Field Marshal George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney,, styled Lord George Hamilton from 1666 to 1696, was a British army officer and the first officer of the British Army to be promoted to the rank of fi
Portrait by Martin Maingaud, 1724
The Battle of Ramillies where Hamilton began a diversion and then turned the manoeuvre into a highly successful assault
Hamilton as a centurion, 1733, by John Michael Rysbrack
Field marshal has been the highest rank in the British Army since 1736. A five-star rank with NATO code OF-10, it is equivalent to an Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy or a Marshal of the Royal A
George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney
…Field Marshal George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, (February 1666 – 29 January 1737), styled Lord George Hamilton from 1666 to 1696, was a British army officer and…
Charles III in the no. 4 warm weather service dress of a field marshal in the British Army
Field Marshal's uniform and baton (pertaining to the late Sir John Stanier) on display in the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum, Edinburgh Castle.
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and Duke of Greenwich by William Aikman