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NameMajor Denys Archibald Rowan-Hamilton MVO 
Birth26 Apr 1921
General2nd s. In Black Watch.
EducationWellington. RMC Sandhurst.
FatherBrig Gawaine Basil Rowan-Hamilton DSO, MC (1884-1947)
MotherPhyllis Frances Blackburn (1894-)
Notes for Major Denys Archibald Rowan-Hamilton MVO
Took over Killyleagh from his cousin Sheilah Hermoine Hamilton.
DNB Main notes for Major Denys Archibald Rowan-Hamilton MVO
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Rowan Hamilton, Lieut. Col. Denys Archibald
Details: MVO, JP, DL; born 26.4.21; marr., Wanda Warburton; 1s.; 2d.
Education/Career: Wellington College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 1st Battalion, Black Watch, North Africa, Sicily, Italy and North West Europe, 1939 - 45; ADC, Governor Southern Rhodesia, 1946; Served, West Africa Frontier Force, Black Watch; Staff College, 1953; Brigade Major, Korea, 1954; Oslo with NATO, Commanded 4th/5th Battalion, Black Watch; Defence AttachÈ, Damascus, Beirut, 1964 - 67; Farmer, 1967 - 87. Stood for Alliance Party in various elections; Councillor (and Chairman), Down District Council for 8 years.
Recreations: shooting; fishing; golf; gardening; maintaining my home.
Address:
Home: Tullymacnowes House, 120 Clay Road, Killyleagh BT30 9PN.
Tel: 028 44828311.
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Rowan Hamilton, Lieut. Col. Denys Archibald
Details: MVO, JP, DL; born 26.4.21; marr., Wanda Warburton; 1s.; 2d.
Education/Career: Wellington College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 1st Battalion, Black Watch, North Africa, Sicily, Italy and North West Europe, 1939 - 45; ADC, Governor Southern Rhodesia, 1946; Served, West Africa Frontier Force, Black Watch; Staff College, 1953; Brigade Major, Korea, 1954; Oslo with NATO, Commanded 4th/5th Battalion, Black Watch; Defence AttachÈ, Damascus, Beirut, 1964 - 67; Farmer, 1967 - 87. Stood for Alliance Party in various elections; Councillor (and Chairman), Down District Council for 8 years.
Recreations: shooting; fishing; golf; gardening; maintaining my home.
Address:
Home: Tullymacnowes House, 120 Clay Road, Killyleagh BT30 9PN.
Tel: 028 44828311.
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