Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/3/32
Title
Copy letter from Hamilton to Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 7 Jun 1902, on topics including British Army commissions for Boer commanders
Date(s)
- 1902 Jun 7 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
7pp
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, including on the eligibility for staff duties of officers by virtue of war service in South Africa; the proposed visit to Germany by Boer leaders at the invitation of the Pan-Germanic League; his suggestion that Boer Generals Jacobus Hercules De La Rey and Louis Botha be given British Army commissions and invitations to visit Britain. 7pp