Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton
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Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton OBE DFC |
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| Member of Parliament for Inverness | |
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In office 23 February 1950 – 1954 |
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| Preceded by | Murdoch Macdonald |
| Succeeded by | Billy McLean |
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| Born |
Malcolm Avondale Douglas-Hamilton 12 November 1909 |
| Died | 21 July 1964 (aged 54) Cameroon |
| Cause of death | Airplane crash |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Unionist |
| Spouse(s) |
Pamela Bowes-Lyon (m. 1931) |
| Children | 4 (Niall; Alasdair) |
| Parents |
Alfred Douglas-Hamilton Nina Douglas-Hamilton |
| Alma mater | Eton College |
Pamela Bowes-Lyon (m. 1931)
Wing Commander Lord Malcolm Avondale Douglas-Hamilton, OBE, DFC (12 November 1909 – 21 July 1964) was a Scottish nobleman and politician.
Douglas-Hamilton was third son of the Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton, and Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton. He was educated at Eton College and at the RAF College Cranwell.
He married twice: firstly in 1931 to the Hon. Pamela Bowes-Lyon, a granddaughter of the 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne) and cousin to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. They had four children. His elder son, Alasdair, wrote a biography of his father, Lord of the Skies.
Following their divorce he was wed in 1953 to Natalie Scarritt née Wales (1909-2013), an American who had organised the Bundles for Britain campaign in World War II.
After his second marriage, he emigrated to the United States, where he became extremely active in fostering relations between Scotland and Americans of Scottish descent. He considered the United States to be his adopted country. He founded, along with his wife, the American Scottish Foundation, which after the Saint Andrews Society is the oldest American organization devoted to US/Scottish relations in existence. The organization was responsible for establishment of Scotland House, and the Scottish Ball, an annual charitable dinner devoted to raising money to support the American Scottish cause.
He served with the Royal Air Force from 1929 to 1932, then worked in civil aviation until the outbreak of the Second World War.
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