"The identification was made by Dr Philippe Charlier, a forensic anthropology expert who has studied the remains of Richard the Lionheart and King Louis IX of France. Dr Charlier and his assistants were asked to make a reconstruction based on the skull after being told only that it belonged to a white European woman in her 40s. The result is an image of a pretty woman with high cheekbones, a strong chin, and a 'slightly protruding jaw'."
"Lady Hamilton, born Amy Lyon, was the daughter of a Cheshire blacksmith who rose to the highest reaches of society thanks to her good looks and quick wit. At the age of 16, she was taken as a mistress by the wealthy aristocrat Sir Harry Fetherstonhaugh, the MP for Portsmouth. When Sir Harry eventually grew bored with the young Lady Hamilton, then 26, he sent her to his widowed uncle, Sir William Hamilton, 60, the British envoy to Naples, whom she would soon marry."
Bones found in an English section of Calais North Cemetery after a decade-long search have been tentatively identified as belonging to Lady Emma Hamilton, who died in debt and destitution at 49. A digital reconstruction based on the recovered skull offers a facial image resembling many of her portraits. Forensic anthropologist Dr Philippe Charlier, after being told the skull belonged to a white European woman in her 40s, produced a reconstruction showing high cheekbones, a strong chin and a slightly protruding jaw. Lady Hamilton, born Amy Lyon, rose from a blacksmith's daughter to high society and became associated with Sir Harry Fetherstonhaugh, Sir William Hamilton, and Horatio Nelson.
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