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enclosing a testimonial (present) for the post of Superintendent of Rural Police in Suffolk, and asking him to send "a list of the Sussex [sic] Magistrates. Peradventure there may be some, whom I can address on your behalf" (n.d.), the testimonial praises Major Griffiths "more particularly... under my immediate Command in Dublin in 1829 & 1830 as Captain in the 2nd or Kings own Regiment of Foot" and considers him "in every way qualified to fill any appointment" requiring "activity & intelligence & judicious discipline" (3rd November 1844), of the magistrates he has written to "Lord Charles FitzRoy, & Mr. Rushbrook M.P.... requesting the former to present my recommendation of you to the Duke of Grafton" (10th November 1844), in all 6 sides small 8vo., 4to., and 8vo., Floors Castle, Roxburghshire, 3rd - 10th November slight traces on each of laying down by one margin Sir Charles fought at Talavera and Salamanca, and commanded the Gujerat… Read More

5" x 3", Nantwich, 9th November Lord Combermere was 2nd in command at Salamanca, leading the famous charge of Le Marchant's and Anson's Heavy Brigades, but was wounded and sent home. His return passage took 28 days and so he was 3 days late for the battle of Vitoria. In 1815 Wellington was annoyed that command of the Cavalry in Belgium was given to Lord Uxbridge by the Prince Regent, who thought that Combermere had gossiped at Brighton years before about Mrs. Fitzherbert. Thus Combermere missed Waterloo but on the very day after Wellington wrote, 'We must have Lord Combermere if he will come' and he commanded the whole Allied Cavalry in France 1815-1816. He was Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, 1822-1825 and in India 1825-1830.

to The Rt Honble the Duke of Argyll", 1 side 8vo and conjugate blank, no place, no date,

for "£600 being two years Annuity" from his father, the 3rd Duke of Rutland (1696-1779), 4¼" x 7½", no place, 12th October Lord George took the surname Sutton in 1762 on inheriting his mother's estates.

saying he is "going by the Mail tomorrow" and asking him "like a good fellow" to "redirect any letters... to Barham Rectory, Canterbury", where his wife Charlotte's father, Canon Oxenden, was Rector, "Any Papers & there will be some by each Mail you can take to yourself... Can I do anything for you in England 1 line to me will meet with my best endeavour... Some of my things may come down... on Board the Mail directed to the Commandant here, could you give your letter Sergeant orders to ask on board" for redirecting, "I return you the book you kindly lent me with many thanks", 'O[ffice] of the C[ommandant]', Crimea, 3 sides 8" x 5", '19th' no date, circa trifling defects and light folds in outer margins without loss An early pencil note on side 4 reads "Capt Weare Asst Adjt General Wounded at Alma". He was also Assistant Quarter Master General's Commandant at Headquarters, Crimea.

recalling "our former days", and asking "are you still anxious to have one or both of my red setters", explaining that "In Camp they become too much of the Barrack dog" and since "they are both affectionate... I give you the refusal... They are very handsome & had they only fallen into good hands, wd. have been invaluable as they are perfectly indefatigable but now as wild as hawks - This I tell you, that you may not imagine they are broken in", 4 sides 8vo., North Camp, Aldershot, 6th September no year, circa neat typed identification in blank top margin and a few original blots from pen scratches on side 1, faint blank impress of a paper clip in top margins Horsford, commissioned into the Rifle Brigade, served in the Cape, 1847, the 8th Xhosa War, 1852, and the Crimea, and commanded the 6th Brigade at the capture of Lucknow, 1858. This letter was written while he was a Brigade Commander at Aldershot, 1866-1869.

truly regretting he cannot dine with the Reformers of Bridport owing to Mrs Gore-Langton's health, 1 side 8vo., Malvern, 8th August

to the Quarter Master General, Sir Robert Brownrigg (1759-1833), saying that "Lieut. Col. Scott, commanding the 103rd Regiment,... states that he cannot find any Place fit to exercise his Regiment", and supporting Scott's application to hire "Ground for that purpose", near their quarters at Warwick, especially as the 103rd is "a newly raised Corps", 1 side folio, Charles Street, 12th April remains of mounting on the verso

returning "the Proceedings of the Regimental Court Martial... which I shew'd to Sir Charles Gould", the judge advocate-general, giving the latter "much useful information", so that Sir Charles will today represent to the King "the great impropriety of suffering this disagreeable business to be carried on any further", 1 side 4to., Great George Street, 22nd February Fawcett's long career spanned Culloden, enlisting Hessians and Brunswickers to serve against America, and the Flanders campaign of 1794-1795. He translated Marshal Saxe's memoirs and on announcing the victory of Warburg to George II in German was rewarded with a lieutenant-colonelcy.

saying that he is "impatiently waiting for the prefatory pages of 'Scenes of Sports'. I have already written out the requisite quantity for the completion of the work but must have the above in order to put the whole into some kind of order... Whenever any more proofs of the Lithograph drawings are struck off pray let me have them as also your opinion of the Prospectus...", 3 sides 8vo., with integral autograph address leaf, Manchester, 12th August postmarked

at the Royal Artillery in Ringwood, dated in another hand Lord Anglesey in 1790 raised the 80th Foot or Staffordshire Volunteers from his father's tenantry. By 1801 he was Colonel of the 7th Light Dragoons, a post he held till 1842, when he became Colonel of the Royal Horseguards. He commanded the cavalry at Corunna under Sir John Moore. At Waterloo the Marquis, then Lord Uxbridge, commanded the Anglo-Belgian cavalry, contributing to the victory but losing his right leg. In a garden near the church at Waterloo there is a monument to his leg which is buried there. He was Lord High Steward at the Coronation of George IV in 1821, and twice Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1828 and 1833. He was made Field Marshal in 1846 and at the time of his death was the only Field Marshal outside the royal family.

saying "The very day... I wrote to you, The Prince found occasion to send a trusty person to London... but I hope you will receive my thanks... as entirely as if I had benefitted immediately by your kindness", and sympathizing with Mrs Baynes, "Baynes is the greatest loss to Genl. Macleod", the writer's father-in-law, Adjutant-General at Woolwich, "from his knowledge of the duties they had together, and from his attachment and friendship in executing whatever orders the General gave him", 4 sides 4to. black edged, Came House (near Dorchester, Dorset), 25th January Gardiner lived at Melbourne Lodge, Claremont, as Prince Leopold's equerry.

confirming "the necessity of hiring the field", and transmitting "an application from the Officer Commanding the East Stafford Local Militia to assemble on the 11th of June at Stafford instead of on the 17th at Derby... I see no objection", 1 side 4to., Charles Street, 4th June remains of mounting on the verso Probably (from a similar letter) addressed to the Quarter Master General, Sir Robert Brownrigg.

thanking him for "the date of training of the Norfolk Artillery Militia for 1879", 1 side 8vo, R[oyal] Y[acht] S[quadron] Aline, headed paper, Catania, 18th March light remains of laying down on blank fourth side Lord Hastings was Major in the 2nd Brigade, Eastern Division, R.A..

(1833-1907, from 1893 an Appeal Judge, from 1894 1st Baron), saying he is afraid "that there are... no engineering appointments in this country of which the India Office disposes", apart from teaching posts "attached to Cooper's Hill College", and "as to the Indian campaign... by the help of Reuter & the Press, we look at it through a microscope... Genl. Gatacre's being sent to Egypt... does not suprise me, as I knew that the Govt. had... been stopping some Indian reliefs on their way out, which showed that they meant business", 4 sides 8vo., India Office, Whitehall, S.W., 5th January transparent strip on margin of first side The Egyptian campaign culminated with the Battle of Omdurman.

(1773-1836, London publisher), asking him to "put down, as Subscribers to Dr. Jones's intended work on Divine Retribution the following [eight] names", which include his immediate family, generals and Irish peers with their addresses, 1 side 4to., Hereford Street, London, 23rd June Sir John took an active part in suppressing the Irish rebellion of 1798, and served in Egypt, Madras and Portugal. He was Governor of Gibraltar, 1809, and of the Cape 1811-1814. Hereford Street was the first turning East from Park Lane, between Oxford Street and North Row.

enclosing "for fear of accident... a Duplicate of His Majesty's Orders" sent yesterday "with a trifling Variation in the Words" [not present], "as I was much hurried, & had hardly time to save the Post", either may be "given out to the two Regts., provided they are but given out before your Lordship goes out of waiting", 1 side 4to., Great George Street, 28th June Fawcett's long career spanned Culloden, enlisting Hessians and Brunswickers to serve against America, and the Flanders campaign of 1794-1795. He translated Marshal Saxe's memoirs and on announcing the victory of Warburg to George II in German was rewarded with a lieutenant-colonelcy.

(Thomas, 1844-1922, of Highwood Lodge, Romsey), saying he "shall be very pleased to take the chair at your meeting & do what I can to forward the success of it", Netley Castle, Netley Abbey, Hampshire, 1 side 6" x 4" black-edged, 16th June left black edge slightly defective, faint brown mark over part of address

saying he considers they "should be in possession of the enclosed document" [not present], relating, according to the verso, to the Mauritius Treasury, 1 side 4to. and conjugate leaf, 39 Sackville Street, 6th April small defect in fold from former laying down Later Hall was the first Colonel of the new Wiltshire Regiment, (the 99th), whose smart turnout led to the phrase "dressed up to the nines".

(John Manners, 1721-1770, Lieutenant General) asking him to appoint "Richard Pearce the younger of the 28th Regimt of foot Storekeeper of the Ordnance at Pendennis Castle in the place of Richard Pearce the elder...", l side oblong 4to., no place, no date