H.A. Douglas-Hamilton
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Hamilton Anne Douglas-Hamilton, who was Rector at Marlesford, Suffolk, England, held the office of Honorary Canon of Bury St. Edmunds Cathedral, was Honorary Chaplain to the Bishop of St. Edmundsbury, and had served in South Africa as Archdeacon of Kimberley and the first Rector of Christ Church Arcadia, in Pretoria.
Early life
Born on 28 May 1853, the son of Maj.-Gen. Octavius Douglas-Hamilton and Katherine Augusta Westenra Macleod, Douglas-Hamilton graduated with an M.A. from Trinity College, Cambridge. Douglas-Hamilton was older brother to Lt. Col. Angus Falconer Douglas-Hamilton, a recipient of a posthumous VC during the Great War.
Positions held
The Revd H. A. Douglas Hamilton was appointed Rector of Latimer, Chesham and chaplain to Lord Chesham before becoming Vicar of Holy Trinity Church in 1891. In 1898, he was appointed rector of Old Charlton, Rochester. From 1915 to 1925 he was Vicar of St Mary le Tower, Ipswich.
In South Africa Douglas-Hamilton was Archdeacon of Kimberley and Rector of St Cyprian’s Church from 1903 to 1905, after which he went to Pretoria as first Rector of Christchurch Arcadia.
Family
Douglas-Hamilton married, firstly, Lillie Bowles, daughter of J. Bowles, on 26 October 1875. They had issue:
- Captain Basil Sholto Anne Douglas-Hamilton b. 11 Aug 1876, d. 12 Apr 1920
- Commander James Angus Douglas-Hamilton b. 13 Aug 1890
- Ilta Douglas-Hamilton b. b 1900, d. 10 Mar 1957
- Mary Douglas-Hamilton b. b 1900.
Douglas-Hamilton married, secondly, Hon. Agnes Rosamund Bateman-Hanbury, daughter of William Bateman-Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman of Shobdon and Agnes Burrell Kerrison, on 24 October 1922. He died on 22 August 1929 at age 76.[1]
References
- ↑ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, pages 1285-6.