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Papers of Gen Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, GCB, GCMG, DSO (1853-1947)

Introduction

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Brief List

• 1 Personal papers and papers relating to regimental service and staff duties in India, First Boer War, First Sudan Expedition, Chitral and Tirah Campaigns, 1852-1899

  • 1/1 Diaries and notebooks, 1870-1894
  • 1/2 Correspondence, 1852-1899
  • 1/3 Printed correspondence, memoranda and speeches of FM Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, 1878-1893

• 2 Papers relating to service in the Second Boer War, 1899-1902

  • 2/1 Diaries kept during the Siege of Ladysmith, 1899-1900
  • 2/2 Personal correspondence, 1899-1902
  • 2/3 Letters from Hamilton to FM Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, 1901-1902
  • 2/4 Official papers, orders and regulations, South African Field Force and Natal Army, 1895-1900
  • 2/5 Operational correspondence of Lt Gen Sir Archibald Hunter, General Officer Commanding 10 Div, South African Field Force, Feb 1900-Jul 1900
  • 2/6 Operational correspondence of Hamilton's Force, South African Field Force, Jun 1900-Oct 1900

• 3 Papers relating to service as Military Secretary, War Office, 1902-1903; Quarter Master General to the Forces, 1903-1904; Military Attaché to Japanese Forces, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

  • 3/1 Diaries, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
  • 3/2 Correspondence, 1902-1905
  • 3/3 Publications of the Royal Commissions on the war in South Africa and on the Militia and Volunteers, 1903-1904

• 4 Papers relating to service as General Officer Commanding Southern Command and Adjutant General to the Forces, 1905-1910

  • 4/1 Correspondence, 1905-1910
  • 4/2 Official papers, 1905-1910
  • 4/3 Correspondence relating to Hamilton's A staff officer's scrap-book during the Russo-Japanese War (Edward Arnold, London, 1905 & 1907)
  • 4/4 Hamilton's speeches, 1907-1910

• 5 Papers relating to service as General Officer Commanding Mediterranean Command and Inspector General of Overseas Forces, 1910-1914

  • 5/1 Correspondence, 1910-1914
  • 5/2 Official diaries, orders, reports and related papers, 1908-1914
  • 5/3 Hamilton's reports on overseas forces, 1911-1914
  • 5/4 Papers, 1910-1914, relating to compulsory and voluntary military service, cadet training and Hamilton's Compulsory service, a study of the question in the light of experience (John Murray, London, 1910, 1911)
  • 5/5 Hamilton's speeches, 1910-1911

• 6 Correspondence relating to service as Commander-in-Chief Central Force, Home Defence, 1914-1915

• 7 Papers relating to service as General Officer Commanding Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 1915

  • 7/1 Correspondence, 1915
  • 7/2 Papers, 1915-1926, relating to the efficiency of officers of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and to operations at Suvla Bay and Sari Bair, Aug-Sep 1915
  • 7/3 Papers relating to Ellis Ashmead Bartlett and Keith Arthur Murdoch, war correspondents on Gallipoli, 1915-1969
  • 7/4 Instructions, reports, orders of battle, staff diary and related papers of General Headquarters, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 1915
  • 7/5 Force orders issued by General Headquarters, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Apr-Oct 1915
  • 7/6 Intelligence bulletins, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Jun-Oct 1915
  • 7/7 Papers relating to Hamilton's despatches from Gallipoli, and to recommendations for decorations for service on Gallipoli, 1915-1923
  • 7/8 Official despatches, 1914-1919, including despatches by Hamilton as General Officer Commanding Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
  • 7/9 Correspondence and articles relating to the Gallipoli Campaign, 1916- 1967, including material relating to tours, films and radio programmes
  • 7/10 Papers relating to Hamilton's Gallipoli diary (Edward Arnold, London, 1920), 1915-1960
  • 7/11 Maps of Gallipoli
  • 7/12 Official photographs of the Dardanelles Expedition, 1915-1916

• 8 Papers relating to the Dardanelles Commission, 1916-1919

  • 8/1 Correspondence, mainly with witnesses called to give evidence to the Dardanelles Commission, surnames A-Z, 1916-1918
  • 8/2 Depositions of witnesses and reports, Dardanelles Commission, 1917-1919

• 9 Correspondence with the War Office, 1917-1938

• 10 Correspondence as Colonel of the Gordon Highlanders, 1912-1949

• 11 Papers relating to Ex-servicemen, war memorials and the British Legion, 1916-1949

  • 11/1 Correspondence relating to ex-service organisations, 1918-1920
  • 11/2 Correspondence of Hamilton as President of the Metropolitan Area British Legion, 1921-1947
  • 11/3 Correspondence of Hamilton as President of the British Legion in Scotland, 1931-1949
  • 11/4 Correspondence of Hamilton as President of the South African War Veterans' Association, 1928-1949
  • 11/5 Correspondence between Hamilton and former soldiers (other ranks), mainly relating to financial assistance, 1916-1946
  • 11/6 Correspondence relating to war memorials and memorial services, 1916-1947

• 12 Papers as Lord Rector of Edinburgh University, 1933-1936

  • 12/1 Correspondence, Edinburgh University, 1932-1939
  • 12/2 Official papers and publications, Edinburgh University, 1932-1936

• 13 Principal military, political and literary correspondents, 1916-1947

• 14 Other correspondence, 1908-1969

  • 14/1 Registers of Hamilton's outgoing letters, 1917-1943
  • 14/2 Papers relating to the Anglo-German Association and Anglo-German relations, 1928-1947
  • 14/3 Correspondence with officer acquaintances, 1916-1947
  • 14/4 Personal financial correspondence, and correspondence relating to Hamilton's estates at East Grinstead, West Sussex, 1913-1947
  • 14/5 Correspondence with societies and charities, 1912-1948
  • 14/6 Correspondence relating to social engagements, 1914-1947
  • 14/7 Correspondence with members of the public, well wishers and other acquaintances, 1916-1948
  • 14/8 Correspondence between Hamilton and relatives, surnames A-Z, 1908-1948
  • 14/9 Correspondence relating to the Forth-Clyde Canal, and Hamilton's lecture tour of Scandinavia in 1924; Hamilton as Lieutenant of the Tower of London, Governor of Wellington College, and Honorary Colonel of 7/9 Bn The Royal Scots, 1918-1947
  • 14/10 Correspondence relating to the deaths and estates of Hamilton; Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton; Capt Harold Stone Knight, 1941-1962; subsequent miscellaneous accessions of research materials, 1947-2000
  • 14/11 Correspondence, mainly relating to Hamilton's literary executors, 1948-1969
  • 14/12 Appointment diaries, 1933-1949

• 15 Papers relating to Hamilton's publications, 1872-1948

  • 15/1 Drafts and manuscripts of writings by Hamilton and related source material, 1872-1939
  • 15/2 Drafts, notes and sources, 1905-1929, for Hamilton's The Commander (Hollis and Carter, London, 1957)
  • 15/3 Drafts, notes, and biographical sources relating to Hamilton's When I was a boy (Faber and Faber, London, 1939), Listening for the drums (Faber and Faber, London, 1944), and other memoirs, 1829-1946
  • 15/4 Business correspondence mainly relating to Hamilton's publications, articles and letters to the press, 1916-1942
  • 15/5 Correspondence relating to publications, articles and letters to the press by Hamilton and others, 1916-1948

• 16 Speeches, articles, prefaces, and letters to the press by Hamilton, 1918-1947

• 17 Scrapbooks and press cuttings, mainly relating to Hamilton's career, activities and publications, 1883-1971

• 18 Photographs, 1855-1947

• 19 Publications and printed material, 1814-1966

• 20 Papers of Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton

  • 20/1 Diaries of Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, 1886-1940
  • 20/2 Correspondence of Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, 1884-1940
  • 20/3 Scrapbooks and notebooks of Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, 1859-1940
  • 20/4 Literary works by Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, 1894-1919
  • 20/5 Publications belonging to Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, 1869-1940

• 21 Correspondence of Eleanor Charlotte Sellar, 1896-1934

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