Brandon, Alfred Douglas Hamilton, 10th Duke of; Hamilton-Douglas, Alfred Doublas 13th Duke of Hamilton
Biography
Alfred Douglas Hamilton succeeded his kinsman, William Alexander Louis Stephen, 12th Duke of Hamilton and 9th Duke of Brandon, in 1895. He served as a Deputy Lieutenant for Lanarkshire. His various military posts included: hon. Lt.-Col. 4th Battalion H.L.I.[?], hon. Col. 6th Battalion Scottish Rifles (for which he received a Territorial Decoration), and Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. On 4 December 1901 he married Nina Mary Benita [d. 1951], daughter of Major Robert Poore and a Dame of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. They had four sons and three daughters, of whom the eldest son, Douglas, succeeded his father as 14th Duke.
Bibliography
1919
Christie, Manson & Woods. [Hamilton Palace collection sale]. London, 6 November 1919.