Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton - Later Life

Later Life

In retirement, Hamilton was a leading figure in the ex-servicemen organization, the British Legion holding the position of Scottish President.

Hamilton was also a founding member and vice-president of the Anglo-German Association in 1928 which promoted pro-German sentiment in Britain. Hamilton remained with the Association after Adolf Hitler's rise to power and described himself as "an admirer of the great Adolph Hitler", dismissing Mein Kampf as a youthful excess.


A statue of the then Lt.-Gen Hamilton still stands on the Boer War memorial in Cheltenham.

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