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Earl of Selkirk KT GCMG GBE PC QC (* 4. Januar 1906 in Merley, Wimborne Minster , Dorset , England ; † 24. November 1994 ) war ein britischer Group Captain der Royal Air Force , Diplomat und Politiker der Conservative Party , der fast 50 Jahre dem House of Lords als Mitglied angehörte und mehrere Ministerämter bekleidete.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Air Force Cross. Mentioned in Despatches (2) Group Captain George Nigel "Geordie" Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk, KT, GCMG, GBE, AFC, AE, PC, QC (4 January 1906 – 24 November 1994) was a British nobleman and Conservative politician.
27. Apr. 2022 · Group Captain George "Geordie" Nigel Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk, KT, GCMG, GBE, AFC, AE, PC, QC (Scot.), (4 January 1906 - 24 November 1994) was a Scottish nobleman and Conservative politician. Born at Merly, Wimborne, Dorset, he was the second son of the 13th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon and Nina Mary Benita, youngest ...
- "Geordie"
- November 24, 1994 (88)
- January 04, 1906
- 10th Earl of Selkirk, Earl of Selkirk
Tenth earl. When the ninth earl died in 1940, his eldest son, Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, inherited the dukedom, but the earldom of Selkirk and its subsidiary title passed under the special remainder (provision 3 above) to his second son, Lord George Douglas-Hamilton, who succeeded as 10th earl.
10th Earl of Selkirk: History: Paymaster-general 1953-1955, Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster 1955-1957 and First Lord of the Admiralty 1957-1959. UK Commissioner for Singapore and...
He served as Fighter Command's chief intelligence officer and the personal assistant to Air Chief Marshal Dowding. Douglas-Hamilton was also involved in countering the German task force operating near Ceylon. Douglas-Hamilton was twice Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Air Force Cross in 1938 and the OBE in 1941.
George Nigel Douglas-Hamilton, 10. Earl of Selkirk KT GCMG GBE PC QC (* 4. Januar 1906 in Merley, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England; † 24. November 1994) war ein britischer Group Captain der Royal Air Force, Diplomat und Politiker der Conservative Party, der fast 50 Jahre dem House of Lords als Mitglied angehörte und mehrere Ministerämter ...
