Item HAMILTON, ISM 2/2/5 - Letters from Hamilton to his wife, Jean Hamilton, Mar-Dec 1900, chiefly relating to his service in the Second Boer War, South Africa

Letters sent by Hamilton to his wife Jean Miller Hamilton, mainly relating to the Second Boer War, including the possibility of his taking Lt Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill as his aide-de-camp, and his allegations of the failure of Gen Sir Redvers Henry Buller as Commander-in-Chief South Africa and General Officer Commanding Natal Army; 9 Mar 1900; Hamilton's refusal of the offer of FM Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford, to command all British forces in the Cape Colony, 29 Jun 1900; Hamilton's proposals that Boer leaders should be allowed to negotiate peace terms instead of a forced unconditional surrender, 12 Jul 1900; on Buller's engagement with Boer forces at Lydenburg, Eastern Transvaal, 12 Sep 1900; Hamilton's acceptance of the post of Military Secretary, War Office, 10 Oct 1900. 1 file, 34 letters