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Text of speech by Hamilton to the Ladysmith Dinner at the Cavalry Club, London, praising the decision of FM Sir George Stewart White not to abandon Ladysmith during the Second Boer War. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the inauguration of the Women's Section, Holborn Branch, British Legion, London, on the Legion as a family; the impact of recent war story publications describing the horrors of the Western Front. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton 'To the glorious memory of the fallen at Gallipoli and Anzac', made at the Imperial Service Club, London, comparing the Gallipoli Campaign to the Siege of Troy. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the Glasgow Publicity Club, comparing the liners QUEEN MARY and BREMEN; his preference to fight alongside Germans; a supposed spiritualist message from the late German President FM Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton on opening the Gifford Horticultural Society show, Haddington, on eradicating ragwort from the Scottish countryside. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the Fleet Street British Legion annual dinner, London, on the reasons for his forthcoming visit to Berlin, Germany, to receive from German President FM Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, the drums of 2 Bn Gordon Highlanders which were left in Belgium and brought to Germany during World War One. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the dinner of the students' Representative Council, Edinburgh University Union, in response to the toast of 'the university'. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the dinner of 42 (East Lancashire) Div, Manchester, on the conduct of 1 Bn The Manchester Regt during the siege of Ladysmith, Second Boer War, 1899-1900, and on his recent meeting with German Gen Werner von Blomberg, German Minister of War. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the City Business Club, Glasgow, on the danger of war should Great Britain intervene against the Japanese in Manchuria; the necessity of the League of Nations revising the territorial stipulations of the Treaty of Versailles. 6pp

Address by Hamilton to the Chelsea Pensioners, on their Founder's Day parade. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the Ceylon Service Dinner, London, contrasting the relative vulnerability of Singapore and Trincomalee to invasion; proposing that Germany, Austria and Hungary be the barriers against Communism. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the British Legion Scotland conference, Inverness, on his election as President. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual conference of the British Legion Scotland, Aberdeen, on the advantages of cooperation between the English and Scottish British Legions. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the Berkshire Yeomanry war memorial, Minster Church, Reading, Berkshire, on the service of the yeomanry prior to and during World War One; his request for support for associations cultivating friendly relations between ex-enemies and ex-allies. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the Australian Imperial Force dinner, London, on the lack of support for operations in the Dardanelles from the Western Front; the reasonable nature of the German demand for colonies. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the 'Wolf cubs', at the annual rally of the Glasgow County Boy Scouts. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual meeting of the Officers' Association, British Legion headquarters, London, thanking honorary workers. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual meeting of the Officers' Association Council, British Legion, London, thanking volunteer workers. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual meeting of the King's Roll Clerks Association, London, on the plight of ex-servicemen competing for jobs against young women. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual dinner of the Twenty Ninth Division Association, Trocadero Restaurant, London, proposing the health of the 29 Div. 3pp