Alexander Hamilton-Gordon (1859-1939)

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Alexander Hamilton-Gordon
1859-1939
Allegiance	Great Britain
Service/branch	Army
Commands held	IX Corps

Alexander Hamilton-Gordon (6 July 1859-13 February 1939) KCB was a British general during World War I.

Hamilton-Gordon was one of ten children of General Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon, K.C.B. and Caroline Herschel. His grandfather was George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855. He was educated at Winchester College. In 1888, he married Isabel Newmarch, with whom he had three children.

His first military service was in the Second Afghan War in 1880. Hamilton-Gordon later served in the Boer War, reaching the rank of colonel. Between 1900 and 1910, he served as a staff officer in the Royal Artillery, reaching the rank of Lieutenant-General. In 1910, he took a posting as Director of Military Operations in India, where he served until 1914, when he was transferred to Aldershot as commandant. In 1916, he was given command of IX Corps, serving at the Battle of Messines and the Third Battle of the Aisne. He was relieved in 1918.

He died in 1939.