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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Clan Chief
| name = Eleanora Hunter
| image = 24th_Laird_of_Hunterston.jpg
| birth_date = 1764
| birth_place = [[Hunterston Castle]], [[West Kilbride]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1851|12|24|1764}}
| death_place = [[West Kilbride]]
| burial_place = Barony Cemetery Main Street, West Kilbride
| burial_coordinates = {{coord|55.6954555|-4.855319}}
| spouse = {{marriage |Robert Hunter Caldwell|March 1796 |22 Aug 1826}}
| children = 8
| parents = 
| mother = Janet Aitcheson
| father = [[Robert_Hunter_(clan_chief_1732)|Robert Hunter]]
| module =
}}

'''Eleanora Hunter''' (b. 1764)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=FamilySearch|url=https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M1LY-4NX|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> was a chief of [[Clan Hunter]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shaw|first=M.S|title=Some Family Papers of the Hunters of Hunterston|publisher=Scottish Records Office|year=1925|isbn=|location=|pages=74}}</ref> Born in 1764, she inherited the position of the 24th Chief in 1796 after her father Robert Hunter died<ref name=":0" /> at the age of 86. She was more commonly known as Helen rather than Eleanora.

In March 1796 at [[Hunterston Castle|Hunterston]] she married<ref name=":0" /> her cousin Robert Caldwell. In the same year, Robert returned from Maine where he had been a mariner, and devoted the rest of his life to managing the family estate and built Hunterston House in 1799.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Close, Riches|first=Rob, Anne|title=Ayrshire and Arran. The Buildings Of Scotland|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2012|isbn=978-0-300-14170-2|location=|pages=}}</ref> (This was completed in 1810). They had eight children:

* Robert Hunter (b. 29 Aug 1799) (d. 14 Mar 1880)<ref name=":0" />
* Margaret Caldwell (b. 1800) (d.1884)<ref name=":0" />
* Eleanora Hunter Caldwell (b. Nov 1800) (d. 1833)<ref name=":0" />
* Marion Crawfurd Caldwell (b. 5 Dec 1801) (d. ?)<ref name=":0" />
* Eleanora Caldwell (b. 1804) (d. 1823)<ref name=":0" />
* Patrick Caldwell (b. 15 Jun 1804) (d. 1826)<ref name=":0" />
* Janet Caldwell (b. 27 Jun 1807)<ref name=":0" />
* Norman Caldwell (b. 27 Feb 1809) (d.1836)<ref name=":0" />

Her husband Robert died on 22 August 1826.<ref name=":0" />

Having greatly improved the estate, Eleanora died<ref name=":0" /> on 24 December 1851.

In 1852 her son [[Robert Caldwell Hunter]] took over as laird and became the 25th Chief of [[Clan Hunter]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Scottish Clan Family Encyclopedia|publisher=Collins|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=172-173}}</ref>

== References ==
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 | birth_date         = 1764
 | birth_place        = [[Hunterston Castle]], [[West Kilbride]]

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+{{Laird
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-'''Eleanora Hunter''' (b. 1764)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=FamilySearch|url=https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M1LY-4NX|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> was a chief of [[Clan Hunter]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shaw|first=M.S|title=Some Family Papers of the Hunters of Hunterston|publisher=Scottish Records Office|year=1925|isbn=|location=|pages=74}}</ref> Born in 1764, she inherited the position of the 24th Chief in 1796 after her father Robert Hunter died<ref name=":0" /> at the age of 86. She was more commonly known as Helen rather than Eleanora.
+'''Eleanora Hunter''' (b. 1764) was a chief of [[Clan Hunter]]. Born in 1764, she inherited the position of the 24th Chief in 1796 after her father Robert Hunter died at the age of 86. She was more commonly known as Helen rather than Eleanora.
-In March 1796 at [[Hunterston Castle|Hunterston]] she married<ref name=":0" /> her cousin Robert Caldwell. In the same year, Robert returned from Maine where he had been a mariner, and devoted the rest of his life to managing the family estate and built Hunterston House in 1799.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Close, Riches|first=Rob, Anne|title=Ayrshire and Arran. The Buildings Of Scotland|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2012|isbn=978-0-300-14170-2|location=|pages=}}</ref> (This was completed in 1810). They had eight children:
+In March 1796 at [[Hunterston Castle|Hunterston]] she married her cousin Robert Caldwell. In the same year, Robert returned from Maine where he had been a mariner, and devoted the rest of his life to managing the family estate and built Hunterston House in 1799. (This was completed in 1810). They had eight children:
-* Robert Hunter (b. 29 Aug 1799) (d. 14 Mar 1880)<ref name=":0" />
+* Robert Hunter (b. 29 Aug 1799) (d. 14 Mar 1880)
-* Margaret Caldwell (b. 1800) (d.1884)<ref name=":0" />
+* Margaret Caldwell (b. 1800) (d.1884)
-* Eleanora Hunter Caldwell (b. Nov 1800) (d. 1833)<ref name=":0" />
+* Eleanora Hunter Caldwell (b. Nov 1800) (d. 1833)
-* Marion Crawfurd Caldwell (b. 5 Dec 1801) (d. ?)<ref name=":0" />
+* Marion Crawfurd Caldwell (b. 5 Dec 1801) (d. ?)
-* Eleanora Caldwell (b. 1804) (d. 1823)<ref name=":0" />
+* Eleanora Caldwell (b. 1804) (d. 1823)
-* Patrick Caldwell (b. 15 Jun 1804) (d. 1826)<ref name=":0" />
+* Patrick Caldwell (b. 15 Jun 1804) (d. 1826)
-* Janet Caldwell (b. 27 Jun 1807)<ref name=":0" />
+* Janet Caldwell (b. 27 Jun 1807)
-* Norman Caldwell (b. 27 Feb 1809) (d.1836)<ref name=":0" />
+* Norman Caldwell (b. 27 Feb 1809) (d.1836)
-Her husband Robert died on 22 August 1826.<ref name=":0" />
+Her husband Robert died on 22 August 1826.
-Having greatly improved the estate, Eleanora died<ref name=":0" /> on 24 December 1851.
+Having greatly improved the estate, Eleanora died on 24 December 1851.
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 [[Category:1764 births]]
 [[Category:1851 deaths]]