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Catherine Hamilton
Born: 1628 in Redlingfield, Suffolk.
Died: 19 Nov 1685 in Munich, aged 57.

father: Sir Alexander Hamilton of Holborn, Middx
mother: Lady Elizabeth Bedingfield BA094 of Redlingfield, Suffolk

Mary Ward Institute choir nun.
She entered 8 Dec 1654, aged 17.
Munich

Superior 1667 - 1682 ? Augsburg

subject: Portrait at Bar Convent, York

She was the sister of Lucy Hamilton, Anne Hamilton.
She was the cousin of Mary Bedingfield.
She was the daughter of Elizabeth Hamilton.
She was the niece of Helen Bedingfield, Grace Bedingfield, Ann Bedingfield, Margaret Bedingfield, Philippa Bedingfield, Frances Bedingfield, Maria Bedingfield, Winefrid Bedingfield, Katherine Bedingfield , Magdalen Bedingfield .

Sources: Mary Ward lists.

Family tree (Bedingfield of Bedingfield and Redlingfield)

Notes:

Educated by the Mary Ward Sisters in Paris. Resigned her office of Superior in Augsburg because of ill-health and transferred to Munich where she remained until her death in 1685. (CK-B)