah Sneyd, on 20 April 1826.¹ He died on 29 June 1832 at age 48.¹
     He held the office of Clerk of the Privy Seal.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Hampshire.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Macdonald, of East Sheen [U.K., 1813] on 18 May 1826.¹