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Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton

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Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (January 16, 1853 - October 12, 1947) was a general in the British Army and is most notably known for commanding the ill-fated Mediterranean Expeditionary Force during the Battle of Gallipoli.

Hamilton's military career began in 1873 and he served in India and Africa. He was Chief of Staff to Lord Kitchener during the Boer War and was knighted in 1902.

Kitchener appointed Hamilton to command the Allied expedition to gain control of the Dardanelles straits from Turkey and capture Constantinople.

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Biography

Born in 1853
Educated at Cheam, Wellington College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Commissioned into 12th (East Suffolk) Foot, 1872
Served in Ireland, 1872-1873
Transferred to 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt, 1873
Regimental service in India, Afghanistan and South Africa, 1873-1881, including active service in Second Afghan War, 1878-1880, and First Boer War, 1881 (severely wounded, Battle of Majuba Hill, 1881)
Aide-de-camp to Gen Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Bt, as Commander-in-Chief Madras, 1882-1884, and Commander-in-Chief East Indies, 1886-1890 (including Burma Expedition, 1886-1887)
Served with 1 Bn Gordon Highlanders during First Sudan Expedition, 1884-1885
Assistant Adjutant General for Musketry in Bengal, India, 1890-1893
Military Secretary to Gen Sir George Stuart White, Commander-in-Chief East Indies, 1893-1895
Assistant Adjutant General and Assistant Quarter Master General, Chitral Relief Force, North West Frontier, 1895
Deputy Quarter Master General in India, 1895-1898
Officer commanding 1 Bde and 3 Bde, Tirah Expeditionary Force, North West Frontier, 1897-1898
Commandant, School of Musketry, Hythe, Kent, 1898-1899
Assistant Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Natal Field Force, 1899, and Maj Gen commanding 7 Bde, Second Boer War, South Africa, 1899-1900
Lt Gen, commanding Mounted Infantry Div, Second Boer War, South Africa, 1900-1901
Military Secretary, War Office, 1901
Chief of Staff to Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander-in-Chief, South Africa, Second Boer War, 1901-1902
Military Secretary, War Office, 1902-1903
Quarter Master General to the Forces, 1903-1904
Military representative of India attached to 1 Japanese Army, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
General Officer Commanding Southern Command, 1905-1909
Adjutant General to the Forces, 1909-1910
General Officer Commanding Mediterranean Command, and Inspector General of Overseas Forces, 1910-1914
Commander-in-Chief Central Force, Home Defence, 1914-1915, World War I
General Officer Commanding Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 1915, World War I
Lieutenant of the Tower of London, 1918-1920
Retired from the Army, 1920
Colonel of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 1904-1914
Colonel of the Gordon Highlanders, 1914-1939
Lord Rector of Edinburgh University, 1933-1936
President, 1922-1935, and Patron, 1935-1947, of the Metropolitan Area British Legion
President of the British Legion in Scotland, 1935-1947
President of the South African War Veterans' Association, 1932-1947
Died 1947