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Messages of congratulation received by Hamilton from relatives, friends, acquaintances and associations on his 92nd birthday. 1 file

Messages of congratulation received by Hamilton from relatives, friends, acquaintances and associations on his 91st birthday. 1 file

Messages of congratulation received by Hamilton from relatives, friends, acquaintances and associations on his 90th birthday. 1 file

Volume containing confidential reports on 123 officers, including Maj Gen Hon Julian Hedworth George Byng, Maj Gen Sir John Grenfell Maxwell and Maj Gen Thomas Perrott, serving at Gibraltar and Egypt under Hamilton, General Officer Commanding Mediterranean Command, comprising remarks of immediate commanding officer, Maxwell, Commander-in-Chief, Egypt, Gen Sir Archibald Hunter, Commander-in-Chief, Gibraltar, and Hamilton (indexed). 1 vol

Volume containing confidential reports on 106 officers, including Maj Gen John Stuart Scott Barker, Brig Gen Granville George Algernon Egerton and Brig Gen Gerald Francis Ellison, serving at Malta under Hamilton, General Officer Commanding Mediterranean Command, comprising remarks of immediate commanding officer, Gen Sir Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle, Commander-in-Chief, Malta, and Hamilton (indexed). With manuscript letter from Rundle, 22 Aug 1912, regarding the promotion of Lt Col William Baker Brown, with typescript reply of Hamilton, 30 Aug 1912. 1 vol

Mediterranean Command Circulars by FM Arthur William Patrick Albert, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (nos 1-11), Gen Sir Frederick William Edward Forestier Forestier-Walker (nos 12-14, 20) and by Hamilton (21-31), General Officers Commanding Mediterranean Command, including on assistance rendered by Mediterranean Command to earthquake relief in Calabria, Italy, (no 6); on the public misbehaviour of four drunken British officers (no 7); on provision of civilian technical skills for men in ranks, (no 23). 34pp (Circular nos 15-19 were never issued)

Typed comments by Hamilton on the war diary of Capt Betham Wilkins Shuttleworth, Bde Maj of 32 Bde, 11 (Northern) Div, reporting operations of 32 Bde at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, 6-21 Aug 1915, including Hamilton's reasons for the lack of recognition of the brigade in his despatches, and his allegations of the inertia and poor staff work of 9 Corps HQ and 11 Div HQ. 10pp

Printed catalogue of remaining contents of 1 Hyde Park Gardens, London, to be sold by Warmington and Co, of London, on 27-28 Jul 1949. 28pp

Printed catalogue of books to be sold by Sotheby and Co, of London, on 6-8 Feb 1950, including books formerly belonging to Hamilton and Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton. 88pp

Those confounded neighbours', cartoon by Alick P F Ritchie from The Bystander no 613, illustrating Bulgaria, Great Britain and France surrounding Constantinople. 1p

Business correspondence, mainly between Hamilton and Sir (Alexander) Kay Muir, 2nd Bt; Royal Bank of Scotland; Keith, Bayley and Rigg, and Nothcote and Co, regarding Hamilton's investments in stocks and shares. 1 file

Service not self, 1921-1961, commemorative brochure on the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion, including reproduction of a Christmas card sent by Hamilton to the Area office, 1937. 28pp

The British Legion Scottish Journal, services supplement, no 2, containing facsimile of manuscript poem by Hamilton, 'What shall we do with our brave new world'. 4pp

Vote of thanks moved by Hamilton to the voluntary workers at the annual meeting of the Officers' Association, British Legion, London. 1p

Remarks by Hamilton introducing and concluding a lecture by Ernest Smith, Institute of Journalists, Tudor Street, London. 1p

Five bookplate printing blocks, comprising Hamilton as General Officer Commanding, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, talking to ANZAC troops, Gallipoli, 1915; design for books of Jean Hamilton (their cottage at Chesham, Bucks, 1912); Hamilton as Colonel of the Gordon Highlanders, in full dress uniform, and saluting in service uniform, 1920s; cartoon by D R Leslie, of Hamilton carrying the drums of 2 Bn Gordon Highlanders, which were left in Belgium and brought to Germany during World War One and presented to to Hamilton by German President FM Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, in Berlin, Germany, 1934. 5 blocks

Questions militaires Anglaises by Swiss Col Camille Favre (Journal de Genève, Geneva, 1911) 28pp, relating to changes in the British Army effected by Rt Hon Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan, Secretary of State for War. With associated correspondence between Hamilton and Favre regarding the booklet.

The magic child 1919-salvator mundi natus est, booklet of poems and religious thought by Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, dedicated 'to the lonely women of 1919' (Truslove and Hanson Ltd, London, 1919). 8pp (26 copies)

Gallipoli...1915, booklet of fourteen poems on the theme of the Gallipoli Campaign [by Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton], and dedicated to Hamilton (W Straker Ltd, London, year of publication not supplied). 26pp

Printed booklet of codewords for abbreviations of regiments and corps for use in telegraphing to units serving in South Africa, 1900. 1 booklet, 8pp