Frederick Robert Vere Douglas-Hamilton

Frederick Robert Vere Douglas-Hamilton (1843-1917) was an engineer of Scottish ancestry. He was descended from James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton.

Tomb of Frederick Robert Vere Douglas-Hamilton

Biography

He was born in London on 7 December 1843, the eldest son of diplomat Frederic Douglas-Hamilton and Marina (born Norton). [1] He grew up in London and Madeira, and studied mathematics and civil engineering in Karlsruhe. He later worked as a railway engineer on the construction of the Schwarzwaldbahn. In 1873 he married Josefine Baumann, the daughter of an innkeeper in Hornberg. From 1910 until his death he lived in Bad Cannstatt.

Ancestry

James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, 1658-1712
- Lord Anne Hamilton, 1709-1748
  - Charles Powell Hamilton, 1747-1825
    - Augustus Barrington Price Anne Powell Hamilton, 1781-1849
      - Frederic Douglas-Hamilton, 1815-1887
        Frederick Robert Vere Douglas-Hamilton

Death

He died at Bad Cannstatt in 1917 and is buried in the Uff-Kirchhof cemetery.

References

"Sir Frederic Douglas-Hamilton". The Douglas Archives. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

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[1] "Sir Frederic Douglas-Hamilton". The Douglas Archives. Retrieved 31 March 2018.