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Text of speech by Hamilton at the Cheltenham war memorial, Gloucestershire, on the importance of collective acts of remembrance. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton for the presentation of banners to British Legion branches of the West Riding at Brighouse, Yorkshire, on the failure of the Treaty of Versailles to secure a just victory; the need for the British Government to undertake works of public utility to combat unemployment. Two versions, 5pp, 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at Brentford British Legion, Middlesex, on the branch exemplifying co-operation between former ex-servicemen's organisations. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at boxing tournament, Tower Circus, Blackpool, Lancashire, commending the policy of the British Legion in lending money to ex-servicemen to help themselves out of unemployment. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to Birmingham Toc H, Warwickshire, on Hamilton's lack of political leanings; the dangers of the lack of independence in the British press; the aims of his book The friends of England, lectures to members of the British Legion (G Allen Unwin, London, 1923). 7pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion, Tivoli Theatre, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, on the influence of the Legion in preventing the horrors of future wars. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the Auchterarder flower show, Perthshire, Scotland, paying tribute to Rt Hon Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan. 3pp

Hamilton's speech on Maj Gen James Wolfe, in favour of the motion 'That this house would rather have taken Quebec than written Gray's elegy', in the Eights Week Debate, Oxford Union Society. 8pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at Old Wellingtonian dinner, paying tribute to the Royal Navy during the Dardanelles Campaign, and to men of Wellington College killed in World War One. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at his inspection of the Edinburgh Boys Brigade. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at Bromley fete, London, for Lord Haig's fund for ex-servicemen. Incomplete. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the Wellington College dinner, Berkshire, in tribute to the spirit of men of the College and other public schools who fought in World War One. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the Scoutmasters' annual dinner, Hotel Russell, London, urging the formation of British Legion Boy Scout companies; the increased likelihood of war due to Great Britain's commitments to the 1925 Treaty of Locarno. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the Sailors' and Soldiers' Night, Colston Hall, Bristol, recalling an ex-servicemen's meeting at the same place on 12 Dec 1918, and the promises made by Rt Hon David Lloyd George MP, Prime Minister to treat Germany harshly; the squandering of the monies of the Field Force Canteen Fund. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at regimental dinner of the Gordon Highlanders, in tribute to former officers. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at a rally of the British Legion, Reading, Berkshire, urging further recruitment to the British Legion to encourage Government policies to counter unemployment of ex-servicemen; warning of the vulnerability of Singapore to a Japanese offensive. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to a rally of Shoreditch, Mile End and Poplar British Legion branches, at the wedding reception for Phyllis Holman, Shoreditch Town Hall, London. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the rally of the Forest of Dean British Legion, Scar, Gloucestershire, on the horrors of Gallipoli, and the need for further recruitment to the Legion. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at a rally of the Mile End, Poplar and Shoreditch British Legions, London, on the prevalence of ex-service disability, and the loss of education suffered by ex-servicemen, and complimenting Phyllis Holman on her work for the branches. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the distribution of shooting prizes to 10 Bn The Manchester Regiment, Drill Hall, Oldham, Lancashire, on his reminiscences of the regiment during the Second Boer War, 1899-1902, and his tribute to FM Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, for Roberts' elevation of British musketry skills. 5pp