Signature on piece. With a good black "free post" cancel dated November 5th 1825 to a Mrs Croft? Mayfair, London this is attached to a piece of old album paper with a small section of the letter on the reverse.

Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Charles FitzRoy (28 February 1791 - 17 June 1865).

Erscheinungsdatum: 1825

Beschreibung

Sent to Mr Crofter, Chesterfield St, Mayfair, from Newmarket. Historical note*: He joined the British Army in 1807 and fought in the 1809 Battle of Corunna early in the Peninsular War, before joining the Walcheren Expedition the same year. He subsequently joined Lord Hill's staff in the Peninsular and was present at the Siege and capture of Badajoz (1812) and the 1813-14 battles of Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, the Nive, Orthes and Toulouse serving as a Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG). At Waterloo in 1815 he served on Wellington's as a captain in the 1st Foot Guards and an Assistant Adjutant General (AAG). He then served on Wellington's staff in the army of occupation in Paris after Waterloo. He retired from the army on half pay as a major and brevet lieutenant-colonel of the 27th Regiment of Foot in 1821. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 8516

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Signature on piece. With a good black "free ...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1825

Einband: No Binding

Zustand: Good

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