Margaret Hamilton, Lady Belhaven and Stenton

[1] She married her distant relative John Hamilton, who was created 1st Lord Belhaven and Stenton by Charles I in 1647.

Lady Margaret went into public mourning, and John's death was recorded by the Lyon King of Arms in 1652.

She collected recipes and made up her own plasters, and advised her great-niece, Margaret Hamilton, countess of Panmure, in maintaining a healthy pregnancy.

[4] The line continued through her daughter Anne, who married Sir Robert Hamilton, 1st baronet of Silvertonhill.

[6] Lady Margaret was sketched and painted several times by the studio of Anthony Van Dyck.