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Text of speech by Hamilton at the first annual dinner of 'U' Company, 4 Bn Gordon Highlanders, London, describing his arrival at an inspection of an Officers' Training Corps at Nairn, Scotland, by a De Havilland DH80 Puss Moth aircraft; the danger of a war arising from an agreement of the British and French General Staffs on a mutual military policy. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the dinner of the Veterans of Ladysmith, London, on the chivalrous behaviour towards the British Red Cross hospitals shown by the Boers during the Siege of Ladysmith, Second Boer War, 1899-1900, and by the Turks during the Gallipoli Campaign. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at a reunion dinner and dance of the South African War Veterans' Association, on the progress of the Association's fundraising measures. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the dinner of the Royal Naval Division Officers' Association, London, on his being despatched by FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, in Aug 1914, on tours of inspections of troops in the north of England and Scotland. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the dinner of the Royal Naval Division (RND) Officers' Association, London, responding to the toast of Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill MP, praising Churchill's founding of the RND, and its judicious use at Antwerp in 1914, as reiterated by Capt Basil Henry Liddell Hart in his Foch (Eyre and Spottiswoode; Little, Brown, 1931). 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton responding for the guests at the Public Schools Exploring Society dinner, Savoy Hotel, London, criticising the abolition of the post of Inspector General of Overseas Forces. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at a dinnner of the PEN Club, London, paying tribute to the chairman Henry Woodd Nevinson. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual dinner of the Metropolitan Area British Legion, London, on the portents of a coming war; his tribute to the generosity of Ignacy (Jan) Paderewski to the Legion. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the dinner of the Land Agents' Society, London, on the help given to farmers by their land agents. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton proposing the toast to the guests of the annual banquet of the Glasgow and Lanarkshire Association of London, including Sir John Lavery, and Lavery's attempts to have a portrait of Adolf Hitler included in the National Portrait Gallery. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton replying for the guests at a dinner given by The Student (Edinburgh University magazine), North British Hotel, Edinburgh. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the dinner of the Defenders of Ladysmith, London, quoting part of the account made by Sgt Maj G Olden, 28 Feb 1902, of action of C Squadron, 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, during the Battle of Elandslaagte, Second Boer War, 21 Oct 1899. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton replying for the guests at the dinner of the Associated Societies, Edinburgh University. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the dinner of the Edinburgh University Club of London, on the injury to Hamilton's left wrist received at the Battle of Majuba Hill, First Boer War, 1881, and Hamilton's subsequent treatment by Dr D Blair Brown and Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the dinner of 42 (East Lancashire) Div, Manchester, Lancashire, urging resistance to Government attempts to weaken the voluntary system of recruitment, the cadets and Territorial Army; the folly of attempting unilateral disarmament. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at 29 Div officers' dinner, London, on the perception of 29 Div in Australia; the close escape of Gen Sir Henry de Beauvoir de Lisle from the Germans in 1918. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the 273rd anniversary dinner of the Royal Scottish Corporation, London, warning of the vulnerability of Singapore to capture by the Japanese Army. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual dinner, Northern Branch of the Royal Naval Division, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; his proposals for disarmament. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the first reunion dinner of taxi-cab drivers trained by the British Legion Metropolitan Area School, London, on the dangers of Great Britain attempting to intervene in Japan's invasion of Manchuria. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at a welcome home dinner given by Old Comrades' Associations of the Gordon Highlanders to 1 Bn Gordon Highlanders, Edinburgh. 2pp