Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 1/2/18
Title
Letter from General Sir Frederick Roberts to the Secretary of State for War, 1891, about promotion for Hamilton and Lieutenant Colonel William Nicholson
Date(s)
- 1891 Jan 28 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
9pp
Scope and content
Printed letter from Gen Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Bt, Commander-in-Chief in India, to Rt Hon Edward Stanhope, Secretary of State for War, requesting the promotion of Hamilton and Lt Col William Gustavus Nicholson to substantive Colonels, due to their selection for appointments on the Staff as respectively, Assistant Adjutant General for Musketry in Bengal, and Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief in India. With reply of Lt Gen Sir George Byng Harman, Military Secretary, War Office, notifying Roberts of the refusal of FM George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, to grant Hamilton's promotion. 9pp