Search Results: Military or Naval from Sophie Dupre

relating to 'Wm. Radcliffe's Estate Escheated to the Crown', saying that "about July 1739 His Grace and Mr Brudenell" asked the Lords of the Treasury to intercede with George II for the grant of the estate, and reporting the progress of the resulting Commission under the Great Seal, "the Jury has found the Lands mentioned... escheated... and of the yearly Value of £262:12:- Clear of Reserved or Quit Rent of £16:9 a year", the Commissioners will give their verdict on 15th November, 3 sides 4to., title on fourth side, no place, November With an "Abstract of the Statute of the 1st of Queen Anne" governing leases for lives and reserved rents at the end.

asking him to "see if anything can be done for the writer of this, & if not tell her so...", Whitehall, Brougshane, Col Antrim, 21st September White was stationed at Peshawar during the Indian Mutiny and then fought at the Battle of Charasiab in October 1879 and at the Battle of Kandahar in September 1880 during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. For his bravery during these two battles, he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He went on to command a brigade during the Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1886 and became commander of Quetta District in 1889 in which role he led operations in the Zhob Valley and in Balochistan. He was commander of the forces in Natal at the opening of the Second Boer War and fought at the Battle of Elandslaagte in October 1899. He commanded the garrison at the Siege of Ladysmith: although instructed by General Sir Redvers Buller to surrender the garrison he responded "I hold Ladysmith for the Queen" and held out for another four months before being relieved in… Read More

saying that although he and Edwina are delighted that his selfless work for the country has been recognized by a peerage, they are both sad he is leaving, however "I am delighted that you have joined 'our house'...and am glad that you have more than caught up with Biddy!" he goes on to say that "With Anthony and Quintin removed and Duncan introduced into your late Ministry [of Defence] I feel very alone in my fight for any service", 2 sides 8vo, First Sea Lord, Admiralty, headed paper, 14th January

saying that this is the first opportunity he has had to "acquaint you the I unfortunately fell in with & was taken by the Privateer Le Sauterelle Capt Peter de Beauregard of Brest of 16 Carr Guns, 16 Swivels and 200 Men on ye 22nd June last... forty leagues to westward of Scillys. I immediately was ordered on board the Privateer where I remained with our Ship in Company cruising... we arrived in Brest when we were ordered... to Goals... against Capt Beauregard's will who made his Owner Mr Clement a Merchant there stir so briskly about my Liberty that upon his Bond the Chief Mate & Boy were released... to live in this place... it's situated about sixty miles from Brest and 20 from Morlaix in a Tolerable Country where we made a shift to live as well as our Unfortunate Circumstances will permit tho it is very expensive. I desire you immediately send me a letter of credit on Mr Charles Sanderson at Morlaix who is a Correspondent of Mr Hours. I am now Endeavouring to get as many of… Read More

saying that "Notwithstanding the neglect... for these last 8 months in never writing the confidence I have in your honor and integrity has induced me not to be precipitate in removing my business into other Hands", and accordingly he sends two orders ('Seconds') on the Victualling Board and another on the Commissioners of the Navy, totalling "£2406 01s 00d Sterling which you will lay out as before directed... but should you continue Obdurate in not regular communication with me, and giving me Statements... I shall appoint another Agent", ending "Your Very humble Servant", 1 side folio, Martinique, February 24th small piece in blank margin caught on opening seal Duckworth went to sea at 11 during the Seven Years' War and, though unemployed for several years, was still working at the Admiralty when he died. In February 1797 he was made Rear-Admiral in his own ship, a compliment to his bold and often successful service. In 1801 he was sent straight from… Read More

explaining that he fears his letter of the 19th "was in the Mail that was robbed", he had first heard that day "of your lands being distrained three days after the rent was due... Mr Verschoyle... solemnly assured me that Crawford had done it... without his knowledge or direction... I am incapable of countenancing such behaviour... few events have ever... vexed me half so much... Crawford I shall certainly dismiss", but will have to remain long enough to go over the accounts, he hopes Lady Granard's letter to Montgomery's brother will vindicate him, "for if I had injured, I should never have added to it by... professions of friendship", 3 sides 4to., Dublin, 25th December

(1873-1952, American Diplomat) in Washington D.C. delivered by hand in London, with the date added in another hand, 19th August In 1915 Gary was appointed assistant solicitor in the State Department. In 1917 he was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson as diplomatic agent and consul general to Egypt in charge of American interests in Palestine, Syria, and Arabia, where he formed a close friendship with Field Marshal Viscount Allenby.

(William WILBERFORCE, 1759-1833, Philanthropist and Abolitionist) requesting his "particular attention to the enclosed statement, and to recommend to your countenance and protection, the Bearer, Mr Wyatt, for whose Character and talents, I entertain a sincere respect, & who will be found to be deserving of any mark of favor which you may be pleased to manifest towards him...", 1 side 4to., 15th March top edge unevenly trimmed Written during his period as Foreign Secretary in Perceval's cabinet.

addressed to "The Admiral Sir R. Bickerton Bt, Portsmouth", 9" x 5½", no place, no date Sawyer saw service during the American Revolution, the French Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the Napoleonic Wars. He eventually rose to the rank of Admiral. Rear-Admiral Sir Richard BICKERTON (1st Baronet, 1727-1792) was a Naval Officer who finished his career as a rear admiral in the Royal Navy and was ennobled as the first Baronet Bickerton of Upwood. He served in several naval engagements, and died Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth in 1792.

(1804-1869, Traveller and Politician) saying that he hopes "you will not think that I had forgotten the desire expressed in our note of 11th Inst for a Copy of certain Meteorological observations from Ceylon, but it has taken some little time to obtain the information, & now I send it with a note from Lt Col. James R.E. Superintendant of the Ordnance Survey, who has organised the system of collecting Meteorological observations, over different parts of the world, by means of the Engineer Officers. If you require the details to which he adverts, you can have access to them as he proposes. I enclose also the whole of Col. James' last Report as it may interest you to see what we are doing...", 3 sides 8vo., War Department, Pall Mall, Ofice of Inspecror General of Fortifications, 21st November Sir John served as engineer with Sir John Moore and with Wellington throughout the Peninsular War, then in America, France and Portugal, and was Inspector General of Fortifications 1843-1868.

saying that "your letter of the 25th of Novr last was sent from London to Doncaster in the expectation that I should receive it upon my Road from Scotland, and been but just retuned to me from that Place which is the reason why I have not taken an earlier opportunity of thanking you for it. Give me leave to do it now, and to request the farther favour of you to send the Box addresst to me in Dover Street, either by Land or Water Carriage as the size of it may render most advisable. If its bulk makes a Water Carriage preferable you will be so good as to address it to the Car of Mr Henry Foot in Durham Yard in the Strand...", 1 side 4to., Dover Street, 21st January In February 1768 he was appointed ambassador at St Petersburg and was well received by Catherine the Great. He served at the Russian court until 1772. On his return to Britain he was elected Rector of Glasgow University in 1773.

accepting for dinner on Wednesday 8th July, 3 Devonport Street, Hyde Park, 19th June n.y., probably light traces of laying down on blank fourth side Fenwick Williams Pasha (the first Christian to receive this title by Turkish official decree), supporting the Turks on the Caucasian front, held Kars in a remarkable seige by Count Muraviev, till compelled to capitulate on 26th November 1855. In one assault the Russians lost 7000 men. Williams was granted a pension of £1000 for life. After the Crimean War, Williams was also General-Commandant of Wooolwich Garrison, and Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery, 1864.

saying "I shal1 be ready to do my best to obtain corrections for the sheets relating to the Royal Family", with a fine large Photograph by Walery, Photographer to the Queen, seated full length, working at a small carved table, 9¾" x 7¼", on a lithographed mount, 12¾" x 8½", the letter 1 side 8vo., Buckingham Palace, 6th September fold and tiny tear in one plain corner of mount

to Monsieur Marquadet, "citizen of Paris at the Golden Lion opposite the Quai des Vieux Augustins near the Bronze Horse", saying he hopes soon at Court to meet "His Eminence", Cardinal Mazarin, Louis XIV's chief minister, "and offer my services for the glorious journey" (to the Pyrenees), Mazarin has already "told Marshal Villeroi", (1598-1685, the king's former governor) "that he would be delighted to see me... as you know the end of the whole matter is to be the King's marriage", accordingly he asks Marquadet to send him 12 out of the 16 dinner sets he is looking after for him, to advise "your son-in-law to send me my little service in the manner of honest folk", to unwrap a package and pick out six livery jackets ('casaques') "and a small one for a page", which the bearer "the Captain of my garrison at Narbonne" will take, the dinner services should weigh 210 pounds with carriage at 2 sous a pound,… Read More

thanking her for "last Wednesday" and the party to hear the Mussorgsky, "that superb Boris... Grace was exceptional... & whatever the press cats may say - I thought that room in the Kremlin with its scarlets & greys... very like one that was in the Kremlin when I saw it in 1917", adding "I do hope Sir John will be our next P.M.", with a long P.S. about the Cowdrays, 4 sides 8vo., 23, Kingston House South, S.W.7, 26th November

(George Cornwallis-West, 1874-1951), saying "I know you have all you want to excuse short notice... perhaps the Chartreuse might attract rather than the few pheasants, however it remains for your delectation another day", and praising his book " 'Edwardian Heydays'.. It should bring you some gryst - as it is a bright spot amongst all the meretricious muck provided today", 3 sides 6¾" x 5", Cadland, Southampton, 2nd December

saying "The Carriage your House built for me 1797 I have left behind me in Edinburgh having finished its Career... I wish a substantial and perfect Coach... ready for my arrival in Town... the first week in March... Many more letters must pass... I shall only say now that I want a Close Coach and tho' fashionable... of medium Dimensions for a family, not heavy, tho' substantial for long journeys to this distant part of the world", he specifies the windows "I... have had no Carriage built but by your House, and will not in London if you serve me equally well", adding only "Your springs... were never so easy as from other Houses", and directing that they "correct this Error", 2 sides 8vo., Galloway House, Dumfries, 25th December n.y., c. As Captain, the Earl distinguished himself at the taking of Guadaloupe, in April 1794, and at Cape St. Vincent. He married a sister of the famous Marquis of Anglesea.

addressed to her husband at Gey's House, near Maidenhead, saying that her first letter "since my necessary departure" had "opened an Opportunity of your making such Proposal for a Separation between Us as you should think proper", but to no effect, she is now required "by my Proctor to furnish those minute instructions necessary... the heavy expence of which we must both wish to avoid", she is still open to an "amicable Separation" but otherwise must pursue protection and remedy in "the Commons", that is, Doctors' Commons near St.Paul's, where the ecclesiastical judges and lawyers resided, and requests "your answer in a few days... directed to Mr Bogg", 1 side 9½" x 8¼", address on verso, no place, May The couple married in London on 22nd March 1789. Lady Lindores was living at Gey's House when she died in 1837.

explaining that unfortunately he is "engaged to go into Hampshire... or should have had great pleasure in joining your party to the Crystal Palace... for, between London and Woolwich I have had not a moment for recreation or the society of my friends", no place, 'Thursday' no date, c. light traces of laying down on blank fourth side Fenwick Williams Pasha, supporting the Turks on the Caucasian front, held Kars in a remarkable seige by Count Muraviev, till compelled to capitulate on 26th November 1855. In one assault the Russians lost 7000 men. After the Crimean War, Williams was General-Commandant of Wooolwich Garrison, and Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery, 1864.