house. Today, the Palace is no more, and the "Low Parks" now form part of Strathclyde Park, having been given to the nation in lieu of death duties upon the passing of the 14th Duke of Hamilton in 1973. Another of the Duchess's works was the building of a new school building to house the Grammar School of Hamilton (in 1848 renamed the Hamilton Academy) which had originally been endowed in 1588 by her great-grandfather John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton and sited near the churchyard adjoining Hamilton Palace. In 1714 the Duchess presented this new school building on the newly named Grammar School Square to the Town Council of Hamilton. The building remained in the school's use until 1848 when, as now the Hamilton Academy, the school relocated to a further purpose-built building. Duchess Anne's building of 1714 survived until its demolition in 1932, a plaque commemorating the site being subsequently erected by Hamilton Civic Society, the Hamilton family continuing as benefactors of the school (see article Hamilton Academy.) References Notes Bibliography Balfour Paul, Sir James The Scots Peerage IX Vols. Edinburgh, 1907 Marshall, Dr. Rosalind K. The Days of Duchess Anne-Life in the Household of the Duchess of Hamilton 1656–1716. Edinburgh: Tuckwell press. 1973(2000ed.) External links Royal Commission on Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland, Reconstruction of Hamilton Palace 103 Hamilton, Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of 1632 births 1716 deaths 17th-century Scottish peers Anne Wives of knights