Hugh Douglas Hamilton, R.H.A. (Dublin 1739-1808)

The Earl of Kingston is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. Robert, 2nd Earl of Kingston (1753-1799), was the M.P. for County Cork. He and his wife Caroline (1754-1823) hired the author and educational philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) as governess to their daughters at Mitchelstown Castle - she had a particular influence on Margaret, their eldest daughter, who became a well-known writer and political activist.