Item HAMILTON, ISM 2/2/7 - Letters from Hamilton to his wife, Jean Hamilton, Nov-Dec 1901, 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 his recommendation to have an amnesty declared in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, his desire to decentralise the work of Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, his perception of the poor standard of British musketry, and that Jean should show his letter to Rt Hon Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, 11 Nov 1901; his fears that seeking an unconditional surrender from the Boers would prolong the war, 17 Dec 1901; his respect for Kitchener's character and abilities, 25 Dec 1901. With letter to Kitchener from 'Glasgow', accusing Hamilton, FM Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army, and Rt Hon Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister, of being sympathetic to the Boers, 15 Nov 1901. 1 file, 11 letters