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Ralph Gerard Alexander Hamilton

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| first_name = Ralph Gerard Alexander
| name = Hamilton
| honorific_prefix = Hon.Master of Belhaven
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| image = File:Hamilton,_Ralph_Gerard_Alexander.jpg
| elected_ESL =
| elected_ASL =
| elected_AI = 1909.11.21
| elected_APS =
| elected_LAS =
| membership = ordinary fellow
| left = 1909 last listed
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=== House Notes ===
Master of Belhaven1909.11.03 proposed by W. Gowland, seconded by T.A. Joyce
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
Very detailed diary of the Hon. Ralph Gerard Alexander Hamilton, Master of Belhaven.<br />Served as an interpreter with the Expeditionary Force in 1914 until wounded, returned to France in September 1915 as O/C ā€œCā€ Bty., 108 Bde. Royal Field Artillery, 24th Div. Later rose to command the brigade. Killed in action 31st March 1918.<br />London: J. Murray, 1924.<br />This books is available in PDF download. Original URL: http://dbooks.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/books/PDFs/503077282.pdf<br /><br />Lieut-Col. The Hon. Ralph Gerard Alexander HAMILTON, Croix de Guerre with Palm (France). Royal Horse Artillery, commanding 106th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died 31st March 1918. Age 35. Killed when a shell burst under his horse, the second time that had happened. This time it was fatal. Master of Belhaven, son of 10th Baron Belhaven and Stenton and Lady Belhaven and Stenton, of Wishaw House, Wishaw, Lanarkshire; husband of Lady Grizel Hamilton. The grave is near the north-west corner at the rear of the cemetery [Rouvrel Communal Cemetery, Somme]<br /><br />
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