Celia Lee - Jean, Lady Hamilton, 1861-1941 : Diaries of a Soldiers Wife.

Diaries of A Soldiers Wife

Celia Lee

First published in Great Britain in 2020 by

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M r Ian Hamilton, Literary Executor, the Hamilton papers, which include the diaries of the late Jean, Lady Hamilton. Mrs Barbara Kaczmarowska Hamilton for the portrait of Jean, Lady Hamilton, shown on the front cover of book. The late Miss Helen Hamilton; the late Mr Alexander Hamilton; the late Mrs Sarah Hamilton. The late Elizabeth, Lady Muir; Sir Richard Muir; The Lady Linda Muir; Miss Anna Muir; Mrs Fiona Goetz nee Muir; Mr Robert Muir. The late Mrs Katharine Cobbett; the late Mrs Griselda Maffett; Mr Roly Cobbett. Professor Ian F.W. Beckett, Honorary Professor of Military History, School of History, Rutherford College, University of Kent, who proofread the manuscript and wrote the foreword to the book. Lord Kilbracken; The Duke of Beaufort; The Honourable Christopher Godley; The Duke of St Albans; Lord Lambton; Mrs Cowan, school friend of the late Helen Hamilton, and her son Mr Tony Cowan who introduced the author to the late Miss Helen Hamilton; Miss Kitty Falzon; Mr Robin Cruickshank, RoR Intl. Ltd; Sarah, The Duchess of York; Mary, The Late Lady Soames LG DBE; The Honourable Celia Sandys; The Marquess of Northampton; Dame Frances Campbell-Preston, former Lady-in-Waiting to her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. The Prime Minister Mr Boris Johnson, formerly editor of the Spectator ; Dr Alan Sked formerly reviewer for the Spectator . Mr Derwent May, The Times diarist. Jane Hardy, Feature Journalist of the Year Award, Belfast Telegraph. Mrs Madeline Bond; Mr Robert Gary Dodds. Malgosia, Lady Belhaven & Stenton and the Chairman, Committee and staff of the Polish Hearth Club, South Kensington. The Staff of Kings College, London: Professor Brian Bond MA, FRHistS, FKC, Emeritus Professor of Military History; Patricia Methven BA, DipArch, KFC, Director of Archive Services, Liddell Hart Centre For Military Archives; Kate OBrien, Archives Collections Manager; Mr Alan Kucia, Geoff Browell Ph.D., Elizabeth Selby, Beverley Ager. Mr Andrew Roberts, Visiting Professor at the Department of War Studies, Kings College London. The staff of the library, Kings College, London. Major General Julian Thompson; Professor Peter Simkins; Mr Chris McCarthy, formerly Secretary General, British Commission For Military History; Mrs Jane Carmichael; Mr Bryn Hammond; Mr Peter Robinson; Professor Tony Morris; Mrs Cis Morris; Professor Stephen Badsey, University of Wolverhampton; Dr Keith Grieves; Mr Len Sellers. Mr Ian Stirling; Mr and Mrs J. Chambers, Kiftsgate; Mr Michael Bloch; Mr Sandy McMillan. Mr David Coombs. The staff of the National Trust, Chartwell House, Kent. Mr Alan Packwood, Director of Churchill Archives Centre, and the staff of Churchill College, University of Cambridge. Jill M. Banks, Archivist and the staff of the National Trust, Kedleston Hall. Miss Pamela Clarke, formerly Deputy Registrar, The Royal Archives, Windsor Castle. Mr Geoffrey Bailey and the management and staff formerly of Hatchards bookshop, London. The late Mrs Josephine Lamb; Mrs Joan Schlewinksi member of the Western Front Association; Mr Jim Blaney, former history teacher, St. Columbas Secondary School, Portaferry, County Down, Northern Ireland. Lewisham Library. Manor House Library, Lewisham. The Royal Society for Literature. The Central Library, Edinburgh. City of Westminster Archives Centre. The National Army Museum. Welcome Institute for the History of Medicine. The Tate Gallery. Barbara Thompson, Witt Library. Courtauld Institute of Art. Mr Ian MacKenzie, Admiralty Library. The Management and Staff of NatWest Bank, London: Mr Nicholas Harod, Mr Alan Fuller, Mr John Search, Mr Peter Farnham, Mrs Joanne Smalley, Mrs Carol Donovan, Mrs Stella Roderigues, Mr Richard Smalley, Mr Richard Laughlin. The Management and staff of Adecco Alfred Marks, Fenchurch Street, and Devonshire Row, London. Chris Gibson, Fiona Carpenter, Karla Jennings and Derek Askem.

The author extends thanks to all those who helped with the production of this book and its illustrations.

Quotations from the Hamilton archives are made with the kind permission of the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, Kings College, London, the copyright of which is the property of Mr Ian Hamilton, great nephew of General Sir Ian and Jean, Lady Hamilton.

I would take this opportunity to thank my husband and fellow historian, Mr John Lee, for his academic guidance on the First World War Dardanelles Campaign, and for his painstaking proofreading of the manuscript of the book.