General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, GCB, GCMG, DSO, TD was a senior British Army officer who had an extensive British Imperial military career in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Wikipedia
Born: January 16, 1853, Corfu, Greece
Died: October 12, 1947 (age 94 years), London, United Kingdom
Spouse: Jean Muir (m. 1887)
Parents: Christian Monteith Hamilton and Maria Corinna Vereker
Commands held: Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; Southern Command; 3rd Brigade; 1st Gordon Highlanders
Other work: Lieutenant of the Tower of London (1918–20); Rector of the University of Edinburgh (1932–35)
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