Alexander Hamilton-Gordon

Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon, (6 July 1859 – 13 February 1939) was a British Army officer who served in World War I.

Early life Hamilton-Gordon was one of ten children of General Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon and Caroline Herschel. His paternal grandfather was George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855. His maternal grandfather was John Herschel.

Military career Educated at Winchester College followed by the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Hamilton-Gordon was commissioned into the British Army's Royal Artillery in February 1880. His first military service was in the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1880. His next posting was to the War Office as an assistant quartermaster general, taking over from Colonel Percy Lake and for which he was granted the brevet rank of colonel. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in June 1907 and was promoted to colonel in June 1909.

In 1910, Hamilton-Gordon took a posting as director of military operations in India, where he served until 1914, when, now a major general, he became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Aldershot Command. and given command of IX Corps,

Family In 1888, Hamilton-Gordon married Isabel Newmarch, with whom he had three children.

Hamilton-Gordon died on 13 February 1939.