HAMILTON, GAIL

pseudonym of author; wrote Woman's Wrongs 1868, “HAMILTON, SIR IAN STANDISH WONTEITH (1853), Brit. general; entered army 1873; fought under Roberts in Afghanistan 1878-80; with Low in Chitral relief expedition 1895; commanded 3rd Brigade in Tirah War 1897-8. On outbreak of S. African War appointed chief of staff of the Natal relief force under Sir G. hite; commanded at EHlandslaagte (Oct. 21, 1899); through siege of Lady smith; subsequently commanded mounted infantry division; chief of staff to Kitchener 1901, and again commanded mobile columns in W. army 1903-4. At outbreak of World War appointed to commnad 4th Army, which he was organizing when sent to take charge of land forces at the Dardanelies. He was relieved of his command in Oct., 1915. He pub. A Jaunt wma Junk, 1884; Pighting of the Future, 1885; Icarus, 1886; A Ballad of Hadji, 1887; and in 1920 i ued his Gallipole Diary (2 vols.), HAMILTON, LORD GEORG E FRANCIS (1845), Brit. statesman; M.P. 1868-1906; under-secretary of state for India, 1874-8; vice-president of Council 1878-80; first lord of the Admiralty 188592; chairman of London School Board 1894-95; secretary of state for India 1895-1903; chairman of commi ion of Poor Law and Unemployment 1905-9; chairman Me so pot am i a Commi ion 1916-17.