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Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765-1815

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Personal name headingHamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765-1815
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Variant(s)Hamilton, Lady, 1765-1815
Hart, Emily, 1765-1815
Hart, Emma, 1765-1815
Lyon, Amy, 1765-1815
Lyon, Emily, 1765-1815
Lyon, Emy, 1765-1815
Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1761?-1815
Associated countryEngland
LocatedLondon (England) Naples (Italy)
Birth date1765-04-26
Death date1815-01-15
Place of birthNess (England)
Place of deathCalais (France)
Profession or occupationArtists' models Ambassadors' spouses Mistresses
Found inCorti, E.C. Nelsons Kampf um Lady Hamilton, c1983: t.p. (Lady Hamilton) p. 10 (neé Emma Hart)
Sinoué, G. L'ambassadrice, c2002: p. 4 of cover (Lady Hamilton, née Emily Lyon ... le 26 avril 1765)
Enc. Brittanica online, Apr. 22, 2002 (Hamilton, Emma, Lady; original name Amy Lyon; mistress of British naval hero Adm. Horation Nelson; also called herself Emily Hart)
Emma Hamilton, 2016: p. 33 (Emy Lyon; b. 1765 in a Cheshire mining village; moved to London 1777-1778; christened Emy but variously called Amy, Amyly, Emly, Emyly or Emily until 1782 when she settled on "Emma Hart"; married Sir William Hamilton in 1791; signed the register as Amy Lyon) p. 109 (arrives in Naples April, 26, 1786) p. 221 (left England in July 1814 to escape creditors and died 6 months later)
Oxford dictionary of national biography, viewed online Dec. 28, 2016 (Hamilton [née Lyon], Emma, Lady Hamilton; bap. 1765; d. 1815; social celebrity and artist's model; born at Ness, Cheshire and baptized at Great Neston, May 12, 1765; d. Jan. 15, 1815, Calais)
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Wikipedia, Dec. 28, 2016 (Emma, Lady Hamilton; b. Amy Lyon, in Ness, near Neston, Cheshire, England, Apr. 26, 1765; died January 15, 1815 in Calais; best remembered as the mistress of Lord Nelson and the muse of George Romney)
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