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Promotions etc

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I'm beginning to wonder if there were two Douglas Hamilton's active in India at about the same time as the promotion dates I can find in the London Gazette don't always match with what's currently in the article. Prior to 1857 he wouldn't have held a Queen's commission, so I woudn't expect to find him there. Post Crown rule in the wake of the Mutiny I find:

  • Major, 29 June 1858 "No. 22828". The London Gazette. 4 March 1864.
  • Lieutenant colonel, 1 January 1862 "No. 22625". The London Gazette. 13 May 1862.
  • Brevet colonel, 1 January 1867 "No. 23450". The London Gazette. 15 December 1868.
  • Substantive colonel, 1 January 1874 "No. 24091". The London Gazette. 1 May 1874.
  • Major general, 1 Ocotber 1877 "No. 24552". The London Gazette. 15 February 1878.
  • (Major general, transferred to unemployed supernumerary list), 1 July 1881"No. 25042". The London Gazette. 29 November 1881.
  • Lieutenant general, 10 March 1882 "No. 25104". The London Gazette. 5 May 1882."No. 25119". The London Gazette. 20 June 1882.

David Underdown (talk)

I checked a number of Army Lists across the relevant years yesterday. The dates I found agree with the ones in the Gazette above, so I think we ought to correct them. David Underdown (talk) 14:46, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
David, Thanks for checking the Lists. I've incorporated the Gazettes's dates into the article. Please check to see that I transcribed correctly. Conflicting dates still are unexplained. Autobiography dates are from Quarterly Indian Army List of 1891. (see:Hamilton, p. xxxix) Did/can you check that one?--Marcus (talk) 06:17, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Brother Richard's rank is incorrect. He also attained the rank of General. His daughter, Helen Sarah Hamilton, married Sir Bruce Maxwell Seton, 8th Baronet of Abercorn. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/edward-walford/the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla/page-323-the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla.shtml Nothinheavy (talk) 03:51, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Visit to Australia

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King George Sound seems more likely than St George's Sound.--Grahame (talk) 12:04, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

He would have gone to Adelaide to visit his brother George. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hamilton-george-12961/text23427 Nothinheavy (talk) 03:43, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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