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{{Short description|Scottish aristocrat (1761–1830)}}

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| name = Lady Augusta De Ameland

| children = Sir [[Augustus d'Este]]<br />[[Augusta Emma Wilde, Baroness Truro]]

| parents = [[John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore]]<br />Lady Charlotte Stewart

| birth_place = [[Scotland]]

| burial_place = D'Este Mausoleum, [[St Laurence's Church, Ramsgate|St Laurence's Churchyard]], Ramsgate

'''Lady Augusta De Ameland''' (''born'' '''Murray'''; 27 January 1761<ref>{{Cite book|last=National Records of Scotland|title=Old Parish Registers Births|location=Airth|pages=469/20 158}}</ref> – 4 March 1830) was a Scottish aristocrat and the first wife of [[Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex]], the sixth son of [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]]. They marriedon4 April 1793 in Rome. Their union was in contravention of the [[Royal Marriages Act 1772]] because the Prince had not asked his father's permission, so she was not legally recognised as his wife.

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Lady Augusta was born in [[Scotland]]. Her father was [[John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore]] and her mother was Lady Charlotte Stewart, a younger daughter of [[Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway]].

Lady Augusta secretly married [[Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex|Prince Augustus Frederick]], sixth son of King George III, on 4 April 1793 in a [[Church of England]] ceremony in her lodgings at Hotel Sarmiento, [[Rome]]. They were married again on 5 December 1793 in [[St George's, Hanover Square]], London, using their correct names but without revealing their full identities. Both marriage ceremonies were outside the terms of the [[Royal Marriages Act 1772]] and were annulled in July 1794. Therefore, when the prince was ennobled as [[Duke of Sussex]] in 1801, she could not use the title Duchess of Sussex.

*[[Augustus d'Este|Augustus Frederick d'Este]] (13 January 1794 – 28 December 1848)

*[[Augusta Emma d'Este]], later Lady Truro (9 August 1801 – 21 May 1866), who married [[Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro]] of Bowes on 13 August 1845

Prince Augustus tried to have his marriage to Lady Augusta recognised for many years, but eventually, he separated from her. On 27 November 1801, the King created him, [[Duke of Sussex]], [[Earl of Inverness]], and [[Baron Arklow]]. In 1806, Lady Augusta was given royal licence to use the surname De Ameland instead of Murray.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15966|page=1364|date=18 October 1806}}</ref> Lady Augusta hadahome at [[Connaught Place, London|1 Connaught Place]], built for herin1807 by her brother-in-law, [[Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Paddington: Tyburnia Pages 190-198 A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9, Hampstead, Paddington. |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol9/pp190-198 |website=British History Online |publisher=Victoria County History, 1989 |access-date=1 October 2023}}</ref>

She was granted a pension of £4,000 per annum and bought a house in Ramsgate where she created a small estate. Augusta died on 4 March 1830 and is buried in the D'Este mausoleum in the churchyard at St Laurence-in-Thanet in Ramsgate.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Abel Smith|first=Julia|title=Forbidden Wife|publisher=The History Press|year=2020|isbn=978-0-7509-9333-3}}</ref>

After Lady Augusta's death, the Duke of Sussex married [[Lady Cecilia Underwood]].

*[http://gpp.royalcollection.org.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=MURRAY A "bookofcures" by Lady Augusta Murray] in the Royal Collection

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