Lord David Douglas-Hamilton
Appearance
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British Empire Games | ||
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1934 London | Heavyweight |
Squadron Leader Lord David Douglas-Hamilton (8 November 1912 – 2 August 1944) was a Scottish nobleman, pilot and boxer. He was the youngest son of Lt. Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton RN and his wife Nina, née Poore. Douglas-Hamilton was one of four brothers who made history by simultaneously being at the rank of squadron leader or above at the outset of World War II, he commanding No. 603 Squadron RAF
from 18 December 1941 until 20 July 1942.
Educated at
1934 Empire Games
he won the bronze medal in the heavyweight class of the boxing tournament.
Marriage and issue
On 15 October 1938 he married
Ann Prunella Stack, the leader of the Women's League for Health and Beauty
.
They had two sons:
- astrophysicist at Harvard University
- Zoologist, also father of television presenter Saba Douglas-Hamilton
See also
- Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton
- George Nigel Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk
- Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton
References
- ^ 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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