Memorial to Hamilton Anne Douglas-Hamilton

Hamilton Anne Douglas-Hamilton (28 May 1853 – 22 August 1929) was Rector at

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and held the office of Honorary Canon of Bury St. Edmunds Cathedral. He was Honorary Chaplain to the Bishop of St. Edmundsbury, and served in South Africa as Archdeacon of

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and the first Rector of Christ Church Arcadia, in

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. He played

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when he was a student at the

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. He died in Marlesford.

Early life

Born on 28 May 1853 in

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, the son of Maj.-Gen. Octavius Douglas-Hamilton and Katherine Augusta Westenra Macleod, Douglas-Hamilton graduated with an M.A. from

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. Douglas-Hamilton was older brother to Lt. Col.

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, 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,

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. 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

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of Shobdon and Agnes Burrell Kerrison, on 24 October 1922. He died on 22 August 1929 at age 76.

Cricket

While he was studying at the

, he was called Hamilton Hamilton. He played for

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1873–75, and for the

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, in a total of 15

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. He was a right-handed

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and a

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who sometimes

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with a right-arm fast roundarm action. He scored 204 career runs with a highest score of 37; he held 12

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and completed seven

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; and he took eight

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s with a best return of four for 80.Hamilton Hamilton at CricketArchive
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References

External links

Christ Church Arcadia website
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