Английская Википедия:Alexander Hamilton-Gordon (British Army officer, born 1859)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person Lieutenant General Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon, Шаблон:Postnominals (6 July 1859 – 13 February 1939) was a senior British Army commander during the First World War.
Early life
Hamilton-Gordon was one of ten children of General Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon and Caroline Herschel. His paternal grandfather was George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855. His maternal grandfather was John Herschel.
Military career
Educated at Winchester College, Hamilton-Gordon was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1880.[1] His first military service was in the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1880.[1] Hamilton-Gordon later served in the Second Boer War, taking part in actions at Ladysmith, Spion Kop, Vaal Kranz and Tugela Heights.[1] He became Deputy Assistant Adjutant General for Intelligence in South Africa in early 1901.[1] Arriving back in the United Kingdom, he briefly became an instructor at the School of Gunnery before he was appointed a Deputy Assistant Quarter-Master-General at Aldershot in October 1901.[2][3]
In 1910, Hamilton-Gordon took a posting as Director of Military Operations in India, where he served until 1914, when he became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Aldershot Command.[1] In 1916, he was given command of IX Corps,[1] serving at the Battle of Messines and the Third Battle of the Aisne. He was relieved in 1918 and retired in 1920.[1]
Family
In 1888, Hamilton-Gordon married Isabel Newmarch, with whom he had three children.[4]
Hamilton-Gordon died on 13 February 1939.
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