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Pocket notebook containing a few brief daily entries by Hamilton on his return journey from the Sudan to Cairo, Egypt, following the First Sudan Expedition, 1884-1885, with other personal jottings of maxims, thoughts and verse. 1 vol

Letters sent by Hamilton's parents, Col Christian Monteith Hamilton and Maria Corinna Hamilton, to her brother Henry Prendergast Vereker, regarding family news and progress of their journey from England to Corfu, 12 May and 24 Sep 1852. With incomplete letter (writer's name not given) giving his account of the battle of Alma, Crimean War, 22 Sep 1854. 1 file, 3 letters

Letters sent by Hamilton to his father Col Christian Vereker Monteith Hamilton, mainly relating to Hamilton's life in India, including his hunting expedition at Buckree Wallah Nullah, Pir Punjal Range, 20 May 1875; the injury to his left wrist received at the Battle of Majuba Hill, First Boer War, 1881, and his desire to seek treatement from Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, 5 Aug 1881; his proposal to accept the post of aide-de-camp to Maj Gen Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Bt, Commander-in-Chief Madras, 24 Jan 1882; his attachment to 1st Bn The Gordon Highlanders in Egypt for service in the First Sudan Expedition, 17 Nov 1884. With 'A tournament at Ooty', newspaper cutting on sports at Ootacamund, India, The Pioneer,14 Oct 1884. 1 file, 13 letters. Some letters reprinted in Hamilton's Listening for the drums (Faber and Faber, London, 1944)

Letters received by Hamilton from FM Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Pretoria, comprising letter to Hamilton's father Col Christian Monteith Hamilton, complimenting Hamilton on his work as Roberts' aide-de-camp, 28 Oct 1884; urging Hamilton to remain as his aide-de-camp and not to revert to regimental duties, 5 Oct 1885; advising him to delay his proposal of marriage to Jean Miller Hamilton for four months, 15 Aug 1886, with manuscript copy of Hamilton's reply, stating his intent to continue the courtship, 17 Aug 1886; telegram from Roberts informing Hamilton of his appointment as Military Secretary to Gen Sir George Stuart White, Commander-in-Chief in India, 19 Jan 1893; eleven letters, 28 Apr-15 Aug 1893, mostly relating to Roberts'speculation on his own future employment and his social engagements, including his interview with Rt Hon Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Secretary of State for War, regarding his possible appointment to command Aldershot District, 18 May 1893, his possible appointment as Viceroy of India, 22 Jun 1893, his refusal of the offer of Lt Gen Sir Reginald Gipps, Military Secretary, of appointments as Governor of Gibraltar or Malta, 4 Jul 1893, his concern at the French threat to Siam, 27 Jul 1893, his appearance before a Parliamentary Committee under George William Erskine Russell, Under Secretary of State for India, investigating the implementation of the Contagious Diseases Act in India, 15 Aug 1893; comparisons between the Tirah Campaign of 1897 and the Second Sudan Campaign of 1898, 23 Nov 1898; shares and investments, 5 May 1899. 1 file, 18 letters

Photocopies of letters sent by Hamilton to his father Col Christian Vereker Monteith Hamilton and his brother Vereker Monteith Hamilton, relating to his progress up the River Nile with 1st Bn The Gordon Highlanders, First Sudan Expedition, 29 Nov 1884-6 Feb 1885. With manuscript letter from Vereker and his wife Lilian, regarding Hamilton's proposal of marriage to Jean Miller Muir, and Hamilton's Icarus (Vizetelly's one volume novels, Vol 18, 1886), 14 Sep 1886. 1 file, 7 letters

Letters received by Hamilton relating to his investments in the North and South Sylhet Tea Companies Ltd. 1 file

Various correspondence of Hamilton's brother Vereker Monteith Hamilton, including from Thomas Lane Devitt, regarding acquisition of Vereker's painting 'An ambuscade', for the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia, 8 Apr-1 Oct 1896; letters to FM Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford from secretaries of the United Services Club, Junior Army and Navy Club, and the East India United Service Club, regarding their exhibiting Vereker's paintings, 'The attack on the Peiwar Kotal' and 'The storming of the Kashmir Gate at Delhi' on their premises, 11-14 May 1896; three cartoons by Vereker. 1 file

Printed letter from Gen Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Bt, Commander-in-Chief in India, to Rt Hon Edward Stanhope, Secretary of State for War, requesting the promotion of Hamilton and Lt Col William Gustavus Nicholson to substantive Colonels, due to their selection for appointments on the Staff as respectively, Assistant Adjutant General for Musketry in Bengal, and Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief in India. With reply of Lt Gen Sir George Byng Harman, Military Secretary, War Office, notifying Roberts of the refusal of FM George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, to grant Hamilton's promotion. 9pp

Letters sent by Hamilton to his wife Jean Miller Hamilton, mainly relating to the Chitral Relief Expedition, Indian North West Frontier, including his posting as Assistant Adjutant General to Maj Gen Edward Stedman, 24 Apr 1895; his refusal to be appointed Assistant Military Secretary to FM Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford, commanding forces in Ireland, 31 May 1895; his acceptance of the post of Deputy Quarter Master General in India, 23 Aug 1895. 1 file, 28 letters

Photocopy of letter from Hamilton to (Henry) Spenser Wilkinson, describing Hamilton's advance through the Bara Valley, Indian North West Frontier, during the Tirah Campaign. 9pp

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 with England while Commander in Chief-in-India, 1885-1887, volume 7 (Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1890) of Gen Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Commander-in-Chief, India, including letters to Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill, Secretary of State for India, with an account of military exercises at Delhi, India, 24 Jan 1886; to Edward Robert Bulwer, 1st Earl of Lytton, on the difficulties of pursuing dacoits in Burma, 20 Nov 1886; to Gen Sir Donald Martin Stewart, Bt, on the proposals of the Defence Committee for the defence of the North West Frontier, 16 Jul 1886; to FM George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, on the progress of a scheme of mobilization against potential Russian incursions in Afghanistan, 19 May 1887, and proposing the gradual British occupation of southern Afghanistan, 11 Aug 1887. 2 copies, 2 vols

Correspondence with England while Commander-in-Chief in India, 1888-1889, volume 8 (Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1890) of Gen Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Commander-in-Chief, India, including letters to FM George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, on the composition and state of the British garrison at Lucknow, India, 12 Feb 1888; to Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill, on the proposed reform of the Punjab States army and progress of the North West Frontier railway, 4 Nov 1888; to Edward Robert Bulwer, 1st Earl of Lytton, and FM Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, on the prospect of extending the railway to Kandahar, Afghanistan, and the state of fortifications at Quetta, Rawalpindi and Attock, 7-8 Feb 1889. 2 copies, 2 vols

Index to volumes 7-9, correspondence with England while Commander-in-Chief in India, 1885-1893, (Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1893), of Gen Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Commander-in-Chief, India. 2 copies, 2 vols

Index to volume 4, correspondence with the Viceroy of India, 1885-1888, (Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1890) of Gen Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Commander-in-Chief, India. 2 copies, 2 vols

Minutes, notes, etc., 1877-1889, volume 6 part 1 (Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1891) of Gen Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts,Commander-in-Chief, India, containing memoranda and proposals on army administration and strategy in India, including 'Is invasion of India by Russia possible?', 31 Dec 1883 and 'Memorandum on the present position in Central Asia', 13 June 1887, on the growing Russian threat to Afghanistan; 'Military education for natives of India', 18 May 1888 and 'Note regarding the armament of the army in India', 30 Sep 1889. 1 vol

Volume entitled 'Speeches 1878 to 1893', printed texts of speeches given by Gen Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts of Kandahar, to regiments and institutions in Britain and India, including the United Service Club, London, 26 Nov 1880; Punjab Frontier Force dinner, Simla, 4 Aug 1886; temperance speech to soldiers in Meerut, 3 Mar 1888; Presidency Volunteers, Calcutta, 30 Jan 1892. 1 vol

Letters sent by Hamilton to his wife Jean Miller Hamilton, mainly relating to the Second Boer War, including his posting to command an infantry brigade at Ladysmith, Natal, and his concerns of British forces being too far forward, 11 Oct 1899; his part in the battle of Elandslaagte, 23 Oct 1899; his efforts to oppose plans drawn up by Maj Walter Adye, Intelligence Officer to Gen Sir George Stuart White, Commanding Natal Field Force, for an attack, the which plans Hamilton alleged led to the defeat of the Force at the battle of Lombard's Kop, 31 Oct 1899. With telegram from Adjutant General's office, Hythe, Kent, notifying Hamilton of his selection for service in South Africa, 11 Sep. 1 file, 14 letters

Letters sent by Hamilton to his wife Jean Miller Hamilton, mainly relating to the Second Boer War, including the possibility of his taking Lt Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill as his aide-de-camp, and his allegations of the failure of Gen Sir Redvers Henry Buller as Commander-in-Chief South Africa and General Officer Commanding Natal Army; 9 Mar 1900; Hamilton's refusal of the offer of FM Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford, to command all British forces in the Cape Colony, 29 Jun 1900; Hamilton's proposals that Boer leaders should be allowed to negotiate peace terms instead of a forced unconditional surrender, 12 Jul 1900; on Buller's engagement with Boer forces at Lydenburg, Eastern Transvaal, 12 Sep 1900; Hamilton's acceptance of the post of Military Secretary, War Office, 10 Oct 1900. 1 file, 34 letters

Letters sent by Hamilton to his wife Jean Miller Hamilton, mainly relating to the Second Boer War, including his recommendation to have an amnesty declared in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, his desire to decentralise the work of Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, his perception of the poor standard of British musketry, and that Jean should show his letter to Rt Hon Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, 11 Nov 1901; his fears that seeking an unconditional surrender from the Boers would prolong the war, 17 Dec 1901; his respect for Kitchener's character and abilities, 25 Dec 1901. With letter to Kitchener from 'Glasgow', accusing Hamilton, FM Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army, and Rt Hon Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister, of being sympathetic to the Boers, 15 Nov 1901. 1 file, 11 letters