Sir Hamilton William Kerr

1st Baronet (1 August 1903 – 26 December 1974)

was a British Conservative Party politician. At the 1950 general election, he was elected as MP for Cambridge, holding that seat until his retirement at the 1966 general election. He was made a Baronet, of Cambridge, in 1957. The title became extinct on his death in 1974. Sir Hamilton Kerr's residence was left to the University and Fitzwilliam Museum. With a bequest this founded the current Institute.

The archive contains personal papers, photographic albums, sketches and watercolours, newspaper cuttings and miscellaneous materials by Hamilton Kerr, including the following:

several volumes of an occasional diary of events, dating from the 1920's
volumes of notebooks containing personal reflections on life, religion, philosophy etc.
some notes for speeches with occasional copy letters
a small folder of letters from the young Hamilton kerr at school to his mother
an album containing photographs of his paintings
a folder of press cuttings

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