Memorial to Hamilton Anne Douglas-Hamilton

Hamilton Anne Douglas-Hamilton (28 May 1853 – 22 August 1929) was Rector at

Marlesford Marlesford is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 233. Location It is about 2 miles away from the small town of Wickham Market. M ...

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

and held the office of Honorary Canon of Bury St. Edmunds Cathedral. He was Honorary Chaplain to the Bishop of St. Edmundsbury, and served in South Africa as Archdeacon of Kimberley and the first Rector of Christ Church Arcadia, in

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...

. He played

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

when he was a student at the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

. He died in Marlesford.

Early life

Born on 28 May 1853 in

Simla Shimla (; ; also known as Simla, the official name until 1972) is the capital and the largest city of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared as the summer capital of British India. After independence, the ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

, the son of Maj.-Gen. Octavius Douglas-Hamilton and Katherine Augusta Westenra Macleod, Douglas-Hamilton graduated with an M.A. from

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

. Douglas-Hamilton was older brother to Lt. Col. Angus Falconer Douglas-Hamilton, a recipient of a posthumous VC during the Great War.

Positions held

The Revd H. A. Douglas Hamilton was appointed Rector of Latimer, Chesham and chaplain to Lord Chesham before becoming Vicar of Holy Trinity Church in 1891. In 1898, he was appointed rector of Old Charlton, Rochester. From 1915 to 1925 he was Vicar of

St Mary le Tower St Mary-le-Tower is the civic church of Ipswich and a Grade II* listed building. It was in the churchyard of St Mary that the town charter of Ipswich was written in 1200. History Although medieval, the church mostly dates from 1860 to 1870, w ...

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ...

. In South Africa Douglas-Hamilton was Archdeacon of Kimberley and Rector of St Cyprian’s Church from 1903 to 1905, after which he went to Pretoria as first Rector of Christchurch Arcadia.

Family

Douglas-Hamilton married, firstly, Lillie Bowles, daughter of J. Bowles, on 26 October 1875. They had issue: *Captain Basil Sholto Anne Douglas-Hamilton b. 11 Aug 1876, d. 12 Apr 1920 *Commander James Angus Douglas-Hamilton b. 13 Aug 1890 *Ilta Douglas-Hamilton b. b 1900, d. 10 Mar 1957 *Mary Douglas-Hamilton b. b 1900. Douglas-Hamilton married, secondly, Hon. Agnes Rosamund Bateman-Hanbury, daughter of

William Bateman-Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman William Bateman Bateman-Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman (28 July 1826 – 30 November 1901), styled The Honourable from 1837 until 1845, was a British peer and Conservative politician. Background and education Born William Hanbury at Kelmarsh, he was ...

of Shobdon and Agnes Burrell Kerrison, on 24 October 1922. He died on 22 August 1929 at age 76.

Cricket

While he was studying at the

, he was called Hamilton Hamilton. He played for

Cambridge University Cricket Club Cambridge University Cricket Club, first recorded in 1817, is the representative cricket club for students of the University of Cambridge. Depending on the circumstances of each individual match, the club has always been recognised as holding ...

1873–75, and for the

Gentlemen of England Cricket, and hence English amateur cricket, probably began in England during the medieval period but the earliest known reference concerns the game being played c.1550 by children on a plot of land at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, Surrey ...

, in a total of 15

first-class matches First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

. He was a right-handed

batsman In cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the ball with a bat to score runs and prevent the loss of one's wicket. Any player who is currently batting is, since September 2021, officially referred to as a batter (historically, the ...

and a

wicketkeeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. Th ...

who sometimes

bowled In cricket, the term bowled has several meanings. First, is the act of propelling the ball towards the wicket defended by a batsman. Second, it is a method of dismissing a batsman, by hitting the wicket with a ball delivered by the bowler. (Th ...

with a right-arm fast roundarm action. He scored 204 career runs with a highest score of 37; he held 12

catches Catch may refer to: In sports * Catch (game), children's game * Catch (baseball), a maneuver in baseball * Catch (cricket), a mode of dismissal in cricket * Catch or reception (gridiron football) * Catch, part of a rowing stroke In music * Cat ...

and completed seven stumpings; and he took eight

wicket In cricket, the term wicket has several meanings: * It is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batsman out. ...

s with a best return of four for 80.Hamilton Hamilton at CricketArchive
/ref>

References

External links

Christ Church Arcadia website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Douglas-Hamilton, Hamilton Anne 1853 births 1929 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge 19th-century English Anglican priests 20th-century English Anglican priests

Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: People * Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname ** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland ** Lord Hamilt ...

English people of Scottish descent English cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Gentlemen of England cricketers