Talk:Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton

Erm? Douglas Douglas-Hamilton.jpg?
Just wondering about the removal of the image of the Duke of Hamilton, which I uploaded a year or two ago- That photo was a private photo released as a press job for the Daily Mail/Express or somesuch in 1933ish following his successful mission over Everest. I have hard copy, and the copyright law of the United States has no inference or bearing here. Please reinstate, or I will. Brendandh ( talk ) 23:19, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Dates
'Hamilton had attended the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin... Hamilton had previously met Ribbentrop in London as the Ambassador to the Court of St. James's.'
 * Ribbentrop did not arrive in Britain until October 1936. Valetude (talk) 15:30, 11 May 2014 (UTC)


 * PS. I realise that Ribbentrop was a Plenipotentiary, frequently in London before 1936, though not actually ambassador at that time. Valetude (talk) 22:30, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

His secret agenda
''Hamilton was invited by Hermann Göring to inspect the newly reinstated Luftwaffe, for his professional interest in aviation. It has been suggested that Hamilton either through his own initiative or under instruction indulged in some minor espionage during these occasions.''
 * This can only mean spying on German defences on behalf of the British government -  not too likely, if he was planning to collude with Hess about a deal with Hitler. Valetude (talk) 14:08, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Crash-landed?
Hess crash landed at Floors Farm near Eaglesham [and] was taken to hospital for injuries sustained during his descent.
 * Is it not true that he baled out and parachuted down? Valetude (talk) 19:32, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Makes no sense
''When Deputy Führer Hess came down with his aeroplane in Scotland on 10 May, he gave a false name and asked to see the Duke of Hamilton. The Duke, being apprised by the authorities, visited the German prisoner in hospital.''
 * A busy Air Commodore would never visit a person he claimed not to know. Valetude (talk) 18:14, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * The Duke's substantive rank at the time was Wing Commander (as stated by Sinclair in Parliament -- he was only promoted acting Group Captain the following month) and he had a fairly dull desk job. A German baling out of a plane over East Renfrewshire and bizarrely claiming to have an important message for the Duke was obviously a person of interest and it is not surprising that the Duke went to find out what on earth it was all about, so as to give some account to his superiors, since it was obvious he was going to be asked about it anyway. The Duke was simply a good chap of high social standing who had visited Germany before the war. Hess, hoping to bring Britain to terms before the invasion of the Soviet Union and before the Americans got involved, to spare Germany the nightmare of 'war on two fronts' again, possibly imagined that dukes had more power and influence in Britain than was actually the case at that time. He may have been misled by his former professor Karl Haushofer. There is no indication at all that the Duke was any kind of Nazi sympathiser. Khamba Tendal (talk) 17:32, 28 July 2023 (UTC)