She was born the sixth daughter and tenth child of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, and Lady Louisa Russell.

[1] As a young woman, aged 18, Lady Albertha Hamilton was one of eight train bearers at the wedding of The Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein on 5 July 1866 at Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England.

[2] This was in defiance of the wishes of George's dominating mother, Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, who disliked Albertha and described her as "stupid, pious and dull".

[7] They had four children: Her husband was a member of the Marlborough House Set of the Prince of Wales and was involved in a society scandal known as the Aylesford Affair.

[9] Heneage Finch, 7th Ear of Aylesford cited Blandford as co-respondent in his divorce petition against his wife Edith Peers-Williams, due to their affair.