Elizabeth Gunning

1733 - 1790  (57 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Gunning  [1]
  Born	1733
  Gender	Female
  Died	20 Dec 1790
  Person ID	I0316	Admin Kevin's Chiefly Lines
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	John Gunning, of Castle Coote,   b. County Roscommon, Ireland
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Bridget ???
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F0175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	6th Duke of Hamilton James
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F0176	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll,   b. Abt Jun 1723,   d. 25 May 1806  (Age 82 years)
  Married	3 Mar 1759
  Children	1. Augusta Campbell,   b. 31 Mar 1760,   d. 22 Jun 1831  (Age 71 years)  [natural]   2. George John Campbell, Earl of Campbell,   b. 17 Feb 1763,   d. 12 Jul 1764  (Age 1 years)  [natural]   3. George William Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll,   b. 22 Sep 1768,   d. 22 Oct 1839, Inveraray, County of Argyll, Scotland  (Age 71 years)  [natural]   4. Lady Charlotte Campbell,   b. 18 Feb 1775,   d. 1 Apr 1861  (Age 86 years)  [natural]   5. John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell, 7th Duke,   b. 24 Dec 1777,   d. 26 Apr 1847, Inveraray, County of Argyll, Scotland  (Age 69 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F0174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In 1759, Elizabeth (1734-90) marries the 5th Duke of Argyll. At that time, she was already the widow of the sixth Duke of Hamilton, who had married her "precipitously" (DNB) at half past midnight, using a bed curtain for a ring (Horace Walpole). She was thus the wife of two dukes, and the mother of four, and was created Baroness Hamilton in her own right in 1776. Her sons by the Duke of Argyll became successively sixth and seventh Dukes. The latter was a friend of Madame de Sta

  
  

• Sources

  [S03270] Heraldry of the Campbells by G. Harvey Johnston, 23.