Dr Iain Douglas-Hamilton, CBE, who died 8 December, 2025, aged 83, was a scion of the Dukes of Hamilton & Brandon.
Douglas-Hamilton was a pioneering elephant researcher who spent nearly 60 years studying Africa’s elephants, beginning in Tanzania’s Lake Manyara National Park with the first scientific study of elephant behaviour in the wild. A leading voice against the ivory trade, he helped drive the 1989 global ban after witnessing devastating population declines in the 1970s and 1980s. He was appointed OBE in 1992, and advanced to CBE in 2015.
He was born 16 August, 1942, the second son of Squadron Leader Lord David Douglas-Hamilton (1912-1944), by his first wife the former Ann Prunella Stack, OBE (who died 30 Dec, 2010), and was a grandson of the 13th Duke of Hamilton & 10th Duke of Brandon (1862-1940).
He married in 1971, Oria Rocco, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Mario Rocco, by who he had issue, two daughters, Saba Iassa (born 1970), and Dudu Mara (born 1971)
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