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Lord David Douglas-Hamilton

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Lord David Douglas-Hamilton
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Scotland
British Empire Games
Bronze medal – third place 1934 London Heavyweight

Squadron Leader Lord David Douglas-Hamilton (8 November 1912 – 2 August 1944) was a Scottish nobleman, pilot, and amateur boxer. At the 1934 Empire Games, he won the bronze medal in the heavyweight class of the boxing tournament.[1]

Biography

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Lord David was born at Dungavel House, Lanarkshire, the youngest son of Lt. Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton RN and his wife Nina, née Poore. He commanded No. 603 Squadron RAF from 18 December 1941 until 20 July 1942. He and his brothers – Air Commodore Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Group Captain George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk, and Wing Commander Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton – made history as the only four brothers simultaneously being at the rank of squadron leader or above at the outset of World War II

Educated at Harrow, and Balliol College, Oxford. Douglas-Hamilton saw active service between 1939 and 1944, flying Spitfires in Operation Torch over Malta. On return to Britain, he was killed whilst carrying out reconnaissance over the French coast and crashed in southern England.

Marriage and issue

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On 15 October 1938 he married Ann Prunella Stack, the leader of the Women's League for Health and Beauty.

They had two sons:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Fallen Officers: Squadron Leader Lord David Douglas-Hamilton". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 4 August 1944. p. 7.
  2. ^ Douglas-Hamilton, Iain (21 February 2023). "Obituaries: Diarmaid Douglas-Hamilton, physicist, inventor, and enthusiastic mountaineer". The Scotsman. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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