A PAINTED CANVAS HATCHMENT WITH THE ARMS OF GEORGE DOUGLAS-HAMILTON, 1ST EARL OF ORKNEY, K.T AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH

FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

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A PAINTED CANVAS HATCHMENT WITH THE ARMS OF GEORGE DOUGLAS-HAMILTON, 1ST EARL OF ORKNEY, K.T AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH
FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
The all black background within the Order of the Thistle, the arms of the 1st Earl of Orkney impaling Villiers beneath a ducal coronet and supported by an antelope and stag, attired, ducally gorged and chained, with motto 'THROUGH', restored
68¼ in. (173 cm.) high

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George Douglas-Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney KT (1666-1737) was a British soldier and Scottish nobleman and the first British Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal. He married Elizabeth Villiers, eldest daughter of Sir Edward Villiers in 1695.