Alasdair Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton
 .jpg) Alasdair Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton was born on 10 September 1939. He is the
son of W/Cdr. Lord Malcolm Avendale Douglas-Hamilton and Clodagh Pamela
Bowes-Lyon. He married Angela Kathleen Longley, daughter of S/Ldr. John Molony
Longley, on 24 July 1965.
Alasdair Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton was educated
at Gordonstoun School, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland. He was educated at
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
In March 1996, his
claim for title of Earl of Selkirk was rejected. He lived in 1999 at
Lessudden,
St. Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland.
Alasdair Douglas‑Hamilton, after a law degree from Edinburgh University, worked for JP Morgan in New York and London before joining Bank of Scotland Trustee Department from which he retired in 1998.
Alasdair is the author of Devoted Lyon: The Life, Letters & Diaries of Lt Col The Hon Malcolm Bowes Lyon (2017), a biographical and archival work on his maternal grandfather’s family.
His book "Lord of the Skies" published in 2011 relates the very varied and interesting life of his father Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton (1909-1964), an aviator, mountaineer, politician (various candidateships before being MP for Inverness-shire in the early 1950s, founder of The Highland Fund, devoted Scot, and man of many other parts "Lord of the Skies" was initially written at the prompting of his four children who never knew their grandfather, but the book has turned out to have a much wider range of interest.
Children of Alasdair Malcolm
Douglas-Hamilton and Angela Kathleen Longley
Fenella Mairi Douglas-Hamilton b.
19 May 1966
Angus Gavin Douglas-Hamilton b. 6 Apr 1968
Geordie Fergus
Douglas-Hamilton b. 15 May 1969
Tessa Catherine Douglas-Hamilton b. 1980
See also:
• Earls of Selkirk
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