Ian Hamilton (British Army officer)

Sir Ian Hamilton
Sir Ian Hamilton in c. 1910
Born	(1853-01-16)16 January 1853 Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands
Died	12 October 1947(1947-10-12) (aged 94) London, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1869–1915
Rank	General
Commands	Mediterranean Expeditionary Force Southern Command 3rd Brigade 1st Gordon Highlanders
Battles / wars	Second Anglo-Afghan War First Boer War Mahdist War North West Frontier Second Boer War Russo-Japanese War First World War Gallipoli Campaign
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Territorial Decoration Mentioned in Despatches Order of the Red Eagle (Prussia) Order of the Crown (Prussia) Order of Merit (Spain) Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japan)
Other work	Lieutenant of the Tower of London (1918–20) Rector of the University of Edinburgh (1932–35)

General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, GCB, GCMG, DSO, TD (16 January 1853 – 12 October 1947) was a senior British Army officer who had an extensive British Imperial military career in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Hamilton was twice recommended for the Victoria Cross, but on the first occasion was considered too young, and on the second too senior.^[1] He was wounded in action at the Battle of Majuba during the First Boer War, which rendered his left hand permanently injured. Near the end of his career, he commanded the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War.