SIGNED HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM LT.-GEN. ARTHUR RICHARD WELLESLEY, 2ND DUKE OF WELLINGTON

Original Note dimensions 80mm x 170mm. Delightfully personal handwritten note signed by Lt.-Gen. Arthur Richard Wellesley, Second Duke of Wellington: "Captain Hewett has my permission to fish at Hampton Court during the present season- June 1859. Wellington." The note was originally folded and has three crease lines and was at some point mounted on lightweight ivory card. /Lieutenant-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, KG, PC (1807–1884) British soldier and politician. The eldest son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, victor of Waterloo and Prime Minister, he succeeded his father in the dukedom in 1852 and held minor political office as Master of the Horse from 1853 to 1858. In 1858, he was made a Knight of the Garter./ Possibly Captain James Duff Hewett (1830-1865) son of Lt.-Col. William Hewett (1795–1891) whose son, James Duff Hewett, served as a Captain in the New Zealand Wanganui Militia. James was killed by M_ori in February 1865 during the New Zealand Wars. His killers took a sword that had been carried by William Hewett at Waterloo. It was later recaptured and returned to the family. Further research may prove rewarding. Very good. Slight wear, slight creasing and marking with very small loss in crease.…