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Manuscript letters to Hamilton from John Singer Sargent, artist, comprising Sargent's request for Hamilton to return testimonials to the work of Abbott H Thayer, nature photographer, [8 Dec 1918]; Sargent's invitation for Hamilton to view his painting 'Gassed', [16 Dec 1918]. 1 file, 2 letters

Typed transcripts of Hamilton's notes as a foreign military attaché to the Japanese 1 Army during the Russo-Japanese War, comprising notes on military engagements, including capture of Russian positions at Kiuchorei, 26 Aug 1904, and the advance of 1 Army towards the River Sha-Ho, 11 Oct 1904, and discussions with Japanese officers, including Marshal Iwao Oyama, Chief of the General Staff, Japanese Gen Takemoti Kuroki and Prince Kuni, ADC to Kuroki, 26 Aug-14 Oct. 1 file

Typed transcripts of diary kept by Hamilton as a foreign military attaché to the Japanese 1 Army during the Russo-Japanese War, including his farewells to the Japanese Army, and his meetings with Meiji, Emperor of Japan, Marshal Aritomo Yamagata, Lt Gen Makakata [Masatake] Terauchi, Japanese Army Minister, Marshal Iwao Oyama, Chief of the General Staff, Japanese Gen Takemoti Kuroki, Lt Gen Gentaro Kodama, Vice Chief of the General Staff, Maj Gen Matsunagi, Chief of Staff to Gen Maresuke Nogi and Maj Gen S Fujii. 1 file (Much of this material was used by Hamilton for his A Staff Officer's scrap-book during the Russo-Japanese War (Edward Arnold, London, 2 vols, 1905 & 1907)

Typescript private diary of Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, mainly comprising daily entries describing social engagements, personal opinions of friends, relations and acquaintances, literary criticism and photographs including interior and exterior views of Tidworth Hall, Tidworth, 1905. Includes related social correspondence with Lord Alwyne Frederick Compton. See also digital copies at 20/1/1

Typescript of 'The commander', Hamilton's essay on military leadership, published posthumously as The Commander (Hollis and Carter, London, 1957), edited by Maj Anthony Heritage Farrar-Hockley. 640pp

Thirteen sketches, mostly of trees and flowers, undated. With two watercolour cartoons of 3 Bde in camp during the Tirah Campaign, 1897, and 'With the Commonwealth military forces, our Director of Riding selecting suitable horses for the Inspector General, 1913'. 15 drawings (Artists not named)

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, including reviews of Hamilton's publications A jaunt in a junk (Kegan Paul, Trench and Co, London, 1884), The fighting of the future (Kegan Paul, Trench and Co, London, 1885), Icarus (Vizetelly's one volume novels, Vol 18, 1886) and The Ballad of Hádji and other poems (Kegan Paul, Trench and Co, London, 1887); Indian newspaper cuttings relating to Hamilton's first annual report as Assistant Adjutant General for Musketry in India, 1890. With typescript of Hamilton's letter to The Times (returned unpublished, Oct 1931) regarding the relative contributions of FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, and Gen Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, 1st Bt, to improvements of standards of musketry at the School of Musketry, Hythe, Kent, as stated in The life of General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, GCB, GCMG (Hutchinson and Co, London, 1931) by Gen Sir George de Symons Barrow. 1 vol

Typescript 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 landing on B Beach; capture of Lala Baba, Hill 10 and Chocolate Hill; entrenching at Sulajik; attempts to advance on Tekke Tepe and Anafarta Sagir; attack on W Hills. With appendices comprising details of 32 Bde strength during Aug; troops belonging and attached to 32 Bde; names of 32 Bde staff; report by Maj Maximilian David Wood, commanding 9 Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Regt on advance on Abrikja and retreat to Sulajik, 8-9 Aug 1915; seven manuscript maps, illustrating attacks on Lala Baba and Hill 10; position of 32 Bde on 7-8 Aug 1915; trench line held by 32 Bde, 12-18 Aug 1915; position of 32 Bde on 20 Aug 1915; attack by 32 Bde on 21 Aug 1915 (scales 1:10,000 and 1:20,000). 49pp

Typescript report from War Office to Hamilton, listing quantities of engineer stores (corrugated iron, cement, timber, wire netting and entanglement) dispatched to Gallipoli, with names and sailing dates of carrying ships, 24 Apr-3 Nov 1915. 3pp

Royal warrant of George V, King of Great Britain and Ireland, appointing Hamilton Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, 3 Jun 1919, with covering letter from the registrar of the Chancery of the Order, 30 Nov 1922. 1 file

Royal warrant of George V, King of Great Britain and Ireland, appointing Hamilton Lieutenant of the Tower of London from 2 Sep 1918 to 1 Sep 1922. 1p