Anglo Boer War

Surname

Forename

Rank

Notes

Unit

Goold-Adams

Hamilton

Lieutenant Colonel

BSACM Matabeleland 1893 (0).
Source: BSACM rolls

Bechuanaland Border Police

Goold-Adams

Hamilton John

Major

Born in Company Cork, Ireland, on June 27, 1858. He is son of Richard Wallis Goold-Adams, of Jamesbrook, Company Cork, and was educated privately and on the training ship Conway. He joined the Army in Jan, 1878, receiving his Captaincy seven years later, and his Majority in 1895 In Sir Charles Warren's Bechuanaland Expedition in 1884-5 he served under that officer; he commanded the BBP in the Matabele War of 1893, and in the Boer War he served during 1899 and 1900, first as Resident Commissioner in Bechuanaland, afterwards having command of the Kimberley Town Guard during the latter half of the siege (twice mentioned in despatches). Major Goold-Adams retired from his regiment, the Royal Scots, in March, 1901, when he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the ORC, which important position he still occupies, but from which he is expected to shortly retire.

Kimberley TG

Goold-Adams

Sir Hamilton John

Lieutenant Colonel

QSA (1) DoM
Source: Mafeking Siege Account and Medal Roll

Mafeking Town Guard

Goold-Adams

W R

2nd Lieutenant

Frontier Wars. SAGS (1) 1879

1st (Royal) Dragoons

Goold-Adams