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Douglas-Hamilton (James Angus 1890-1972). A large archive of documents relating to Royal Navy Officer Douglas-Hamilton’s life and career, including approximately 100 autograph letters sent mainly to his mother while serving aboard the Royal Yacht, HMS Hindustan, HMS King Alfred (China Station), and HMS Bedford, and also from King Edward VII’s Hospital for Officers, Royal Naval Sanatorium Hong Kong, and Royal Naval College Dartmouth, a commission signed by George V from 30 May 1910, a black and white photograph album of images taken onboard Hindustan and the Royal Yacht of crewmembers and various destinations, including approximately 11 of the then Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), 'My dear mother… the big photo of the Prince he gave me himself to be signed by him, so did not cost anything. I am afraid I cannot get any more of the ones I sent you as I was ordered to have the plates destroyed so as to allow no unauthorised prints' (from a letter written aboard HMS Hindustan, October 1911), Service Records from his time on HMS Pembroke, Victory 1, Calcutta, Hawkins, Excellent, Spanker, and Bedford, and other items including a framed black and white photograph of the King of Norway (Haakon VII) and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (his mother-in-law) with its crew aboard the Royal Yacht, Certificates and Admiralty Commendations, newspaper cuttings, and family photographs (Quantity: a carton) Commander James Angus Douglas-Hamilton entered the Navy as it was transitioning to the new training scheme for cadets and was sent directly to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth as part of the September 1905 intake. He served alongside the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) onboard HMS Hindustan in 1911, and the two became friends. Douglas-Hamilton was appointed in command of the destroyer Obedient on 16 April, 1918. He was the son of Hamilton Anne Douglas-Hamilton (1853-1929), a priest and former first-class cricketer. See also, lots 135, 191, 361-365 & 438.