Background
He was the youngest son of Lieutenant Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton Registered Nurse and his wife Nina, née Poore.
He was the youngest son of Lieutenant Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton Registered Nurse and his wife Nina, née Poore.
Balliol College; Harrow School.
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 World War II, he himself commanding Number. 603 Squadron Royal Air Force from 18 December 1941 till 20 July 1942. Educated at Harrow, and Balliol College, Oxford.
Douglas-Hamilton saw active service between 1939 and 1944, flying Spitfires in Operation Torch over Malta.
On return to Britain, he was killed whilst carrying out reconnaissance over the French coast, and crashed in southern England.