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Alexander Hamilton-Gordon (British Army officer, born 1859)

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In 1910, Hamilton-Gordon took a posting as Director of Military Operations in India, where he served until 1914, when he became
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In 1888, Hamilton-Gordon married Isabel Newmarch, with whom he had three children.
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British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War
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in February 1880. His first military service was in the
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and Caroline Herschel. His paternal grandfather was
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Francis Dodd
British Army
Lieutenant General
Royal Artillery
IX Corps
Aldershot Command
Second Anglo-Afghan War
Second Boer War
First World War
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Mentioned in Despatches
Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown
Croix de Guerre
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Lieutenant General
KCB
British Army
First World War
Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
John Herschel
Winchester College
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
commissioned
British Army
Royal Artillery
Second Anglo-Afghan War
Second Boer War

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