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Gerald Hamilton | |
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Born | Gerald Bernard Francis Souter 1 November 1890 Shanghai, China |
Died | 9 June 1970 London, England | (aged 79)
Occupation | Writer |
Education | Rugby School |
Subjects | Memoir |
Gerald Bernard Francis Hamilton (né Souter; 1 November 1890 – 9 June 1970) was a British memoirist, critic and internationalist known as "the wickedest man in Europe".[1] Hamilton counted among his friends Winston Churchill, Robin Maugham, Tallulah Bankhead and Christopher Isherwood, who wrote of Hamilton's remarkable personality and frequently shady dealings in his literary memoir Christopher and His Kind.[1]