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Correspondence in India while Commander-in-Chief in India, 1888-1889, volume 11 (Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1891) of Gen Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Commander-in-Chief, India, comprising letters and telegrams on army administration in India, including to Brig Gen Sir John Withers McQueen, stating command and composition of an expedition against the Black Mountain tribes of the North West Frontier, 30 Aug 1888; to H J Matthew, Bishop of Lahore, on promoting the Army Temperance Association, and the desirability of Soldiers' Institutes over regimental canteens, to diminish drunkenness and swearing, 9 Dec 1888; to Brig Gen Henry Collett, on the prospects of occupying the area beyond the River Salween, east Burma, as a buffer against the French and Russians, 30 Jan 1889; to Lt Gen Sir Charles John Stanley Gough, on the respective merits of lance and sword as used by the Indian cavalry, 20 Aug 1889. 2 copies, 2 vols

Correspondence in India while Commander-in-Chief in India, 1890-1893, volume 12 (Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1893) of Gen Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts,Commander-in-Chief, India, comprising letters and telegrams on army administration in India, including to Lt Gen Sir George Chesney, on the feasibility of buying mules in America for artillery transport, and on an outbreak of cholera amongst the Gurkha soldiers at Dehra and Dharmsala, India, 11-12 Jul 1890; to Maj Gen Sir George Stuart White, on the necessity of occupying the Hindu Kush range, Afghanistan, against a possible Russian invasion, 21 Jul 1890; to Lt Gen Sir James Dormer, Commander-in-Chief, Madras, on the dissatisfaction of Madras Army officers with opportunities for promotion and appointment to the staff, 30 Sep 1891; to Maj Gen Sir William Stephen Alexander Lockhart, commanding the Punjab Frontier Force, on a proposed force to expel Afghan troops from Wana, Waziristan, 25 Aug 1892; to Lt Gen Henry Brackenbury, suggesting a military officer be appointed Superintendent of the Andaman Islands, 4 Feb 1893. 1 vol

Letters between Janet Christina Monteith Leeper, Hamilton's literary executor, and various correspondents, mainly being other relatives and Bircham and Co, of London, solicitors, including on the tour in Aug-Sep 1910 by Hamilton and FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, to Russia, Rumania, Austria Hungary and Germany, 7 Feb 1963 and May 1969; the BBC radio documentary, 'Trial by inquiry, Sir Ian Hamilton and the Dardanelles Commission', 5 Feb 1967. 1 file

Various correspondence of Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, including three letters to her niece Janet Christina Monteith Leeper, 1940-41; her notes for the disposal of her property following her death; letter to her brother Sir (Alexander) Kay Muir, 2nd Bt, 27 May 1925, with her instructions for the fate of her diaries after her death; memorandum relating to a trust settlement established by her father Sir John Muir, 1st Bt, for his children. 1 file

Correspondence of Lt Gen Sir Archibald Hunter as General Officer Commanding 10 Div, South African Field Force, (mainly manuscript office copies of telegrams, returns, and memoranda with some original incoming telegrams), including copy of letter from J Joubert, Mayor of Christiana, Transvaal, offering the surrender of the town, with Hunter's reply, 16-17 May; list of appointments of officers to staff of 10 Div, 22 May; bulletin from Director of Military Intelligence warning of perceived threat by Boer forces poisoning water supplies and mining roads, 4 May; report of Maj Gen Geoffry Barton, on advance of his 6 Bde from Christiana to Schlaapfontein, 18 May; daily return of sick troops of 10 Div, 25 May; inventory and plan of magazine at Heidelburg, Transvaal, 30 Jun; field state returns for 10 Div, showing numbers of men fit for duty or sick, animals, vehicles and artillery, 25 Apr-29 Jun. 1 file

Correspondence of Lt Gen Sir Archibald Hunter as General Officer Commanding 10 Div, South African Field Force, mainly relating to the advance of 10 Div from Warrenton to Fourteen Streams, Cape Colony, 6 May, including incoming and outgoing telegrams, and manuscript copies of orders for the move, 30 Apr and 6 May. With manuscript copy of memorandum from Maj Gen George Henry Marshall, Commanding Officer Royal Artillery, on move of Maxim gun sections from Stellenbosch to Kimberley, Cape Colony, 17 Apr. 1 file

Correspondence of Lt Gen Sir Archibald Hunter as General Officer Commanding 10 Div, South African Field Force, (mainly manuscript office copies of telegrams, returns, and memoranda with some original incoming telegrams) mostly relating to correspondence with 5 Bde and 6 Bde, including names of officers commanding units in 5 Bde, 16 March; papers relating to Courts of Inquiry on losses of arms and equipment in action; papers relating to Field General Courts Martial of Driver George Chapman, 27 Company, Army Service Corps, 15 Mar, and Gunner Alfred Haram Diggines, 28 Battery, Royal Field Artillery, 28 Mar; details of troops and horses embarking at Cape Town for Natal; report of Maj Edmond Townsend, Principal Medical Officer, 10 Div, on health of men, prevalence of disease and admissions to hospitals, 2 Apr; plans of graves and register of burials at 5 Bde and 6 Bde Field Hospitals, Thornhill Camp, Ladysmith, 5 Mar-7 Apr; returns of casualties incurred at Rooidam, Transvaal, 5 May; list of men in 1 Bn Border Regt, 9 May; reports on movement of 10 Div on Christiana, Transvaal, 14-16 May. 1 file

Correspondence of V Adm John Michael de Robeck, including telegraph signal, 18 Mar 1915, from de Robeck to the Admiralty, reporting naval bombardment on the Dardanelles forts and loss of RN battleships HMS IRRESISTIBLE and HMS OCEAN, and French battleship BOUVET; letters, 18-19 Mar 1915, from de Robeck and R Adm Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, Senior Naval Officer, Mudros, to Hamilton, regarding the losses to the Allied fleet from mines; letter, 24 Mar 1915, from de Robeck to Hamilton, deprecating the insistence of the British authorities to hurry the Allied offensives in the Dardanelles; typed copy of telegram no 140, from Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill MP, First Lord of the Admiralty, to de Robeck, with appreciation of situation and urging de Robeck to consider renewal of naval attack, 25 Mar 1915; typed copy of telegram 278 from de Robeck to Churchill, suggesting that a combined operation should be considered, 26 Mar 1915; telegram from Hamilton to de Robeck, suggesting continuation of naval bombardment of forts while plans were made for landing troops [undated, 30 Mar 1915]; telegram from de Robeck, 23 Apr 1915, informing Hamilton that all arrangements had been made for landings on Gallipoli to proceed on 25 Apr 1915; telegram from Hamilton requesting de Robeck's decision to proceed or delay the Suvla Bay landings due to climatic conditions, 5 Aug 1915. 1 file, 19 items

Correspondence relating to Edinburgh University, including with FM Edmund (Henry Hynman) Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby of Megiddo and Felixstowe, regarding Allenby's election to the rectorship of Edinburgh University; edition of Allenby's Own, published by the Allenby Rectorial Committee, supporting Allenby's candidacy for the rectorship, Oct 1935; obituary for Allenby by Hamilton from The Daily Sketch, 18 May 1936 and typescript obituary of Allenby for The Student, May 1936; draft of Hamilton's poem dedicated to students who waved him goodbye on his departure for the last time as Lord Rector. 1 file

Correspondence between Hamilton and French Gen Henri Joseph Étienne Gouraud, comprising letters of greeting, and including letter from Gouraud regarding the recent death of French Gen Pierre Marie Casimir Girodon, former Chief of Staff of the French Corps Expéditionnaire d'Orient, 27 Oct 1916. With photograph of Gouraud and other French officers, on board ship during his visit to the Dardanelles in 1930 to inaugurate the French war memorial at Morto Bay. 1 file, 19 letters, 1 photograph

Hamilton's personal financial correspondence, mainly relating to his bank accounts, shares and investments, including correspondence with his brothers-in-law Sir (Alexander) Kay Muir, 2nd Bt, and James Finlay Muir on financial matters. 1 file

Correspondence relating to Hamilton's rectorship of Edinburgh University, including with Ian Mackenzie, Secretary of the University Union, regarding Hamilton's electoral campaign for the rectorship; with Alec J Mackenzie, editor of The Hamiltonian, Hamilton's rectorial campaign newspaper; with David C Cousland, editor of the Students Representative Council Charities Committee magazine Eurogonnah!; with Sir James Matthew Barrie, Chancellor of Edinburgh University, and Sir Thomas Henry Holland, Principal of Edinburgh University, regarding Hamilton's inauguration as Lord Rector; with Lady Cynthia Asquith, regarding Barrie's health; with Compton Mackenzie, Rector of Glasgow University, and Sir Robert Sangster Rait, Vice Chancellor of Glasgow University regarding student collections for charities in Glasgow. 1 file

Correspondence relating to Hamilton's rectorship of Edinburgh University, including with Gen Rt Hon Jan Christiaan Smuts, Minister of Justice, South Africa, inviting Smuts to open the British Universities Congress at Edinburgh; with the editors of Euragonnah 1934 and 1935, regarding Hamilton's literary contributions for the magazine; draft of Hamilton's speech to a dinner of The Student, Edinburgh; correspondence with the Students' Representative Council of the University of Edinburgh relating to Hamilton's presentation of student grievances before the visiting University Grants Committee at Edinburgh. With programme for the British Universities Congress, 1934, under Hamilton as honorary president, and editions of the Edinburgh Varsity Athletic News. 1 file

Correspondence relating to Hamilton's rectorship of Edinburgh University, including with Col Ronald Bruce Campbell, Director of Physical Education at Edinburgh University, and Lt Col Alexander Stevenson Blair, Lord Rector's Assessor, regarding prospective acquisition of sites for university athletic grounds; drafts of Hamilton's poems 'The Euradays-a summons' and 'The Euradays-a respite', for the magazine Eurogonnah, 1935; Hamilton's draft preface for the Fresher's handbook, 1935; letters from FM Edmund (Henry Hynman) Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby of Megiddo and Felixstowe, accepting Hamilton's invitation to stand for election as the next Lord Rector of Edinburgh University; with Sir Thomas Henry Holland, Principal of Edinburgh University, regarding Allenby's candidature; typescript of Hamilton's speech to medal winners of the intervarsity sports, Edinburgh, 5 Jun 1935; 'Sir Ian Hamilton's Christmas card-peace and goodwill', article by Robert Jamieson on Hamilton's visit to Germany, to receive the drums of 2 Bn Gordon Highlanders which were left in Belgium and brought to Germany during World War One, The Cosmpolitan, Jan 1935. 1 file

Correspondence relating to Hamilton's rectorship of Edinburgh University, including with Sir Robert Sangster Rait, Vice Chancellor of Glasgow University, thanking Hamilton for his presence at a dinner; with Sir William Johnston Thomson, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, regarding siting of bus termini in Edinburgh; with Maj Gen Bernard Cyril Freyberg, regarding Freyberg's inspection of the Edinburgh University Officer Training Corps; with Lionel H Daiches, former editor of The Student, regarding his prospective career; Hamilton's draft preface for the Fresher's handbook, 1934; with W J D Lyford-Pike, Secretary of the National Union of Students of Scotland, regarding Lyford-Pikes visit to Germany; with Col Ronald Bruce Campbell, Director of Physical Education at Edinburgh University, regarding progress of his department; draft of Hamilton's article on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Students Representative Council. With printed minutes of the meetings of Edinburgh University Court, and editions of the Edinburgh Varsity Athletic News. 1 file

Correspondence relating to Hamilton's rectorship of Edinburgh University, including with Ian Mackenzie, former Secretary of the University Union, and Alec J Mackenzie, former editor of The Hamiltonian, regarding their respective careers; with Augusta Mary Monica Crichton-Stuart, Marchioness Bute, regarding transfer of her nephew, a medical student, from Dublin to Edinburgh University; with Lt Col Alexander Stevenson Blair, Lord Rector's Assessor, regarding business before Edinburgh University Court; letter from Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill MP, enclosing reminiscences of Eileen S Sye, who had purchased a copy of Eurogonnah!, autographed by Churchill. With University Grants Committee, returns from universities and university colleges in receipt of Treasury grant, 1931-32 (HMSO, London, 1933), and editions of the Edinburgh Varsity Athletic News. 1 file

Correspondence relating to Hamilton as Lieutenant of the Tower of London, mainly comprising requests to visit the Tower, and including correspondence regarding tercentenary commemorations of the death of Sir Walter Raleigh, 29 Oct 1919. 1 file