Name |
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton |
Title |
Air Commodore |
Suffix |
14th Duke of Hamilton |
Born |
3 Feb 1903 |
Pimlico, Westminster, Middlesex, England |
Gender |
Male |
History |
Between 1 Aug 1936 and 16 Aug 1936 |
Berlin, Prussia (Preußen), Germany |
Hamilton attended the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. A keen sportsman, he had flown his own plane to Germany where he was a member of a multi-party parliamentary group which had been invited to Berlin to observe the games by the German government.
In Berlin he attended numerous functions, including a grand dinner for the British contingent hosted by Joachim von Ribbentrop, the German ambassador to Britain and later Foreign Minister, where he was introduced to Hitler and other leading members of the National Socialist government. Hamilton had previously met Ribbentrop in London as the Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. Hamilton was invited by Hermann Göring to inspect the newly reinstated Luftwaffe, for his professional interest in aviation. |
History |
10 May 1941 |
Floors Farm, Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
Rudolf Walter Richard Heß (Hess) (b. 26 Apr 1894 d. 17 Aug 1987) usurping his position as Deputy Führer, intended to discuss peace between Germany and Britain crash landing at Floors Farm near Eaglesham at 10:34pm and gave his name as "Alfred Horn", a friend of the Duke of Hamilton; Hess however, was taken to hospital for injuries sustained during his descent. Hamilton was informed of the prisoner and visited him whereupon he revealed his true identity. Hamilton immediately contacted Winston Churchill, and informed him of the Deputy Führer's arrival.
On 20 May 1941 Hess was transported from the Tower of London to Camp Z which was at Mytchett Place, Mytchett, Surrey, England where he was confined for 13 months. Hess was ultimately imprisoned by the British authorities until the end of the war. At the Nuremberg trials, he was spared the death penalty as a result of his intention to seek peace and served a life sentence from 1947 at Spandau Prison, Berlin until he died. |
Died |
1973 |
Person ID |
I62466 |
Red1st |
Last Modified |
23 Oct 2014 |