Correspondence with members of the public, well wishers and other acquaintances, 1916-1948

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1916 Jan 1-1918 Dec 30

Correspondence with members of the public, including well wishers, soldiers who served under Hamilton in Gallipoli, and those who had met Hamilton previously in Australia and New Zealand, being mainly letters of admiration, Christmas greetings, and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1919 Jan 3-1919 Dec 31

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, Christmas and birthday greetings, and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1920 Jan 8-1920 Dec 22

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, Christmas greetings, and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1920 Dec 8-1922 Jul 31

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, Christmas greetings, and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton, and including correspondence between Hamilton and the Imperial War Museum regarding deposit of the instructions given by FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, to Hamilton on 13 Mar 1915 as Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. 1 file

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1922 Jul 22-1923 Oct 2

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, Christmas greetings, and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton, and including letter from the Hon Mary Ada Pickford, 20 Aug 1923, on the death of her father Rt Hon William Pickford, 1st Baron Sterndale of King Sterndale, former Chairman of the Dardanelles Commission, and the latter's opinion of the Commission's criticism of Hamilton. 1 file

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1923 Oct 5-1924 May 14

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, Christmas greetings, and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton, and including reaction to Hamilton's The friends of England, lectures to members of the British Legion (G Allen Unwin, London, 1923); letter from Alec Riley, 15 Dec 1923, former signaller of 6 Bn Manchester Regt, with photographs of trenches on Gallipoli, May 1915. 1 file, 5 photographs

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1924 May 15-1924 Dec 30

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, Christmas greetings, and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1925 Jan 1-1925 Aug 14

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, birthday and Christmas greetings, and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1925 Aug 16-1926 Jun 29

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, birthday and Christmas greetings, and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

HAMILTON: 14/7/10

1926 Jul 2-1927 Apr 8

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, birthday and Christmas greetings, and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton, and including correspondence with Arnold Rechberg, German industrialist, regarding development of industrial alliances between Great Britain and Germany. 1 file

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1927 Apr 5-1927 Oct 29

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1927 Nov 6-1928 Jun 30

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, birthday and Christmas greetings, and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1928 May 1-1928 Dec 29

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, Christmas greetings, and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1928 Dec 5-1929 Dec 27

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, Christmas greetings, and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1930 Jan 15-1930 Aug 1

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, birthday greetings, and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1930 Aug 8-1931 Feb 3

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1931 Jan 30-1931 Jun 30

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton, and including reaction to a BBC radio broadcast of an interview between Hamilton and Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie on the Gallipoli Campaign. 1 file

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1931 Jun 30-1932 May 19

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, birthday greetings, requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1931 Nov 1-1945 Dec 6

Correspondence relating to Hamilton's BBC radio broadcast attempting to trace 'Little Ian Hamilton' a boy from South Shields, County Durham, a previous correspondent with Hamilton; Hamilton's finding 'Little Ian' employment in London; subsequent career of 'Little Ian' as soldier and officer with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regt in India, 1934-1945. 1 file

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1932 Apr 27-1933 Jan 20

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, birthday and Christmas greetings, requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton, and including correspondence with Professor Kisfalud Sigismund de Strobl and Professor Louis Lederer regarding the sculpting of de Strobl's bust of Hamilton. 1 file

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1933 Jan 26-1933 Mar 24

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, congratulations on Hamilton's 80th birthday, requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1933 Mar 3-1933 Sep 29

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1933 Sep 10-1934 Feb 27

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, birthday greetings, requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. With Beauty in repose by Alfred S Reeve (A S Reeve, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1933). 1 file

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1934 Mar 2-1934 Jun 23

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1934 Aug 1-1934 Dec 4

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1934 Nov 19-1935 Feb 14

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, Christmas greetings, congratulations on Hamilton's 82nd birthday, and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1935 Feb 3-1935 Nov 28

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1935 Dec 8-1936 Mar 25

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, Christmas greetings, congratulations on Hamilton's 83rd birthday, requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1936 Mar 30-1936 Aug 1

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1936 Aug 4-1936 Dec 29

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. With two caricatures of Hamilton drawn by C L Davidson. 1 file

HAMILTON: 14/7/31

1937 Jan 3-1937 Feb 28

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, congratulations on Hamilton's 84th birthday requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1937 Feb 26-1937 Jul 12

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1937 Jun 22-1937 Sep 24

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers and requests for Hamilton's autograph. 1 file

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1937 Aug 6-1937 Dec 30

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, Christmas greetings, and requests for Hamilton's autograph. 1 file

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1938 Jan 9-1938 Mar 22

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, congratulations on Hamilton's 85th birthday, requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton, and letters of appreciation on Hamilton's BBC radio broadcast, 'The Battle of Majuba Hill, 1881', for the series, 'I was there', 27 Feb 1938. 1 file

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1938 Mar 1-1938 Aug 8

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers and requests for Hamilton's autograph. 1 file

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1938 Jul 15-1938 Dec 15

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers and requests for Hamilton's autograph. With five photographs of Hamilton at Royal Naval Division reunion, Crystal Palace, London, 11 Jun 1938. 1 file, 5 photographs

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1938 Nov 15-1939 Jan 27

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, Christmas greetings, congratulations on Hamilton's 86th birthday, requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

HAMILTON: 14/7/39

1939 Feb 1-1939 Sep 25

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, congratulations on Hamilton's 86th birthday, requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton; letters of appreciations from friends on receiving Hamilton's autobiography When I was a boy (Faber and Faber, London, 1939). 1 file

HAMILTON: 14/7/40

1939 Oct 1-1940 Jan 28

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, Christmas greetings, congratulations on Hamilton's 87th birthday, including correspondence with Robin Craig Guthrie, artist, regarding Guthrie's request to be appointed an official war artist. 1 file

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1940 Jan 29-1940 Oct 1

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, requests from friends for assistance in gaining war work, and including correspondence with Lt Col Norman Macleod, regarding their campaign for Highland regiments to be allowed to wear the kilt on active service. 1 file

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1940 Oct 10-1941 Jan 30

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, Christmas greetings, congratulations on Hamilton's 88th birthday. 1 file

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1941 Jan 27-1941 Nov 29

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, greetings and requests for photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1941 Dec 2-1942 May 22

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, Christmas greetings, and congratulations on Hamilton's 89th birthday. 1 file

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1942 Jun 5-1943 Mar 25

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, Christmas greetings and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1943 Jan 10-1943 Mar 26

Messages of congratulation received by Hamilton from relatives, friends, acquaintances and associations on his 90th birthday. 1 file

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1943 Apr 7-1943 Dec 31

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, Christmas greetings and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1944 Jan 2-1944 Apr 14

Messages of congratulation received by Hamilton from relatives, friends, acquaintances and associations on his 91st birthday. 1 file

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1944 Jan 3-1945 Apr 4

Correspondence with members of the public and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, Christmas greetings and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1945 Jan 7-1945 Apr 12

Messages of congratulation received by Hamilton from relatives, friends, acquaintances and associations on his 92nd birthday. 1 file

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1945 Mar 10-1948 Feb 4

Correspondence with members of the public, relatives and acquaintances, being mainly well wishers, greetings and requests for autographs and photographs of Hamilton. 1 file

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1946 Jan 5-1946 Mar 22

Messages of congratulation received by Hamilton from relatives, friends, acquaintances and associations on his 93rd birthday. 1 file

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1947 Jan 1-31

Messages of congratulation received by Hamilton from relatives, friends, acquaintances and associations on his 94th birthday. With photograph of Hamilton as General Officer Commanding Southern Command, reviewing 7 Bn Manchester Regt on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, 31 May 1909. 1 file, 1 photograph