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Ross Hamilton was born August 4, 1879 in Frontenac, Ontario to David Hamilton and Margaret Clyde. On February 23, 1916 he enlisted in the First World War, lying about his age and stating his birthdate as being in 1893. In 1938, he married Elizabeth "Bess" Heist (1910-1975) in Waterloo, Ontario. Hamilton worked for Waterloo Trust & Savings Co. where he met Homer Watson. Watson had been forced to sell his mortgage to the trust and saving company due to financial issues, and Hamilton became Watson's estate agent. After Watson's death in 1936, Hamilton and his wife Bess started the Doon School for the Arts in June 1948. Hamilton died June 10, 1952 and his wife took over the operations of the school until her death in 1975.
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One holograph letter, written from the trenches in France during the First World War. Ross Hamilton is sending Miss Henstridge a book he has found in a ruined house, and is asking for news of his old school, Kitchener Collegiate Institute.
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Donated in 1991 by S. MacKinnon.