Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/3/22
Title
Copy letter from Hamilton to Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 1 Apr 1902, on topics including the progress of peace negotiations
Date(s)
- 1902 Apr 1 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
5pp
Scope and content
Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, on the progress of peace negotiations with the Boers and the threat to a settlement posed by the political ambitions of Alfred Milner, 1st Baron Milner of St James's and Cape Town, Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies, to exert control over the colonies. 5pp