Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton

Alfred Douglas - Hamilton ( born March 6, 1862 in Shanklin, Isle of Wight, † March 16 1940 in Dorset) was a Scottish nobleman, 13th Duke of Hamilton and 10th Duke of Brandon.

Alfred Hamilton was the son of Charles Henry Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Anne Hill. He succeeded his distant cousin William Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton 13th Duke of Hamilton in 1895.

Alfred served in the Royal Navy and distinguished himself there through daring maneuvers in aerial combat. In 1890, he was temporarily paralyzed by a disease, which zunichtemachte marriage plans with the only daughter of the 12th Duke of Hamilton. In 1895 he had recovered from the disease and inherited the 12th Duke, who left huge debts.

The headquarters of the family, Hamilton Palace, Alfred presented in the First World War as a hospital available. By including running coal Galleries of the family, the palace was so badly damaged that it had to be demolished in 1921. The Duke then selected Dungavel House as its headquarters. Alfred was awarded several honorary ranks of the army.

The Duke was in 1901 married to Nina ( 1878-1951 ), daughter of Robert Poore with whom he had the following children:

• Douglas Douglas - Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton ( 1903-1973 )
• Jane (* 1904) was, until 1946, first marriage 1927 Charles Ernest Whistler Mackintosh, then in a second marriage in 1947 with Leo Zinovieff and his third wife in 1972 Vivian Norton Bell
• George Nigel Hamilton (1906-1994), 10th Earl of Selkirk
• Margaret (* 1907), married in 1930 James Drummond -Hay
• Malcolm Avondale (1909-1964), married in 1931 Clodagh Pamela Bowes -Lyon, a 2nd degree cousin of the former Queen Elizabeth
• David (1912-1944) like,
• Mairi Nina (1914-1927)