Maj.-Gen. Octavius
Douglas-Hamilton (1821-1904) was the son of Lieutenant
Augustus Barrington Price Anne Powell Hamilton
and Maria Catherine Hyde,
a grandson of Admiral Charles
Powell Hamilton and Lucretia
Prosser. He was born on 15 February 1821 in Boulogne,
France.
The family surname was changed to Douglas-Hamilton in 1875.
Octavius Douglas-Hamilton was commissioned in 1839 in 2nd Bengal
European Cavalry. In 1840, he pas posted to 4th L.C. and directed to
join. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1841, Captain in 1851, Major
in 1858. Lieutenant Colonel 1863 and Colonel in 1870. He retired in
1875 and was granted the honorary rank of Major General.
He served in the Punjab Campaign in 1848 and 1849, and at the Siege
of Delhi in 1857, and the actions at Hindon and Basil-Ka-Serai.
He married Katherine
Augusta Westenra Macleod, daughter
of Captain Donald Macleod,
on 29 June 1852. He died on 14 August 1904 at age 83.
He died on 14 Aug 1904 at 46 Marylands Road, Paddington, London,
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- Children of Maj.-Gen. Octavius
Douglas-Hamilton and Katherine Augusta Westenra
Macleod:
- • Venerable
Hamilton Anne Douglas-Hamilton+
b. 28 May 1853, d. 22 Aug 1929
• Captain
Augustus Maynard Douglas-Hamilton
b. 29 Nov 1854, d. 19 Aug 1928. Served in the 4th
Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
• Katherine
Seymour Douglas-Hamilton
b. a 1855, d. 17 Apr 1944
• Captain
Charles Reginald Sydney Douglas-Hamilton+
b. 5 Oct 1856, d. 8 Feb 1935. Served in the Gordon
Highlanders.
•
Major Angus
Falconer Douglas-Hamilton, V.C.+
b. 20 Aug 1863, d. 26 Sep 1915
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