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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