Gibraltar, 18 June 1848. General Sir Robert Thomas Wilson (1777-1849) served in Sir David Baird s expeditionary force in South Africa against the Dutch. Wilson had a varied military career, commanding Abercromby s cavalry in Egypt (1801), and commanding a Spanish brigade at the Battle of Talavera in the Peninsular War. He was Governor of Gibraltar 1842-49. He was the author of the popular History of the British Expedition to Egypt (1801 and later editions), travel diaries, memoirs and pamphlets.

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Title: Leave of Absence form, signed by Wilson as Governor of Gibraltar.
Publisher: Printed, with manuscript insertions. 13 x 8 inches, folded, fine.

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