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{{Short description|British army officer}} | |||
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[[File:Douglas_Hamilton,_1870.jpg|thumb|250px|Major-General Douglas Hamilton, 1870, age 52]] | [[File:Douglas_Hamilton,_1870.jpg|thumb|250px|Major-General Douglas Hamilton, 1870, age 52]] | ||
[[File:Douglas Hamilton, signature.jpg|thumb|250px|''D.H.'' signature]] | [[File:Douglas Hamilton, signature.jpg|thumb|250px|''D.H.'' signature]] | ||
General '''Douglas Hamilton''' (8 April 1818 – 20 January 1892) was a | General '''Douglas Hamilton''' (8 April 1818 – 20 January 1892) was a British [[Presidency armies|Indian Army]] officer, gazetted to the 21st Regiment of the [[Madras Army|Madras Native Infantry]] from 1837 to 1871. He was a well known surveyor of the early British [[hill station]]s in [[South India]] and a famous [[Hunting#Modern sport hunting|sportsman]], [[Hunting#Indian subcontinent|shikari]], [[big-game hunter]] and [[Trophy hunting#The hunting trophy|trophy]] collector. He was an acute observer of [[nature]] and a [[Gentleman#Modern usage|gentleman]]. He legitimately shot more [[game (food)|game]] in the [[Nilgiri Hills]] than any other sportsman.<ref name="Hamilton, p. xxxviii">Hamilton, p. xxxviii</ref> | ||
==Family== | ==Family== | ||