HAMILTON, MARY [SSNE 3920]

Surname

HAMILTON

First name

MARY

Title/rank

LADY IN WAITING

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

GENTRY

Text source

Mary Hamilton was a lady in waiting to Catherine, Peter the Great's wife. She became mistress of Peter's aide and possibly of the Tsar himself, but was beheaded in St Petersburg for murdering her child. Her story strangely resembles the Scots ballad, "Queen's Marie".

D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996). Female.

Service record

RUSSIA, MOSCOW

Arrived 1690-01-01

Departed 1725-12-31

Capacity LADY IN WAITING, purpose ROYAL SERVANT