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Letitia was born in 1878. She was the daughter of Charles Robert Hamilton and Louisa Caroline Brooke and was known within the family as May. [1]
Letitia was educated at Alexandra College, Dublin. Later, she studied at the Metropolitan School of Art where her teacher was Sir William Orpen, the famous Irish portrait painter. She then moved to London and studied with Anne St John Partridge. Afterwards, she went to study in Belgium under Frank Franywayn. In 1924, Letitia travelled to Italy to study with a master in Venice where she spent a year and painted some fine works. She returned to Ireland in 1925. In the years that followed, it was her custom to paint during the summer. During the winter, she worked on the paintings in her studio and in spring she exhibited her work. Her work was exhibited in a number of Dublin Galleries, such as The Dublin Painters’ Gallery and the Royal Hibernian Academy. She also exhibited work in many London Galleries, including the Royal Academy and the French Gallery in Berkeley Square. During World War I, she nursed soldiers injured in the fighting. When her brother was appointed governor of St Patrick’s Hospital in Dublin, and the associated Woodville in Lucan, now St Edmondsbury treatment centre, she lived at Woodville for a period.
She won third prize, a bronze medal with diploma, in Section II (a) of the Fine Arts Competition in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.1948. She also competed in the Art Competitions of the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
She led a very active life, continuing to travel abroad, until her death in 1964.