Published by Virtue, 1890
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United Kingdom
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid original engraved portrait of an eminent person. Professionally mounted and ready to frame. Unusual, attractive and decorative. C. 1890.
Publication Date: 1834
Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, United Kingdom
Manuscript / Paper Collectible Signed
Loose as Issued. Condition: Good. Unique. Lord Raglan autograph on piece ( Paper watermarked in the weave 1833). Historical Note: *As a junior officer, he served in the Peninsular War and the Waterloo campaign, latterly as military secretary to the Duke of Wellington. He also took part in politics as Tory Member of Parliament for Truro, before becoming Master-General of the Ordnance. He became commander of the British troops sent to the Crimea in 1854: his primary objective was to defend Constantinople, and he was also ordered to besiege the Russian Port of Sevastopol. After an early success at the Battle of Alma, a failure to deliver orders with sufficient clarity caused the fateful Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. Despite further success at the Battle of Inkerman, a poorly coordinated allied assault on Sevastopol in June 1855 was a complete failure. Raglan died later that month, after suffering from dysentery and depression. Signed by Author(s).
Published by 'Horse Guards Whitehall London / 1st August ', 1846
Manuscript / Paper Collectible Signed
See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, foolscap 8vo. In fair condition, on aged paper with nicks and small closed tears to extremities. Addressed to 'Thos. M. Wilson Esqre / the Captain 59 foot', and signed 'Fitzroy Somerset'. The document is in a secretarial hand, only the signature being in Somerset's autograph. He has received and submitted to 'the Commander in Chief' Wilson's letter regarding his son 'Mr Charles Monck Wilson', whose application to become 'a Candidate for the purchase of a Commission in the Infantry of the Line' 'His Grace will have much pleasure in considering', one he has 'attained the prescribed age'. He ends with an enquiry regarding 'the young gentleman's precise date of birth'. C. M. Wilson had joined the army by 1852, but by 1870 he was working as parish clerk and registrar in Limerick.
Published by Horse Guards London. 18 November, 1846
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
1p., 4to. Good, on lightly aged and creased paper. Raglan signs and addresses Bickerstaff at the foot of the letter, otherwise it is in a secretarial hand. It reads: 'Horse Guards | 18 November 1846 | Sir, | I am directed by The Commander in Chief [the Duke of Wellington] to acquaint you, that, on your lodging the Sum of £250 - in the hands of Messrs. Cox & Co of Craigs Court His Grace will submit your name to Her Majesty for the purchase of a Lieutenancy in the 64th Foot - | I have the honor to be, | Sir, | Your humble Servant, | Fitzroy Somerset | Ensign Bickerstaff | 64th Foot'. The War Office would announce the promotion on 29 December 1846: 'Ensign Robert Bickerstaff to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Maddison, who retires'.