Cosmo Hamilton

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Cosmo Hamilton (29 April 1870 – 14 October 1942), born Henry Charles Hamilton Gibbs, was an English playwright and novelist.

Hamilton was born in Norwood. He took his mother's maiden name when he began to write. Hamilton was married twice: First to Beryl Faber, née Beryl Crossley Smith, the sister of C. Aubrey Smith, who died in 1912, and then to Julia Bolton, the former wife of playwright Guy Bolton. He was the brother of writers A. Hamilton Gibbs and Sir Philip Gibbs.

His London musicals include The Catch of the Season (1904), The Belle of Mayfair (1906), The Beauty of Bath (1906). He then wrote a number of Broadway shows, and many screenplays. He died, aged 72, in Guildford, England.

Hamilton wrote dozens of novels, averaging a novel per year most of his adult life. His novels include:

Plain brown (1909)
A plea for the younger generation (1913)
The door that has no key (1913)
The Miracle of Love (1914)
The Sins of the Children (1916)
Two kings and other romances (1917)
Who cares? a story of adolescence (1919) ISBN 978-1-4069-2525-8
The Rustle of Silk (1922)
His Majesty, the King: A Romantic Love Chase of the Seventeenth Century (1926) ISBN 978-0-548-02418-8

During the First World War Hamilton was a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Air Service.

References

Twentieth Century Authors: A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature, edited by Stanley J. Kunitz and Howard Haycraft, New York, The H. W. Wilson Company, 1942.

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 33495648 LCCN: n86836027 ISNI: 0000 0000 6374 9896

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Name	Hamilton, Cosmo
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Short description	English novelist
Date of birth	29 April 1870
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Date of death	14 October 1942
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