Search Results: Political Military from Sophie Dupre

saying that "Miss Skinner being a Minor would prevent your wishes being comply'd with; my own Settlements shackle me, as much; & all that I can do to satisfy the wish of an old Friend and school fellow" is to assure him "of my leaving him quiet & undisturbed possession of his Land & my constant endeavour to influence those concerned to follow the same object", 2 sides 4to., no place, 29th November Fitzroy, a grandson of the 2nd Duke of Grafton, was Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick's ADC at Minden. From 1759 he had a seat in Parliament, although he continued to serve under Prince Ferdinand and in 1761 brought home the news of the victory at Kirchdenkern. In November 1784 he was one of those friends sent by the Prince of Wales to tell Mrs Fitzherbert that, unless she came to Carlton House, the Prince's life was in danger.

saying that the present occupier of New Hall Farm at Gawsworth "is a drunken idle Fellow, & has no one requisite to a Farmer but money which is rather a scarse commodity in that part of the World", so that "your idea of arranging that farm seems the best, viz. to divide it", he comments that "People in that part seem to go a round about way in asking for things... [Robinson] desired me... to lett Mr Tickell have the Fields (& not Himself)... Mr Tickell lets him occupy his lands in his absence so it will probably come to the same thing", he does not find any lowering of rents "in England as yet... In a bad year it may perhaps be now & then necessary to throw back something to a distressed & industrious Tenant", his own "expences must be curtailed... by us who from being over-housed &c are called on to contribute so largely to the publick Revenue", and he will send "a memorandum" about carrying on "my Plantations at… Read More

thanking them for their letter and saying that she "did get a video-cassette of the TFI program: How very shabby and mingy of Mons GOULEY not to have sent you one, AND a large case of champagne (or some other elegant attention!). I'm glad 'your'... was all right & did not shame you! We are just finishing a blissful 10 days divided between Paris & la Normandie (including a visit to this fascinating place)...", 1 side postcard with a picture of the kitchen in the Claude Monet Museum in Giverny, Giverny, 5th June TFI is a French Television Channel.

Col. Edward Ritchie Coryton Graham, b. 1858, Assistant Adjutant General in South Africa, saying he was delighted "to be able to do a good turn to an old friend, Bigge told me he had received the Queen's commands to write to you", he expects "most of the troops at the front have been indebted to you and your staff for what you have sent up... I hope that the end of next week may see Kruger safely 'in the cart'... the news from China diversifies our anxiety... I have been able to run down here for Sunday, owing to the Khedive being too ill to land" in the Thames, complaints about the war have diminished "since Roberts' successes began", but "calling up Reservists, Royal Reservists, and embodiments of Militia" means "our Barracks are full to overcrowding", sending "some thousands of men on furlough. We have not got to the bottom of the British Army yet!", embossed monogram and coronet, 4 sides 7" x 4½", Wilton… Read More

sending his "official reply [not present] respecting No. 72 Gunner James Anderson R.A.'s effects", 1 side 8vo., War Office, 29th March

saying "in regard to the Marble Quarry at Billinton Hill", that he has "every where... seen such a quantity of very fine articles manufactured from the product of it... that Mr. Brown must have had a very good bargain", and not to reduce the rent, to help with letting "the new Hall farm" (at Gawsworth) he encloses a memorandum [not present] of 1783 "of the probable rise on the expiration of leases" of the estate in Cheshire, he has "a general wish... of letting the labourers who are deserving of it have from 3 to four Acres of land near their Cottages" as "the best means of relieving the poor", having always observed "such pieces... to be kept in the best order... sufficient to keap a cow & to supply them with Potatoes, but no more... the Farmers are apt to look with jealousy on these small Renters, but as the latter are less likely to be burthensome to the Parrish, the others gain in this respect, as well as... the community",… Read More

reposing especial trust and confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and Good Conduct", and appointing him to the Union Defence Forces as 2nd Lieutenant in the Active Citizen Force, printed in a bold italics with typed (dot-matrix style) additions, large blind embossed seal of the Union, 13¼" x 17", Durban, 29th June a little browning in fold and small portion of margin

with the words 'Lt Gov', 6" x 3½", no place, no date

the verso mentions a "[Fi]eld Hospital", with his portrait engraved by Charles Holl "from authentic portraits in the possession of the family", showing him half length in uniform with decorations and the Order of the Bath, no date, c. 1860, the signature c. During the Mutiny Havelock recaptured Cawnpore after winning four victories and marching 120 miles in 9 days. He died just after relieving Lucknow for the second time.