An Original Part Letter written and signed by Field Marshal Sir John Lintorn Simmons

Field Marshal Sir John Lintorn Simmons SIGNED

Verlag: UK, 1847

Beschreibung

An Original Part Letter written and signed by Field Marshal Sir John Lintorn Simmons. The letter is undated but C1890. A partial letter missing the front page discusses issues at the University and its examining board. Field Marshal Sir John Lintorn Arabin Simmons 1821-1903 was a British Army officer. Early in his career he served as Inspector of Railways, Secretary of the Railways Commission and then Secretary of the Railway Department under the Board of Trade. He went on to be British Commissioner with the Turkish Army providing advice to General Omar Pasha during the Crimean War. He assisted the Turks at the defence of Silistra and then led them at the Battle of Giurgevo before landing with them at the Battle of Eupatoria and remaining with them for the Siege of Sevastopol. After that he became British Consul in Warsaw, Commander, Royal Engineers at Aldershot and then Director of the Royal Engineer Establishment in Chatham. He went on to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Military Academy and subsequently Governor of the Academy. His last appointments were as Colonel Commandant of the Royal Engineers, as Inspector General of Fortifications and then as Governor of Malta Provenance: From the family of autograph collector Emily Mary Rose Lee (1869-1949), wife of Colonel William Crawford Walton (1864-1937). Emily was the daughter of William Lee, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow from 1874 to 1886, and granddaughter of John Lee (1779-1859), Principal of Edinburgh University from 1840 to 1859. Size is 180m x 115mm. Condition is good. Light folding creasing. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17164. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 025063

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Titel: An Original Part Letter written and signed ...

Verlag: UK

Erscheinungsdatum: 1847

Einband: Paper

Zustand: Good

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: First Edition