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Amy Lyon (26 April 1765 – 15 January 1815), generally known as Lady Emma Hamilton, was an English maid, model, dancer and actress. She was born in Ness (near Neston) began her career in London's demi-monde, becoming the mistress of a series of wealthy men, culminating in the naval hero Lord Nelson, and was the favourite model of the portrait artist George Romney. Eventually she ended-up as the mistress if a certain [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Francis_Greville Charles Greville], who decided he wanted a wealthy wife (which he never found) and passed her off to his uncle, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hamilton_(diplomat) Sir William Hamilton], who was conveniently abroad. Emma did not know of the agreement between Greville and Hamilton believing that she was there “on holiday” and she was devastated when the reality of the situation slowly dawned upon her. She co-habited with Sir William, the British envoy to Naples, from early 1792 and married him in Setember 1791 (he was 60, she was 26). Her affair with Nelson started in 1798 when he turned-up rather unwell in Naples having lost an eye {1794), an arm (1797), most of his teeth (probably to scurvy) and developed a bad cough. Emma nursed him back to health. Sir William Hamilton died in late 1803 and had no children. Nelson died in 1805 and among his final words (just before "Kismet, Hardy"), were "take care of poor Lady Hamilton". This was largely ignored and eventually Emma started drinking heavily and taking laudanum. She died on 15 January 1815. Nelson's Hamilton and Hoole's appear to be unrelated. Hoole's William Hamilton (1719-1811) had a son Charles and a daughter Sarah. His nephew was the Rev. Peploe William Ward (who had to change his name to Hamilton to enable him to succeed the inheritance of his Uncle).
[[File:LadyBroughton.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Lady Broughton (1770-1857) of Hoole House by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Raeburn Henry Raeburn].]]
Indeed at the relevant time Hoole House (demolished 1972) was occipied by Lady Elizabeth Broughton who was estranged from her husband. In the early 1800s, Lady Broughton transformed her new home with its extensive kitchen and formal gardens. Very late in his life, Thomas Harrison designed a large conservatory, a camellia house and a geranium house. Between 1826 and 1834, Lady Broughton designed and constructed an Alpine garden occupying over an acre of ground - based on the landscape of the Savoy Alps (where "Mont Blanc" is). John Claudius Loudon visited in 1831 and was very impressed; commenting in his "Villa Gardener"<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/70450#page/7/mode/1up "Villa Gardener"]</ref> that the garden was 'one of the most remarkable specimens of the kind in England. After Lady Broughton's death in 1857 the lease for Hoole House and its gardens and parkland was passed to Martha Panton (married to Rev. William Peplow Hamilton of Hoole, after whom Panton Street and Panton Place are named). During the 18th century the Panton family engaged in lead and silver mining in the Bagillt area of Flintshire and amassed considerable wealth and property. In 1837, Martha had been involved in a notable "forged will" case (see: [[The Trial of Thomas Williams]]). Hoole House passed back to the Hamilton family upon Martha's own death in 1883. One of the Hamiltons (Claud Hamilton Vivian) sold some of the land to local builder Henry Sumpter in 1890, after whom Sumpter's Pathway is named. The remaining land was sold to Mrs Potts of Hoole Hall. Shortly before the Second World War a large part of the parkland was purchased by Hoole UDC from the then owner, William Paul, to build what later became Maple, Pine and Cedar Groves. Vivian Terrace, Willow Crescent and Grove, Chestnut Close, Ashwood, Aspen Way, Alder Grove, Hoole Gardens and Hornbeam Close are among the many streets that derive their names from Hoole House and its gardens. After WW2 new housing estates were built on more of the land that had belonged to the house and the house itself eventually became flats in 1954. In 1972 the house was in a state of delapidation and it was demolished, being replaced with housing for the elderly also named Hoole House.
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