MILITARY DOCUMENT, signed by the King and countersigned by Lord Melbourne, appointing Charles John Whyte Captain in 'Our Sixty Seventh Regiment of Foot'

also signed [illegibly] on behalf of the Secretary at War, with paper seal and revenue stamp affixed, part-printed, with the details added by hand, dated 8th August 1833 (with the later date stamp 'London 13.6.34' just below the revenue stamp). Broadside on vellum (30 cm. x 40 cm.), faintly soiled, with light vertical and horizontal creases from folding, with inked annotation ('Charles John Whyte Reg. Captain in the 67th Regiment Foot') on reverse above the pencilled note 'My father's commission'. The King's large signature is in the upper left corner above the white paper seal. The signature of the Home Secretary, 'Melbourne', is at the bottom right. *William IV (1765endash 1837), King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 1830 until his death in 1837. Less than a year after this document William Lamb, Second Viscount Melbourne (1779endash 1848) was appointed Prime Minister. The Secretary at War ran the War Office, with responsibility for the administration and organization of the Army, but not over military policy. In 1883-4 Edward Ellice, the elder (1781endash 1863) held the office.…