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Algernon Percy Douglas Hamilton       1844-1891
  Algernon was born on 22 June 1844, the son of Colonel Francis Seymour Douglas Hamilton and Emma Catherine Frances Coventry, in Richmond, Surrey.
Idonia Charlotte Douglas Hamilton    1845-1910
  Idonia was born on 16 February 1845, the daughter of Captain Douglas Douglas Hamilton and Frances Ann Graves, in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.   Her father was the younger brother of Francis Seymour Douglas Hamilton.
  She, with her parents and four siblings migrated to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1867.   Her father, Douglas returned to Ireland before 1888 and died there in 1894, leaving his wife Frances Anne and four of their children, who died in Queensland.
I have identified the following children.
Percy Seymour Born 2 Oct 1875   Australia Married Edith Annie Hamilton Wills
Constance Idonia Violet Born 15 Nov 1876   Australia Married Rev. John Stern
Edith Lena Catherine "Daisy" Born 2 Feb 1878   Australia Married Rev. James Boyle
Ethel Jessie Born 19 Jan 1881   Australia Died 25 Oct 1906, age 25, in China
Birth of Parents
Algernon Percy
Douglas Hamilton		 b: 22 Jun 1844  c: 18 Sep 1844       St Mary Magdalene, Church of England, Richmond, Surrey
son of Colonel Francis Seymour Douglas Hamilton and Emma Catherine Frances Coventry

Idonia Charlotte
Douglas Hamilton		 b: 16 Feb 1845         Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
daughter of Captain Douglas Douglas Hamilton and Frances Ann Graves

Marriage
4 Nov 1874
Algernon Douglas-Hamilton
Idonia Charlotte Douglas Hamilton 		St. Barnabas' Church, Sydney, NSW, Australia     1874/1020

Children
Percy Seymour Douglas Hamilton b: 2 Oct 1875                 Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia           1875/5265
son of Algernon Douglas Hamilton and Idonia Charlotte Douglas-Hamilton
Constance Idonia Violet Douglas Hamilton b: 15 Nov 1876               Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia     1877/4892
daughter of Algernon Douglas Hamilton and Idonia Charlotte Douglas-Hamilton
Edith Lena Catherine Douglas Hamilton b: 2 Feb 1878                  Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia     1878/5173
daughter of Algernon Douglas Hamilton and Idonia Charlotte Douglas-Hamilton
Ethel Jessie Douglas Hamilton b: 19 Jan 1881               Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia                        1881/16745
daughter of Algernon Douglas Hamilton and Idonia Charlotte Douglas-Hamilton

Death
Algernon Douglas-Hamilton Died 31 May 1891, Age 46,       Albury, New South Wales, Australia           1891/2342
Burial: 1 Jun 1891, Albury

On Algernon's death in 1891, Idonia took their 4 children to England.
1901 Census RG13-1043 1 April 1901 Bournemouth, Hampshire
Bongate, Hamilton Road
Idonia D-Hamilton (Widow)
Percy S.
Edith L.
Ethel J.
Edith Butcher (Visitor)
Dorothy Butcher (Visitor)
Ethel M. Gabbitas (Visitor)
 Plus 1 Servant 		Age 54
Age 25
Age 23
Age 20
Age 34
Age 14
Age 21 		Living on own means New South Wales

New South Wales
New South Wales

Ilfracombe
Brixton 		Australia
Ireland
Australia
Australia
India
Devonshire
London 		16 Feb 1845
2 Oct 1875
2 Feb 1878
19 Jan 1881
abt 1866
abt 1886
abt 1879

Death
Idonia Charlotte Douglas-Hamilton Died 26 Aug 1910, Age 65,   Sussex       1910 3Q Hailsham 2b 57

The Times, Wednesday, Aug 31, 1910                 DEATHS
  DOUGLAS-HAMILTON - On the 26th Aug., 1910, at Heathfield (Sussex), Idonia Charlotte, widow of Algernon Percy Douglas-Hamilton, late of New South Wales.   Australian and China papers, please copy.
LONDON   23 Sep1910                         Probate
HAMILTON. Idonia Charlotte,, of 7 Fitzjames-avenue, Fulham, Middlesex, widow, died 26 August 1910, at Holmleigh, Heathfield, Sussex, Administration London 23 September, to Percy Seymour Douglas-Hamilton esquire.   Effects £409 14s.