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Text of speech by Hamilton at the dinner of the Royal Naval Division Officers' Association, on the inadequacies of the armed services to meet the changed conditions of the post war world. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the dinner of the London Morayshire Club, comparing the British armed forces of 1926 with those of 1914, and advocating the appointment of a single Chief of the Defence Staff over the Chiefs of Staffs of the Royal Navy, Army, and RAF. 8pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the dinner of the Honourable Artillery Company, on the inadequacies of the British armed services to meet the changed conditions of the post war world, and the desirability of further mechanisation. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the Gordon Highlanders Old Comrades dinner, in praise of the regiment. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the dinner of the Anglo-German Association, Claridge's Hotel, London, to Dr Cuno, and referring to the failures of the Locarno Conference, 1925, and the Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928, to establish real peace. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at a dinner of the Anglo-German Association, 1 Hyde Park Gardens, London, on the aims of the newly formed Association, and welcoming German Gen Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck to 1 Hyde Park Gardens, London. 1p

Text of speech by Hamilton at the dinner of Harrow and Roxeth British Legion, Harrow-on-the-Hill, London, on the fate of ex-servicemen as revealed in their letters to him. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the dinner of the Glasgow and Lanarkshire Association of London, proposing Glasgow as the second city of the British Empire. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at dinner of the 52 (Lowland) Div, Glasgow, on the strategic mistakes of the Allied High Command in not supporting the Dardanelles Campaign, the failure of which had adversely affected British prestige in Egypt and India. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at a special conference of the Metropolitan Area British Legion, London, relating to the proposals of the Legion National Executive Council to vest future relief work with the United Services Fund. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at a grand British Legion rally, Woking, Surrey, on the fate suffered by British veterans of the Napeolonic and Crimean Wars. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion mass meeting, Portsmouth, Hampshire, on the pacific intentions of the Legion, and how reconciliation with former enemies could lead to disarmament. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at a fete held by West Ham British Legion in aid of war orphans, London, on Legion relief work for children, and the importance of their visits to the British countryside. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the fete of the British Legion, Stroud, Gloucestershire, on his preference for farming over fighting; the position of the British Legion and its leadership during the General Strike. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the Southend-on-Sea British Legion fete, Essex, on the miners' strike; role of the Legion in securing pensions and in aiding families to emigrate to Canada. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the opening of the fete of the British Legion, South Norwood, London, advocating British non-commitment to continental alliances in order to avert future wars. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the British Legion annual conference dinner, Pillar Hall, Victoria Station, London, proposing the health of the American Legion. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at a British Legion dinner, Claridges Hotel, London, on the presentation to the Legion of the Preston Hall estate settlement, Aylesford, Kent, for the use of tubercular ex-servicemen, including his remarks on the opportunities lost by the failure of Allied ex-service organisations to be reconciled to their German counterparts. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at a concert for the British Legion at Ealing Town Hall, London, relating his story of butterflies at Motienling Pass, Russo-Japanese War, 1904, and urging civic authorities to maintain Armistice Day commemorations. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton as President of the Glasgow and Lanarkshire Association of London, replying to the toast, 'City, County and Association'. 7pp. With manuscript copy of the address of the Rev Dr Lauchlan Maclean Watt at the Cenotaph, Glasgow, [5 Sep 1926]. 4pp