Claud Archibald Aubrey Douglas-Hamilton BA MBE (1889 - 1961)

Born 26 May 1889 in Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 25 Jan 1961 at age 71 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Claud Douglas-Hamilton BA MBE is a member of Clan Douglas.

Claud was born on 26 May 1889. He was the son of Aubrey Douglas-Hamilton and Lucy Fitzgerald.^[1]

He was also known as Claud Archibald Aubrey Hamilton.

UK Census Date 1891: Living with his parents, four siblings and four servants in Ramsgate Rd, St Peter, Kent, England. Aged 1.

He was educated at Uppingham School, Uppingham, Rutland, England. Claud graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1910 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).

Claud married Evelyn Addison Chater (daughter of Thomas Addison Chater) on 8 October 1915. They had at least one daughter; Evelyn.

He was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in 1920.

He was in the Egyptian Civil Service and was awarded the Order of the Nile 4th class.

Claud passed away in 1961 at the age of about 71.^[2]

Australia, Victoria, Index to Probate Registers:

Event Place: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Residence City: London

Event Date: 14 February 1962^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XTF-NZL : 1 October 2014), Claud A A Douglas-Hamilton, 1889; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006,"
2. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCG-HV5J : 4 September 2014), Claud A A Douglas-Hamilton, 1961; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006,"
3. ↑ "Australia, Victoria, Index to Probate Registers, 1841-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVND-CXQ : 9 March 2018), Claude A A Douglas-Hamilton, 14 Feb 1962; citing Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, series 577, record 222, Public Record Office, Victoria; FamilySearch digital folder 004105251.

• Johnston, George Harvey. "The Douglases of Angus." The Heraldry of the Douglases: With Notes on All the Males of the Family, Descriptions of the Arms, Plates and Pedigrees. Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, Limited, 1907.49. Print.

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p11000.htm#i109997

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23D-V3Z : 11 December 2017), Claud Douglas-Hamilton in household of Aubrey Douglas-Hamilton, St Peters, Kent, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census,"