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Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings including texts of Hamilton's second dispatch from the Dardanelles, 26 Aug 1915, covering actions 6 May-30 Jun 1915, from The Daily Telegraph (21 Sep 1915) and his final dispatch from the Dardanelles, 11 Dec 1915, covering actions July-16 Oct 1915, from The Times (7 Jan 1916); on the unveiling by Hamilton of war memorials to 29 Div at Holy Trinity Church, Eltham, London, 25 Apr 1917 and at Deanston, Perthshire, 30 Sept 1918; on Hamilton as chief guest at Gallipoli day commemorations, Bristol, 25 Apr 1918; reproduction of portrait of Hamilton by John Singer Sargent, from The Graphic (23 Oct 1915); photographic portraits of Jean Hamilton from The Sketch (25 Aug 1915), The Tatler (25 Aug 1915), The Court Journal (3 Sep 1915) and The Gentlewoman, 20 Jul 1918. With edition of French magazine Le Miroir (30 Apr 1916), featuring photograph of French Gen Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre presenting Hamilton with the Grand'Croix de la Légion d'Honneur, 16 Apr 1916. 1 vol

Scrapbook compiled by Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, including newspaper cuttings on the official visit of Hamilton to Australia and New Zealand as Inspector General of Overseas Forces, Apr-May 1914; 'To the unconquerable dead of Gallipoli', poem by Lady Hamilton, Dec 1915; on the establishment of Commissions of Enquiry into the Dardanelles and Mesopotamia campaigns, Jul 1916; on the death of Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria-Hungary, 21 Nov 1916; society portraits from The Tatler, 1917; two articles by Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, 'Antwerp: the story of its siege and fall' and 'How Antwerp saved the channel ports', from the Sunday Pictorial, 19 and 26 Nov 1916. With photograph of Hamilton and R Adm Sir John Michael de Robeck on RN battleship HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, Apr 1915. 1 vol, 1 photograph

Scrapbook compiled by Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, including newspaper cuttings on the Curragh Incident near Dublin, 7 Apr 1914; on the final evacuation of the Dardanelles, 1916; reviews of Ian Hamilton's final despatch by Hamilton (George Newnes, London, 1916); on the Easter Rising, Ireland, 1916; on the trial and execution of Roger David Casement for treason, May-Aug 1916. With letter to Hamilton from Rt Hon Sir Edward Henry Carson, Attorney General, denying he implied Hamilton was unwilling to allow publication of documents relating to the Dardanelles campaign, 16 Mar 1916; letters and mementos of Lady Hamilton as patron of the Gallipoli Field Force Fund, and the Star and Garter Home for disabled servicemen, Richmond, Surrey, 1916; typescript of poem, 'Non combatants' by Evelyn Underhill [1916]; edition of The Tribunal, a weekly pamphlet published by the Non Conscription Fellowship, 1 Jun 1916. 1 vol

Scrapbook of mostly South African and Chinese newspaper cuttings on Hamilton's visits to South Africa and East Asia as Inspector General of Overseas Forces, mainly relating to his reviews of parades and military manoeuvres, including his inspections of volunteer forces and cadets at Durban, the Wiltshire Regiment at Fort Napier, the garrison at Tempe cantonment, Blomfontein, and the Transvaal Volunteers and cadets, Johannesburg, the garrison at Potchefstroom, Transvaal, and volunteers and cadets in Bulawayo and Salisbury, Rhodesia, Aug-Sep 1911; his inspection of 1 Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at Tientsin, China, army exercises at Huang Tsun, China, involving the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) and 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry, volunteer forces at Hankow, China, the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, the Hong Kong Volunteer Corps, the Singapore Volunteer Corps and the Malay States Volunteer Regiment at Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, Oct-Nov 1912. With article, 'General Sir Ian Hamilton-views on matters in the Near and Far East', including his poem, 'The temple of heaven', The Hong Kong Telegraph (13 Nov 1912). 1 vol

Scrapbook, including newspaper cuttings on Hamilton's use of Salisbury Plain for training exercises, including reprint of 'Remarks by Lieut-General Sir Ian Hamilton, Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command, on the training of the troops during 1906', Journal of the Royal United Services Institution, Dec 1906, criticizing British cavalry techniques, the failure of artillery to coordinate with infantry, and the lack of more extensive use of machine guns; on his appeal for further recruitment into the Territorial Artillery in Southern Command, The Times (17 Apr 1908); on his speeches at meetings at Tidworth, Birmingham, Bodmin, Cornwall, Ryde, Isle of Wight and in Devon supporting the scheme of Rt Hon Richard Burdon Haldane, Secretary of State for War, for the creation of the Territorial Army, Jun-Nov 1908, with a printed copy of his speech supporting Haldane's proposed University Officer Training Corps, given at Oxford University, 14 May 1908; newspaper and magazine reviews of Hamilton's A staff officer's scrap book during the Russo-Japanese war (Edward Arnold, London, 1905). With telegram, 6 Jan 1908, from FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Pretoria and Waterford, and Brig Gen Henry Seymour Rawlinson, wishing Hamilton more successes like the battle of Wagon Hill [1900]. 1 vol

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, including on Hamilton's speech at Hythe, 4 May 1901, suggesting that the cordial reception for Boer representatives in Britain would prolong the war in South Africa, and the statement made in Parliament by Rt Hon William St John Fremantle Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, following protests at Hamilton's speech; on Hamilton's appointment as Chief of Staff to Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Baron Kitchener of Khartoum, Commander-in-Chief, South Africa, 1901; on Hamilton's testimony before the Royal Commission on Physical Training, proposing a national system of youth exercise for future military purposes, The Glasgow Herald, 1902; on his visit, with FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Pretoria and Waterford, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, to German Army manoeuvres, Sep 1902; on Hamilton' s appointment to Quartermaster-General, The Times (7 Apr 1903); on the accusations made in Parliament by Duncan Vernon Pirie MP, alleging that the appointment of Hamilton to Quartermaster-General was made due to the favouritism of Roberts, The Times (17 Jul 1903), with a defence of Hamilton's appointment in the editorial of The St James's Gazette (17 Jul 1903). 1 vol

Scrapbook relating to the Second Boer War, including newspaper cuttings (no dates or titles) on the Transvaal ultimatum to Britain to withdraw troops, Oct 1899; on the battles of Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein, Nov-Dec 1899; printed dispatches of FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts, Commander-in-Chief, South Africa, containing references to Hamilton's service; on the promotion of Hamilton from Col to Maj Gen, Dec 1900; on the reception for Roberts at Southampton and victory parade through London, Jan 1901; on the relief of Mafeking, May 1901; British terms for the surrender of Boer forces, May 1902; on Hamilton's testimony before the Royal Commission on Physical Training, proposing a national system of youth exercise for future military purposes; biographical articles, including 'Major General Ian Hamilton, CB, DSO', The Lady's Realm, [1900]; photograph of Hamilton on horseback, as commander of Mounted Infantry Div, cover of Army and Navy Illustrated, vol 10, no 189 (15 Sep 1900), and 'General Ian Hamilton, soldier and poet', the Illustrated London News, [1900] with his poems 'Despair', 'To our own Beech tree', 'A love song' and 'Ambition's avowal'. 1 vol

Scrapbook of mostly Canadian newspaper cuttings on Hamilton's tour of Canada as Inspector General of Overseas Forces, accompanied by Col the Hon Samuel Hughes, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence, mainly relating to his inspections of troops, cadets, parades and military manoeuvres at Ottawa, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, St Joseph de Levis, Quebec, Three Rivers, Quebec, the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Calgary, Alberta, and Victoria, British Columbia, 9-27 Jun; on his inspection of the garrison and defences of Halifax, Nova Scotia, 10-12 Jul; on his speech at a banquet in Montreal, Quebec, urging Canada to attend to the defence of the Empire, 14 Jun; cuttings from Canadian and British newspapers on Hamilton's official report on the Canadian Militia, recommending increased annual training and resources of arms and ammunition, the organization of a national reserve militia for home defence, creation of a muster roll of all men capable of service and compulsory military training for boys, 18 Aug-6 Nov. With photograph of Hamilton with Hughes and other officers, observing military manoeuvres [Canada 1913]. 1 vol, 1 photograph

Scrapbook compiled by Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, including newspaper cuttings on the resignation of Herbert Henry Asquith and appointment of David Lloyd George as British Prime Minister, Dec 1916; on German peace proposals, Dec 1916; on the death of Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin, Russian mystic, Jan 1917; on the case of Mrs William Cornwallis-West, charged by a court of inquiry of using undue influence to advance the career of 2nd Lt Patrick Barrett, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Jan 1917; 'Modern decoration', article on the Hamilton house, 1 Hyde Park Gardens, London, from The Queen, The Lady's Newspaper, 30 Dec 1916. With letter, 31 Dec 1916, to Hamilton and Lady Hamilton, from Lt Gen Sir John Steven Cowans, with thanks for their support during his appearance before the court of inquiry in the Cornwallis-West case; letter to Lady Hamilton, from 'Kymry', fortune teller, 2 Jan 1917; two photographs [1917], of Madame S Loos and children Armand and Germaine. 1 vol, 2 photographs

Scrapbook compiled by Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, including three newspaper articles by George Bernard Shaw, 'How to settle the Irish question', in the Daily Express, 27-29 Nov 1917; newspaper cuttings on the controversy over the letter of Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, to The Daily Telegraph, urging cessation of the First World War, 29 Nov 1917; on the arrest of Joseph Marie Auguste Caillaux, former French Premier, for pro-German activities, Jan 1918. With photograph of two unidentified officers [1914-1918], photograph of Lady Hamilton, [pre 1914], and printed manifesto for the Women's Party, published by suffragettes Emmeline Pankhurst, Christabel Pankhurst, Annie Kenney and Flora Drummond, [1918]. 1 vol, 2 photographs

Scrapbook compiled by Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, including newspaper cuttings on reaction to the interim report of the Dardanelles Commission, Mar 1917; on the abdication of Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia, Mar 1917; on the unveiling by Hamilton of a memorial to 29 Div at Eltham, Surrey, on the second anniversary of Gallipoli and ANZAC day, 25 Apr 1917; three articles by George Bernard Shaw, 'Joy riding at the front', from The Daily Chronicle, 7-9 Mar 1917. With letter to Lady Hamilton, from Phelas Gibb, artist, with thanks for her purchase of a picture, 13 Mar 1917; letter to Hamilton from John (Edward) Masefield, poet, with regrets on not seeing him during Hamilton's visit to France, 20 Apr 1917; telegrams from Gen William Riddell Birdwood, 1 ANZAC Corps, Gen Sir Alexander John Godley, 2 ANZAC Corps, and R Adm Sir John Michael de Robeck to Hamilton on the second anniversary of Gallipoli and ANZAC day, 25 Apr 1917; typescript of an anonymous satirical poem, 'Prayer before battle', 26 Jun 1916; article, 'Letters of the Tsaritsa' from The Manchester Guardian Weekly Edition (2 Jul 1920). 1 vol

Scrapbook compiled by Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, including newspaper cuttings on the German declaration of unrestricted U Boat warfare, 1 Feb; speech by David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister, announcing concern about limited food stocks and further import restrictions, 23 Feb; on the trial of Alice Wheeldon, Harriet Ann Wheeldon, Alfred George Mason and Winnie Wason for conspiracy to murder Lloyd George with poison darts, 3 Feb-10 Mar. With programme for 'A review of Chelsea', a concert of music, dance and literature, 20 Mar 1917. 1 vol

Scrapbook compiled by Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, including newspaper cuttings on the Spartacist riots in Germany and the deaths of Spartacus League leaders Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, Dec-Jan; on demobilisation demonstrations by British troops at Folkestone, Dover, Brighton and London, 4-6 Jan; on strike riots in Glasgow; on Hamilton as chief guest at a dinner of the London Robert Burns Club, Jan 1919; on the creation of the League of Nations. With typescript copy of a letter from Hamilton to an unnamed correspondent, 26 Oct 1915, on his statement to the Cabinet advising against the evacuation of Gallipoli; letter to Lady Hamilton, from her nephew Ian Bogle Monteith Hamilton, on his life as a POW in Burg bei Magdeburg, Germany, 28 Feb 1916; photograph of a group of unidentified Allied staff officers, [France, 1914-1918] and photograph of the Château de Créminil, Estrée-Blanche, France [pre 1914]. 1 vol, 2 photographs

Scrapbook containing papers relating to relating to Howell service as Officer Commanding 4 Hussars, Chief of Staff, Salonika Army, and General Staff Officer Grade 1, 2 Corps, France, including newspaper cuttings, sketches of trench layout of the Western Front, in France and Belgium, photographs and postcards of France and Greece, and documents including extracts from Regimental Orders of 4 Hussars, Aug 1914-Feb 1915, and certificates showing mentions of Howell in despatches by FM Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, Commander in Chief, BEF (British Expeditionary Force) and Gen Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, Commander in Chief, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. 1 vol.

Scrapbook mostly containing newspaper cuttings on Balkans by Howell, written as Balkan correspondent for The Times, with details on developments in Albanian, Bulgarian and Turkish dosmestic and foreign policy in 1903, and also greetings cards, correspondence, photographs and postcards detailing Howell's movements. 1 vol.

Volume titled 'News Cuttings', with bookplate inscription 'Dr R Hale White, Dec 1952', a scrap book containing black and white photographs of Surgical Ward Clerks, Jan 1905-Dec 1912, with captions pasted in and individuals numbered; also staff and student groups including Dr Hale White, 1895-1902, 1916, with captions.The album has been indexed alphabetically by surname.

Edyth, her book of remembrance', scrapbook compiled by Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, following the death of her sister Edyth Mary Kay Muir in 1909, containing photographs of Edyth and printed cuttings of poems. 1 vol

Scrapbook mainly relating to Hamilton's service as Commander in Chief, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, including signed typescript copy of his message to troops,'Soldiers of France and of the King' [Apr 1915] with typescript copy of letter praising his message from French Gen Albert d'Amade, General Officer Commanding French Corps Expéditionnaire d'Orient, 22 Apr 1915; telegram from Hamilton to Jean Hamilton on his recall from the Dardanelles and his replacement by Gen Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, 16 Oct 1915; papers relating to Lady Hamilton's Dardanelles Fund, including printed list of medical supplies forwarded to Dardanelles hospitals, Jun-Sep 1915 and Final report of Lady Hamilton's Dardanelles Fund, 1 Oct-31 Dec 1915, letters to Jean Hamilton with thanks for supplies from Lt Col James Kiero Watson, Commandant Advanced Base, Cape Hellas, 3 Dec 1915 (with news of a storm on 16 Nov 1915), from Donald McDonald, Field Secretary Young Men's Christian Association, Mudros West, 4 Feb 1916, and from A Edmond Weld, 54 Casualty Clearing Station, 26 Jan 1916; leaflet in French and Turkish, distributed at Suvla Bay, 19-20 Dec 1915, to troops caring for sick and wounded requesting humane treatment in the event of their capture by the Turks; typescript copy of letter to Elisabeth Moncreiffe, sister of Jean Hamilton, from T Catron, 1 ANZAC Div, ANZAC base depot, Weymouth, expressing his comrades' desire to have continued fighting under Hamilton, 21 Dec 1915; photographs, including Hamilton with his staff, Oct 1915, hospital tents [ colour photographs, 1915]; staff of No 1 Nursing Unit (Mediterranean), Hamilton reviewing French troops and 29 Div Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Alexandria, Egypt, 4-5 Apr 1915, Hamilton and Lt Col Charles Hotham Montagu Doughty-Wylie [Apr 1915], Hamilton and Maj Gen Walter Pipon Braithwaite, Chief of General Staff, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, on ship's tender [1915]; newspaper cuttings, Apr 1915-May 1916, including reports on the Dardanelles Expedition by Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, G Ward Price and Sydney Alexander Moseley, war correspondents; article on Jean Hamilton, with reproduction of her portrait by John Singer Sargent, from The Sketch (21 Apr 1915); 'Christmas in the Dardanelles-a description of Lady Ian Hamilton's fund', article in the Lady's Pictorial (4 Dec 1915). 1 vol, 10 photographs

Scrapbook of official messages, press cuttings, and manuscript accounts of the campaign by the Allied forces in Western Europe, [1944-1945]. 1 vol, 15 loose items

Scrapbook kept by Brooke, 1901-1904, notably including letters to his mother, Alice Brooke, 1902-1904, press cuttings, 1902-1904, progress report from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, 1902, certificate of commission, 1903, Civil Service Commission Interpreter's Certificate examination papers, 1904, photographs relating to his service in Ireland, [1904], and racing programmes, 1904. With envelope of ephemera and mementos, [1884-1914], including drawings and sketches by Brooke, [1897-1905], and family photographs, [1884-1885].