HAMILTON, HAROLD (1885-1937) was the son of Augustus Hamilton (q.v.) and was born at Napier. Educated at the Waitaki Boys' High School and Otago University, he qualified as an associate in geology at the Otago School of Mines (1908). He was biologist to the Australasian Antarctic expedition (1911-14), assistant at the Dominion Museum (1919-27), and the first director of the School of Maori Arts at Rotorua from 1927 till his death (on 31 Dec 1937). During the war he served in the Royal Naval Reserve as a lieutenant. He married (1917) Edith Leahy (Southampton, England). Hamilton studied deeply the arts and crafts of the Maori, and during his administration of the school was responsible for the carving and design of many native buildings erected all over New Zealand.

Who's Who N.Z., 1932; Rotorua Morning Post, 3 Jan 1938.

Reference: Volume 1, page 191

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