Maj-Gen Hubert Ion Wetherall Hamilton, CB, CVO, DSO^[1]

1861 - 1914  (53 years)

• Name	Hubert Ion Wetherall Hamilton  [2, 3]
  Prefix	Maj-Gen
  Suffix	CB, CVO, DSO
  Born	27 Jun 1861
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	3rd s. Was ADC to Geo V. Cdg 3rd Division at his death. d.unm.
  Died	14 Oct 1914	La Couture, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  	Cause: Slain
  Notes	His thin India office record is: Name: Hubert Ion Wetherall HAMILTON Event type: Biography Start date: Start year: 1861 End date: End year: 1914 Biographical notes: Maj-Gen served in 3rd Burmese War Who was Who I p.309 Transcribed by: British Library India Office Records Reference: Source name: Who was Who I p.309 Source year: Source edition: Presidency: _______________________________________ His entry on the Commonwealth War Graves site is: Casualty Details Name: HAMILTON, HUBERT IAN WETHERALL Initials: H I W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Major General Regiment/Service: General Staff Unit Text: Cdg. 3rd Division Age: 54 Date of Death: 14/10/1914 Awards: C B, C V O, D S O Additional information: Son of Lt. Gen. Henry Meade Hamilton, C.B. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 1284. Cemetery: CHERITON (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD __________________________________________________________ Who Was Who has: HAMILTON, Maj.-Gen. Hubert Ion Wetherall (1861-1914) Details: HAMILTON, Maj.-Gen. Hubert Ion Wetherall, CB 1906; CVO 1909; DSO 1898; commanding 3rd Division from 1914; born 27 June 1861; 3rd son of Lieut-Gen. Henry Meade Hamilton, CB. Work: Entered Queen's Regt 1880; Adjutant, 1886-1890; Major, 1908; served Burmese Expedition, 1886-1888 (medal with two clasps); Egyptian campaigns, 1897-1898-1899, including battles of Atbara and Khartoum (despatches three times, DSO, British medal and Khedive's medal with four clasps); South Africa, 1899-1902; as DAAG and AAG Army Headquarters, South Africa, 1900; Military Secretary to General Lord Kitchener, Commander-in-Chief, South Africa, 1900-1902 (despatches three times, ADC to the King with Bt of Col, Queen's medal with four clasps, King's medal with two clasps); Mil. Sec. to Gen. Lord Kitchener, Commander-in-Chief in India, 1902-1905; Commanding 7th Brigade, 1906-1908; Maj.-Gen. General Staff Mediterranean Command, 1908-1909; Commanded North Midland Division, 1911-1914. Address: Cholderton House, near Salisbury. Clubs: Army and Navy. Died: 14 October 1914 ______________________________________
  Person ID	I1750064975	Red1st
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2008

  
  

  Father	Maj-Gen Henry Meade Hamilton, CB,   b. 8 Dec 1819,   d. 14 Jul 1895, 26 Charles Street, St. James', Westminster, Middlesex, England  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	HenriettaMaria Borrowes,   b. Abt 1825,   d. Dec 1902, Bristol, England  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Married	5 Jun 1845	Clifton, Bristol, England   [4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F672630372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 14 Oct 1914 - La Couture, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S25458533684] Tim Powys-Lybbe. [S25458533571] Landed Gentry, Burke, LG of Ireland 1958, Hamilton article, p. 347. [S25458532987] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Hie memorial for 1914. [S25458533701] Lyon Register, (A Lyon Herald), (of the Court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland), Bruce Meade Hamilton"s matriculation, 10 July 1997. [S-64429076157] Free BMD England & Wales, FreeBMD, (Free BMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Microfilm and microfiche of the England and Wales, Civil Registration Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London), Their marriage, Q2 of 1845, Clifton dist, vol 11, p. 353. [S25458533713] J J Howard and F A Crisp, (Clearfield, 1897-1918), Borrowes article, vol 5 of 1911, p. 17.