Army In 1907, he joined the 3rd Battalion (Lothian Regiment) of the
Scots Guards as a
Second Lieutenant, and transferred to the
Grenadier Guards in 1909, having been promoted to the rank of Captain the previous year. During the
First World War, he was
mentioned in despatches in 1914 for having "commanded a machine-gun for five days and nights without relief, with great effect and under severe fire." The same year, he was made a Companion of the
Distinguished Service Order. In 1916, he was made an
MVO as courtier to the
Prince of Wales, and in 1918 he became an Officer of the
Order of the Crown of Italy and was awarded the
Croix de Guerre.
Royal household In 1919, Lord Claud was employed as an
equerry to
Edward, Prince of Wales and made a
CMG in 1920 for services to the Prince on his overseas visits. In 1921, Hamilton was promoted as Deputy
Master of the Household, made an Extra Equerry to
King George V a year later and an Equerry in 1924. In 1932, he was promoted to a
CVO, and to a
GCVO in 1937. In 1936, he was one of the escorts of the
gun carriage at the King's funeral and became
Queen Mary's Comptroller, Treasurer and Extra Equerry that year. He served in these offices until her death in 1953, when he became an Extra Equerry to
Elizabeth II until his own death in 1975 aged 85. ==References==