Henrietta Hamilton

Henrietta Martha, Lady Hamilton (1780–1857) was born in Stanmore, Middlesex, England, and was the wife of Sir Charles Hamilton, Governor of Newfoundland. She is best known for her miniature portrait entitled Mary March. The painting is a watercolour on ivory of a Beothuk Indigenous woman Demasduit, and is considered by many to be the only representation of a Beothuk taken from life. Peyton and his men were absolved of the murder of her husband by a grand jury in St. John's. The painting resides in the Portrait Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.

Lady Hamilton painted mostly in watercolors. Her other well-known work is "Woodlands Cottage".

Hamilton and her husband returned to England after his posting. She was widowed in 1849 and died in London in 1857.