author
Lord Frederic Hamilton
1856–1928
A globe-trotting aristocrat, diplomat, and memoirist, this writer left behind vivid accounts of high society, politics, and travel in the late Victorian and Edwardian world. His books have the easy, anecdotal feel of someone who had seen a great deal and enjoyed telling the story.
3 Audiobooks
Here, There and Everywhere
by Lord Frederic Hamilton
The Days Before Yesterday
by Lord Frederic Hamilton
The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday Being Some Random Reminiscences of a British Diplomat
by Lord Frederic Hamilton
About the author
Born on October 13, 1856, Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton was a British aristocrat, diplomat, politician, and author. He was a son of the 1st Duke of Abercorn, served in the diplomatic service from 1877 to 1884, and later sat in Parliament as a Conservative MP.
As a writer, he is best remembered for memoirs and reminiscences such as The Days Before Yesterday, The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday, and Here, There and Everywhere. Those books draw on a life spent moving through courts, political circles, and far-flung parts of the British imperial world, giving his work a lively mix of personal memory, travel writing, and social observation.
He also became known for helping introduce skiing to Canada in the 1880s, an unusual detail that hints at the adventurous side of his life. He died on August 11, 1928, leaving behind books that capture the manners, personalities, and atmosphere of a vanished age.