HAMILTON, Francis Rowan Oldfield de Courcy (d.2022)

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Francis Rowan Oldfield de Courcy Hamilton died on 22 April, aged 82, husband of Catherine, father of Antonia, Olivia, and Thomas, and grandfather of Ada, Harriet, Aloysius, and Maximilian.

Source: The Telegraph, 25 April 2022


This is merely an educated guess, but likely he was son of James Percival de Courcy Hamilton (LG Family Hamilton of Ballymacoll), as below, explaining the names Rowan, Oldfield and de Courcy.


James John HAMILTON, of Ballymacoll (1788-1842); m.1st ca 1810 Margaret, daughter of Thomas Carter, of Castle Warton, by Catherine, daughter of the Hon John Butler, brother of Humphrey, 2nd Viscount and 1st Earl of Lanesborough; m.2nd 1821 Hon. Anne Geraldine de Courcy (d.20 Feb 1855)
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Thomas de Courcy (1825-1908); m.8 Sept1857 Mary Anne Louisa
(d.12 May, 1913), daughter of Sir William Baynes, 2nd Bt.
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Sydney Whitmore (1866-    ); m.19 Mar 1902 Winifred Agnes Josephine (b.2 Apr 1918), daughter of Maj.-Gen Lewis Percival
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James Percival de Courcy (5 May 1905-    ); m.July 1936 a daughter of Maj-Gen Sir Louis Oldfield; James's older brother was named Rowan
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???

[S R Eglesfield]

He was born on 11 February 1940, per company records.

The line of descent seems to be correct - see http://powys.org/lge/Hamilton_arms/Hamilton_armigers.pdf.