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Treasures from LennoxloveHome of the Duke of Hamilton

1st to 18th August 2006

For further information contact:

Susanne Martin, General ManagerLennoxlove House Ltd, Lennoxlove Estate Office

Haddington, East Lothian EH41 4NZ

Tel +44 (0) 1620 823720 Fax +44 (0) 1620 825112

Email: [email protected] Website: www.lennoxlove.com

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A programme for research and cultural learning environments

Hamilton Palace was demolished during the 1920s, after its vast and exceptional collections had been dispersed in a series of sales from the 1880s onwards.

Formally launched at a reception in the Palace of Holyroodhouse on 3rd December 2003 by gracious permission of Her Majesty the Queen, The VirtualHamilton Palace Trust has been formed to recreate the Palace in a virtual world on the Net and to reassemble as far as possible its unique collection ofpaintings, furniture and objets d’art which have been dispersed to become the treasures of museums around the world. The Trust will aim to set these intheir historical and cultural contexts through a series of research projects and the publication of related archive materials.

As a first step, the Trust, in co-operation with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Scottish CulturalResources Access Network (SCRAN) and others, and supported by the New Opportunities Fund, has undertaken the creation of a pilot website(www.rcahms.gov.uk/) to demonstrate the scope and potential for the longer term project. The site represents a formidable body of work, includingnewly published research, amounting to some 190 pages with over 450 images and several thousand words of text as well as special innovatory ITfeatures.

The Trust is currently involved with the National Archives of Scotland in a project to publish on the Net the historical inventories from the 17th to 20thcenturies of the contents of the Palace as the basis of electronic research into the dispersed collections. The long term aim is to make the inventoriesavailable in database format with links to locations, images, sale catalogues and other related archive material. As well as images of the inventoriesthemselves, there will be transcripts in both contemporary and modern versions. It will also be possible for the database to be added to by scholars andart historians, becoming an international collaborative venture.

Further information is available at: www.vhpt.org

The Trust has charitable status and is a company limited by guarantee. Registered No. SC253452 Charity No. SC034592. Its registered office is: per Biggart Baillie, 7 Castle Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3AP

Lennoxlove is pleased to acknowledge thecontinuing support of Duck’s at Le Marche Noir asexclusive caterers.

Contact details:

Duck’s at Le Marche Noir14 Eyre PlaceEdinburghEH3 5EP

T: 0131 558 1608F: 0131 556 0798E: [email protected]

Treasures from Lennoxlove1st to 18th August 2006

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Venue No. 73Lyon & Turnbull33 Broughton PlaceEdinburghEH1 3RRTelephone: 0131 557 8844

Exhibition Opening TimesMonday to Saturday 11am – 5pm

Lyon and Turnbull, Scotland’s oldest established auction room are now the fastestgrowing auction business in the UK. We are delighted to be sponsoring ‘Treasuresfrom Lennoxlove’ and welcome the rare opportunity to help present the contents ofone of Scotland’s most eminent country houses to a wider audience during theEdinburgh Festival.

The organisers of the exhibition would like to thank John Sibbald for curating theexhibition and compiling the catalogue and Eddie Hams for catalogue design and layout. The kind assistance of the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network(SCRAN) is also gratefully acknowledged.

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Welcome to the ‘Treasures from Lennoxlove’ Exhibition.

I am grateful to Lyon & Turnbull for allowing us to display part of

our collection during the important refurbishment project of

Lennoxlove.

I hope you enjoy the Exhibition and look forward to welcoming you

to Lennoxlove itself when we re-open in July 2007.

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Lennoxlove, set among East Lothian woodlands a mile south ofHaddington, is a house with a threefold interest - its historicarchitecture, the association of its owners with the Royal Stewarts, and its furniture and portraits.

The origins of the house go back to the 1300’s. In those days itconsisted of a square keep with walls up to eleven feet thick in places.It was called Lethington Tower and belonged to the Maitland familywhose coat of arms is still above the front door. Prominent membersof the family included John Maitland (1545-1595), Chancellor of

History of Lennoxlove

Scotland in the reign of James VI (1567-1625) and the first LordThirlestane whose descendants became the Earls and later Dukes ofLauderdale. Lord Chancellor Maitland added a new wing andsubsequent improvements were made by his grandson John, the 1stDuke of Lauderdale (1616-1682) including the installation of sashwindows and extensive internal refurbishings. Records show that hiskitchens had the most modern equipment available, ranging frommincing knives to fishpans.


On his death in 1682, Lethington passed to the Duke’s stepson, LordHuntingtower who, owning other properties, decide to sell it. It waspurchased by the trustees of Frances Theresa Stewart, Duchess ofRichmond and Lennox, “La Belle Stewart”(1647-1702). [See exhibit no. 1.] She had left fifty thousand pounds for the purchase of a housefor her nephew Alexander, Lord Blantyre, on condition that it be called“Lennox love to Blantyre.” This fanciful name, in time, was shortenedto “Lennoxlove.” It remained in the ownership of the Blantyre familyfor almost two centuries.

Successive owners raised large families, improved the estate,sometimes sat in parliament and often pursued distinguished militarycareers. When the 12th Lord Blantyre died in 1900, he left no maleheir and the property passed to his second daughter Ellen and herhusband, Sir David Baird of Newbyth.

It was their son, Major William Baird, who, in 1912, commissioned thefamous Scottish architect Sir Robert Lorimer to refurbish the House.Extensive restoration was undertaken to various parts of the House,including the Entrance Hall and the Oak Room.

The 14th Duke and Duchess of Hamilton acquired the house in 1946and later undertook an extensive programme of redecoration with thehelp of the noted interior decorator John Fowler. Fowler’sachievement was to conceive a scheme of decoration as a backgroundto one of Scotland’s most important collection of family portraits and

to bring colour and warmth to rooms in a land where autumn andwinter seasons are prolonged.

Today, the House is open to the public and provides an attractivevenue for corporate entertainment, conferences, weddings, musicalevents and other functions. For further information and illustrations ofLennoxlove go to: www.lennoxlove.com


Opposite: Entrance Hall

10. The Duchess of Lennox Cabinet

This magnificent cabinet was probably produced in Antwerp in the late 17th century. Veneered in tortoiseshell and ebony it is housed in the Stewart

Room which was created in the 1980s, as part of a refurbishment of the house, to display furniture and portraits directly related to the family’s Stewart

connections.

Like the worktable in the Petit Point Room at Lennoxlove, this is thought to have been a

gift from Charles II to Frances Stewart, Duchess of Lennox and

Richmond (1647-1702). Frances was born in France where her

father was a physician in the household of the exiled Queen

Henrietta Maria. Sent to England in 1683 by Henrietta Maria, she

was appointed maid of honour to Catherine of Braganza, Queen

of Charles II. Pepys describes her at the time as the greatest

beauty he had ever seen. She was the model for Britannia on the

early copper coins. Her portrait is the first item in this exhibition.

Charles II, who is said to have first seen la belle Stewart in the

apartments of his mistress Lady Castlemaine, quickly became enamoured of her; but

for some time she resisted the King’s importunities, though her behaviour was far

from modest and she had no aversion to scandal. She had numerous suitors, including

the Duke of Buckingham and Francis Digby, son of the Earl of Bristol, whose

unrequited love for her was celebrated by Dryden. Despite her marriage to the Duke of

Lennox [exhibit no. 94] and the disfigurement of her beauty by small-pox in 1669, she

retained her hold on the king’s affections. Her marriage to the Duke of Lennox was

childless and she left £50,000 to her nephew Lord Blantyre on condition that the house

bought with the legacy was to be called “Lennox love to Blantyre” which, in time, was

shortened to “Lennoxlove.”


Bay One

1. Portrait of Frances Stewart, Duchess of Lennoxand Richmond (1647-1702). By Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680).

2. 19th century mahogany chest.

3. Pair of early George III mahogany half moontables.

4 & 5. Designs for Hamilton Palace.By Charles Percier (1764-1830) & Pierre Fontaine (1762-1853), the founders of the French Empirestyle.

6. Proposed elevation of Hamilton Palace andMausoleum.By S. Goodrich (fl. 1840).

7 & 8. 18th century foldover tables.

9. Portrait of Anne, Duchess of Hamilton (1632-1716)‘The good Duchess Anne.’By Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723).

10. The Lennox Cabinet .

11. Portrait of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Selkirk and3rd Duke of Hamilton (1634-1694). By Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723).

12. Pair of gilt stools.From the Blue Room.

13. Duchess Susan’s piano.

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13. Duchess Susan’s pianoBy Pleyel, c. 1820

The piano was given by William Beckford of Fonthill (1760-1844) to his second daughter, Susan Euphemia, in 1828. Beckford himself is said,at the age of five, to have had piano lessons from the nine year old Mozart, when visiting England.

Susan’s musical interests were well known. Probably during a visit to Italy in 1821, she was made an honorary member of the PhilharmonicAcademy. The Lennoxlove Archives still include the Latin diploma she received, the programme, in Italian, for a concertshe presumably attended and a document with a paper seal entitled ‘C U CCuriante micenio Custode Generale d’Arcadia, allMelita ed Erudita Signora Susanna Eufemia,duchessa D’Hamilton e Brandon,Acclamazione.’ In about 1835 Willis Maddoxpainted her sitting at a piano [exhibit 85].

Susan Beckford had married the future 10thDuke of Hamilton [exhibit 82] in 1810, whosucceeded to the dukedom in 1819. The Pleyelpiano would certainly have been in the Duchess’sapartments at Hamilton Palace, where many notablemusicians, including Frederic Chopin, were guests and nodoubt performed on it. It is also reputed to play of its ownaccord in the dead of night.

Opposite: Yellow Room


14. Pair of gilt Louis XVI armchairs.By Courtois from the Blue Room.

15. Inlaid George III half-moon table.From the Yellow Room.

16. Girl blowing bubbles.Attributed to François Boucher (1707-1770).

17. The Children of the 6th Duke.By Catherine Read (1723-1778), in pastel.

18. Girl with dead bird.Attributed to François Boucher (1707-1770).

19. Pair of satinwood tables.From the Yellow Room.

20. Portrait of Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess deGramont (?-1708).By Mary Beale, follower of Sir Peter Lely (1632-1697).

21. Pair of gilt Louis XVI side chairs.By Courtois from the Blue Room.

22. Mid 19th century fire-screen.In the style of Louis XVI.

23. Portrait of Diana of France, daughter of KingHenry III of France.French school.

24. Pair of gilt Louis XVI armchairs.By Coutois from the Blue Room.

25. Portrait of Lady Anne Spenser (?-1771). By William Hoare (1706-1782), in pastel.

26. Late 17th century Dutch marquetry table.From the Yellow Room.

27. Portrait of Archibald, 9th Duke of Hamilton (1740-1819).By Francis Cotes, R.A. (1726-1770).

28. Portrait of James, 5th Duke of Hamilton (1703-1743).By Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757), in pastel.

Bay Two

29. Gilt mounted oval supper table.From the Yellow Room.

30. A 20th century Canton punch bowl, decorated in polychrome with cockerels.

31. George III satinwood Pembroke table.From the Blue Room.

32. Satinwood Pembroke games table, the centralpanel reversing to form a cribbage board andenclosing a backgammon well.From the Blue Room.

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33. Two William & Mary walnut chairs,in the style of Daniel Marot (1651-1752).

34. Portrait of Lord Archibald Hamilton (1673-1754).By Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723).

35. William & Mary walnut secretaire.

36. Blue and white vase (modern).

37. Portrait of Lord Charles Hamilton (1663-1739).By Sir Godfey Kneller (1646-1723).

38. Portrait of Lady Susan Hamilton (16?-1737).Circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1732).

39. William & Mary seaweed marquetry chest ofdrawers.

40. Lady Margaret Hamilton, Countess of Panmure (d. 1731).By Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723).

41. Spanish walnut table.

View of the Blue RoomDecorated with one of John Fowler’s favourite Mauny papers, the room looks out across the formal gardens at the side of the house. The roomcontains fine furniture from Hamilton Palace, including the Louis XVI chairs [exhibit no 21], the fine mahogany and ormolu mounted cylinderbureau [exhibit no 101] and Duchess Susan’s piano [exhibit no 13]. Over the fireplace is Garrard’s romanticised portrayal of the ride of the 8thDuke from Edinburgh to Hamilton [exhibit no 48].

Other portraits in the room are by Henry Raeburn, David Allan, Winterhalter, Aikman, Dupra and Sir David Macnee.

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48. Portrait of Douglas, 8th Duke of Hamilton (1756-1799)By George Garrard (1760-1826)

The Duke is seen here riding past the Nor’Loch in Edinburgh, with the Castle in thebackground, having made a bet that he couldride from Edinburgh to Hamilton in threehours. He won it, the actual time being twohours and twenty five minutes.

The depiction of the Nor’ Loch and the Castlesuggest that the artist, George Garrard,composed the background to his paintingfrom his imagination.

Garrard was the pupil of Sawrey Gilpin, aconsummate painter of horses, who clearlypassed on some of his particular skill toGarrard, judging by the spirited depiction ofthe Duke’s mount. The portrait is hung overthe fireplace in the Blue Room.

Opposite: China Room


42. Portrait of a lady as the Goddess Flora. By William Delacour (fl. 18th century.)

43. Pair George III gilt side tables,with grey fossil marble top.

44. 18th century (possibly Scottish) pair of giltwood mirrors,with ducal coronet and Hamilton crest.

45. Pair bronze cherub lamps.

46. Late George III marble and gilt table.

47. Roman marble cinerarium, for the ashes of thecremated dead, carved with mythological beastsand figures.

48. Portrait of Douglas, 8th Duke of Hamilton(1756-1799), riding on the shore.By George Garrard (1760-1826).

49. Portrait of a lady as Diana.By William Delacour (fl. 18th century).

50. Pair Regency gilt wood bergère armchairs.

51. George III gilt wood stool.

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52. Mid 19th century pair torcheres.

53. Red, gold and ermine (with four stripessignifying a Duke) parliamentary robes,worn by the 14th Duke of Hamilton.

Coronation robes of Duchess Nina (wife of the 13th Duke). A strong animal rights activist, she refused towear real ermine so that the robes were madewith false fur.

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75. View of the Park at Hamilton Palace By Thomas Fairbairn (1820-1884)

The Hamilton High Parks lie to the south of Hamilton on either side of the Avon Gorge. The landscaping of the Palace grounds was begun byDuchess Anne and completed by the 10th Duke along with the surrounding wall and the rebuilding of the Palace.

The old Cadzow oaks which feature in this work, painted in 1858, lie generally to the west of the Avon Gorge and of Cadzow Castle andChâtelherault, this last built as ahunting lodge by the 5th Duke ofHamilton to a design of WilliamAdam.

The Cadzow herd of white cattle,moved from the High Parks in1979 and are now kept atLennoxlove. They are the onlysuch herd in Scotland and arethought to be descended fromthe sacrificial cattle of theDruids. There is a legend thatRobert Bruce was nearly killed bya bull when he was hunting atCadzow. One of his followersheld it at bay until help came, anact for which he gained ahandsome reward and the nameof Turnbull.

Opposite: Oak Room


54. Oak kist.

55. Portrait of John, 4th Earl of Strathmore (1663-1712).Studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723).

56. Charles II walnut chest.

57. Portrait of a Lady (Lady Anne Spencer: 1666-1690). School of Kneller (1646-1723).

Bay Four

58. Portrait traditionally identified as Lady AnneSpencer, Countess of Arran, but possibly LadyMargaret Hamilton, Countess of Panmure,daughter of the 3rd Duke. School of Kneller (1646-1723).

59. Two William & Mary walnut chairs,in the style of Daniel Marot (1651-1752).

60. Walnut secretaire.From the Petit Point Room.

61. Blue and white vase.

62. Portrait of Lord George Hamilton, Earl ofOrkney. (1666-1737).By Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723).

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82. Portrait of Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton (1767-1852) By Sir Daniel McNee (1806-1882)

As a young man Alexander spent several years on the Continent, studyingthe arts. In 1801 he returned home. Appointed Lord Lieutenant ofLanarkshire and Colonel of the Militia in 1802, he was elected member ofparliament for Lancaster in 1803 and appointed a member of the PrivyCouncil.

Called to the House of Lords in 1806 as Baron Dutton, he was appointedby Fox as Ambassador to Russia, but was recalled in 1807 on a change ofgovernment. After travelling in Russia and Poland he returned to Scotlandin 1808.

He married the second daughter of the renowned collector WilliamBeckford, Susan Euphemia, in 1810. He had two children, AlexanderDouglas-Hamilton (1811-1863) and Susan Hariett Catherine Douglas-Hamilton (d. 1889).

Succeeding to the Dukedom in 1819, he greatly enlarged Hamilton Palace.Known as “El Magnifico” he filled the Palace with art treasures and anextensive library. As a descendant of the Regent Arran, Alexander believedhimself to be the true heir to the throne of Scotland. He was embalmedand buried with great pomp in the colossal mausoleum in a Ptolemaicstone sarcophagus. Unlike the Palace, which was demolished in the 1920s,the mausoleum still stands at Hamilton.

Opposite: Stewart Room


63. George III oval fan inlaid table.From the Blue Room.

64. Portrait of Admiral Charles Powell Douglas-Hamilton (1747-1825).By James Northcote (1746-1831).

65. George III sofa.From the Yellow Room.

66. Landscape with a view of Hamilton Palace.Attributed to Jacob More (1740-1793).

67. George III rectangular fan inlaid table.From the Blue Room.

68. Portrait of Archibald, 9th Duke of Hamilton (1740-1829).By Richard Cosway (1742-1821).

69. Pair of oval satinwood tables.From the Yellow Room.

70. Set of monochrome (plumbago) miniatures of:Anne, Duchess of Hamilton (1636),after Samuel Cooper (1609-1672);William Douglas, 1st Earl of Selkirk & 3rd Dukeof Hamilton (1635-1694),after Samuel Cooper;James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, later 4th Duke ofHamilton (1659-1712);Lady Catherine Hamilton, Duchess of Atholl(1662-1707);John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl (1659-1724),by David Paton (fl. 17th century).

Bay Five

71. Regency period rosewood chaise longue.From the Blue Room.

72. Set of monochrome (plumbago) miniatures of:Lord Archibald Hamilton (1673-1754);Lord George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney (1666-1737);Lord Basil Hamilton (1671-1701);Lord John Hamilton, 1st Earl of Ruglen and 3rd of Selkirk (1663-1744);Lord Charles Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Selkirk (1663-1739),by David Paton (fl. 17th century).

73. Pair of pierced splat dining chairs.

74. Portrait of William, 11th Duke of Hamilton(1811-1863), as a child.By Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823).

75. George III mahogany serving table.

76. Regency penwork tea caddy.

77. Mahogany jardiniere.

78. View of the Park at Hamilton Palace (1858), theCadzow herd of White Cattle in the foreground. By Thomas Fairbairn. (1820-1884).

79. Douglas, 8th Duke of Hamilton (1756-1799).By Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823).

80. Italian oval walnut table.

81. Blue and white bowl.

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88. Goanese tester bed(The Black Bed)

Made from carved ebony, this four poster bed is set with ivory andtortoiseshell, the tester (canopy) is elaborately panelled on the inside.The headboard is decorated with mother of pearl.

Ebony furniture with its suggestion of Tudor provenance became veryfashionable from the mid 18th century to the mid 19th century as partof the Gothic Revival. Horace Walpole was an avid collector of suchfurniture, and Sir Walter Scott had an example at Abbotsford. Itbecame the first kind of English furniture to be collected. Similar bedsare at Boughton House and Charlecote Park and one very similar tothe Lennoxlove bed was until recently at Warwick Castle. Oftendescribed as Indo-Portuguese, the style originated from Dutchcontrolled Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and Indonesia, but under Dutchpatronage, and so should more properly be described as ‘Indo-Dutch.’

The bed was assembled from various existing pieces and panels byJohn Stuart, for the prominent London upholsterer and cabinet makerJohn Webb around 1826. The bed at Charlecote Park was originally atFonthill. It may well have been that the 10th Duke of Hamilton, whomarried Susan Beckford, the daughter of William Beckford of Fonthill,admired the bed and commissioned one in a similar style.

Opposite: Main Bedroom


Bay Six

82. Portrait of Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton.(1767-1852).By Sir Daniel McNee (1806-1882).

83. Pair of Regency japanned armchairs.

84. Queen Anne black-japanned writing cabinet.

85. Portrait of Susan Beckford, Duchess ofHamilton. (?-1859).By Willis Maddox (1813-1853).

86. Portrait of a Girl holding a miniature, in pastel.By Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757).

87. Regency brass-inlaid mahogany cheval lookingglass.

88. Goanese tester bed (The Black Bed).

89. Portrait of James, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton(1589-1625).By Daniel Mytens (1590-1656).

90. Mahogany chest.

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106. The death mask of Mary, Queen of Scots Mary was executed at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire in 1587. It issupposed that the Mask was created there. She was buried in Peterborough Cathedralbefore being finally interred in Westminster Abbey by her son James VI and I, whoalso ordered the destruction of Fotheringhay Castle.

It is not known which member of the Hamilton family obtained the Mask or when,but it is known to have been in the family’s possession for at least two hundred andfifty years

The Hamilton family were closely connected with the tragic Queen. James Hamilton,2nd Earl of Arran ruled Scotland as Regent during the Queen’s childhood. His sonswere both candidates for her hand in marriage.

107. Sapphire ring of Mary, Queen of ScotsThe ring has a fine, table-cut sapphire set on a gold hoop. The inscription on the back of the bezel reads, in17th-century writing, ‘Sent by Queen Mary of Scotland at her death’ and on the hoop are the words, ‘to John,Mar(quis) Hamilton’.

The 1st Marquis of Hamilton had been one of Mary’s staunchest supporters and in 1567 there had even beentalk that she would divorce James, 4th Earl of Bothwell and marry him instead. He went into exile after herdefeat at Langside in 1568, but in 1585 James VI welcomed him back, praising his fidelity. When Anne, 3rdDuchess of Hamilton died in 1716, a list of the items in the black cabinet in her bedchamber in Hamilton Palaceincluded ‘a fine sapphire ring left by Queen Mary to the family’ and it was probably the duchess who had theinscription engraved on the ring.

Opposite: The Great Hall


91. Portrait of Lady Mary Feilding, Marchioness ofHamilton (1612-1638).From the studios of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641).

92. Mahogany chest.

93. Portrait of a young nobleman with a bull mastiff,with the Medici arms on the dog’s collar.Spanish School, 17th century.

94. Portrait of Charles Stewart, 6th Duke of Lennoxand 3rd Duke of Richmond (1639-1672).By Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680).

95. Mahogany chest.

96. George II mahogany master’s chair.

97. Mid 18th century writing table of serpentineform, veneered in kingwood and tulipwood,possibly Italian.

98. George II mahogany foot stool.

99. A blue leather briefcase, lettered “His Excellencythe Most Noble Marquis of Douglas andClydesdale”.

100. The Duke of Lennox’s Garter Robe, as worn byhim in the portrait by Sir Peter Lely [exhibit no. 94].

Knight of the Thistle Robe, belonging to Nigel,Earl of Selkirk (1906-1994); it almost certainlybelonged previously to the 14th Duke.

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108. French silver casket said to have contained the Casket Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots

This is the casket said to have contained the letters and tokens sent between QueenMary and the Earl of Bothwell, which incriminated the Queen in the murder of hersecond husband, Lord Darnley. They were ‘found’ by the Regent Morton, and theoriginals disappeared in 1584. Historians now generally believe the letters to have beenforgeries, but it is still uncertain who exactly was behind them. It was acquired byAnne, Duchess of Hamilton in 1674.

The French silver casket was made in the 15th century and was given to Mary by herfirst husband, François II, King of France. It is about 10 inches long, 6 inches wide and4 inches high. The lid is curved and decorated with a pattern of vine stems and leavesseparated by lines of silver gilt with small stylised flowers. The sides are intricatelydecorated with shallowly incised birds. At each end are small handles. Along with themace of St. Salvator’s College of the University of St Andrews, the casket is one of thetwo principal pieces of French 15th century silver in Britain and one of only a small number of pieces of French secular silver from the Middle Ageswhich have escaped being melted down.

111. Boccherini transcriptUnique transcript of eleven cello sonatas by Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805), whose reputation rivalled that of Haydn, if his nick-name ‘the wife ofHaydn’ may be accepted as a measure of contemporary fame. This volume is from the collection of musical scores belonging to Susan Beckford,wife of the 10th Duke of Hamilton. Five of the sonatas exist only in this collection, and so were presumably never played for about a hundred andfifty years until they were revived at a concert at the Wigmore Hall in London in 1964, organised by the present Duke’s father and mother. Theyhave not been performed since, except for the Sonata in C minor which was played as part of the launch of the Virtual Hamilton Palace Trust at thePalace of Holyroodhouse in December 2003.

Opposite: Dining Room


101. Louis XVI mahogany and ormolu cylinderbureau, stamped F. Schey.From the Blue Room.

102. William IV mahogany four pedestal dining table.

103. Feraghan carpet.

104. Late George III gilt wood side table, with whiteand gray marble top.

105. Marble animal group.By Joseph Gott (1786-1860).

106. The Death mask of Mary, Queen of Scots.

107. Sapphire ring of Mary, Queen of Scots.

108. French silver casket, said to have contained theCasket Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots.

109. Armorial china.Lennoxlove has examples of some twenty servicesforming a reference catalogue of many periods ofporcelain. They range from 18th century Chineseexport ware to pieces from Stoke on Trent in the19th century. The authority on armorial porcelainDavid S. Howard has commented “Few otherfamilies could possibly assemble such a range -indeed would never have ordered such a variety -of porcelain for everyday and official occasions, allof which can be shown incontrovertibly to havebeen ordered by the family because of thearmorials.”

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110. Garter of the Most Noble Order of the Garterwhich probably belonged to the 10th Duke ofHamilton. The Motto “Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense”translated is “Evil be to him who evil thinks”.

111. Boccherini transcript.


Line of the Dukes ofHamilton

James, 3rd Marquis and 1st Duke ofHamilton (1606-1649)

married Lady Mary Feilding(1613-1638)

Anne, 3rd Duchess of Hamiltonin her own right (1632-1716)

married William, Earl of Selkirk (after marriage3rd Duke of Hamilton) (1634-1694)

John, 1st Marquis of Hamilton (c. 1540-1604)

James, 2nd Marquis of Hamilton (1589-1625)

James, 3rd Earl of Arran(c. 1537-1609)

William, 2nd Duke of Hamilton (1616-1651)

James, 2nd Earl of Arran andDuke of Châtelherault (d. 1575)


Lord Anne Douglas-Hamilton (1709-1748)

Admiral Charles Douglas-Hamilton(1747-1825)

Augustus Douglas-Hamilton(1781-1849)

Captain Charles Douglas-Hamilton(1808-1873)

Alfred, 13th Duke of Hamilton(1862-1940)

Douglas, 14th Duke of Hamilton(1903-1973)

Angus, 15th Duke of Hamilton(the present Duke, b. 1938)

Douglas , 8th Duke ofHamilton (1756-1799)

James, 7th Duke ofHamilton (1723-1778)

James, 6th Duke of Hamilton (1724-1758)

Archibald, 9th Duke of Hamilton (1740-1819)

William, 12th Duke of Hamilton (1845-1895)

William, 11th Duke of Hamilton (1811-1863)

Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton (1767-1852)



married Susan Beckford (d. 1859)

married Elizabeth Gunning (1733-1790)


Special Events at LennoxloveLennoxlove House offers an array of impressive rooms, each with its ownambience created by their individual furnishings. Banquets can be held inthe spectacular barrel-vaulted Great Hall, or our luxury clearspan marqueewhich can cater for up to 200 guests. In addition meeting rooms and diningfacilities offer the perfect location for weddings, corporate strategy days,champagne receptions or the private dining experience for that specialoccasion. The 460 acres of parkland lend themselves to a varied selection ofevents, highland games, off-road driving, clay pigeon shooting and teambuilding events.

The current extensive refurbishment project includes the upgrading of thesecond and upper floor apartments providing guests the opportunity toexperience the luxury of one of the 11 bedroom suites whilst attending anevent in the house. The house is let on an exclusive basis with the emphasison tailoring the event to meet the particular requirements of our client andproviding service of the highest calibre.


Susanne Martin, General ManagerLennoxlove House Ltd

Lennoxlove Estate OfficeHaddington

East Lothian EH41 4NZ

Tel +44 (0)1620 823720Fax +44 (0)1620 825112

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.lennoxlove.com


A programme for research and cultural learning environments

Hamilton Palace was demolished during the 1920s, after its vast and exceptional collections had been dispersed in a series of sales from the 1880s onwards.

Formally launched at a reception in the Palace of Holyroodhouse on 3rd December 2003 by gracious permission of Her Majesty the Queen, The VirtualHamilton Palace Trust has been formed to recreate the Palace in a virtual world on the Net and to reassemble as far as possible its unique collection ofpaintings, furniture and objets d’art which have been dispersed to become the treasures of museums around the world. The Trust will aim to set these intheir historical and cultural contexts through a series of research projects and the publication of related archive materials.

As a first step, the Trust, in co-operation with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Scottish CulturalResources Access Network (SCRAN) and others, and supported by the New Opportunities Fund, has undertaken the creation of a pilot website(www.rcahms.gov.uk/) to demonstrate the scope and potential for the longer term project. The site represents a formidable body of work, includingnewly published research, amounting to some 190 pages with over 450 images and several thousand words of text as well as special innovatory ITfeatures.

The Trust is currently involved with the National Archives of Scotland in a project to publish on the Net the historical inventories from the 17th to 20thcenturies of the contents of the Palace as the basis of electronic research into the dispersed collections. The long term aim is to make the inventoriesavailable in database format with links to locations, images, sale catalogues and other related archive material. As well as images of the inventoriesthemselves, there will be transcripts in both contemporary and modern versions. It will also be possible for the database to be added to by scholars andart historians, becoming an international collaborative venture.

Further information is available at: www.vhpt.org

The Trust has charitable status and is a company limited by guarantee. Registered No. SC253452 Charity No. SC034592. Its registered office is: per Biggart Baillie, 7 Castle Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3AP

Lennoxlove is pleased to acknowledge thecontinuing support of Duck’s at Le Marche Noir asexclusive caterers.

Contact details:

Duck’s at Le Marche Noir14 Eyre PlaceEdinburghEH3 5EP

T: 0131 558 1608F: 0131 556 0798E: [email protected]

Treasures from Lennoxlove1st to 18th August 2006

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Venue No. 73Lyon & Turnbull33 Broughton PlaceEdinburghEH1 3RRTelephone: 0131 557 8844

Exhibition Opening TimesMonday to Saturday 11am – 5pm

Lyon and Turnbull, Scotland’s oldest established auction room are now the fastestgrowing auction business in the UK. We are delighted to be sponsoring ‘Treasuresfrom Lennoxlove’ and welcome the rare opportunity to help present the contents ofone of Scotland’s most eminent country houses to a wider audience during theEdinburgh Festival.

The organisers of the exhibition would like to thank John Sibbald for curating theexhibition and compiling the catalogue and Eddie Hams for catalogue design and layout. The kind assistance of the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network(SCRAN) is also gratefully acknowledged.


Treasures from LennoxloveHome of the Duke of Hamilton

1st to 18th August 2006


Susanne Martin, General ManagerLennoxlove House Ltd, Lennoxlove Estate Office

Haddington, East Lothian EH41 4NZ

Tel +44 (0) 1620 823720 Fax +44 (0) 1620 825112

Email: [email protected] Website: www.lennoxlove.com

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