ERNEST
(Duke of Cumberland, 1771-1851, Fifth Son of George III, King of Hanover)
Address panel signed 'Ernest FM', marked 'OHMS',
to Rowland Hill, 1772-1842, 1st Baron (later Viscount), General Commanding in Chief, at the Horse Guards, 3¼" x 8¼", no date, c.
laid down, small nick from seal in blank margin
Item Date:
1825
Stock No:
19740
£35
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[ESTERHÁZY
(Ferdinand Walsin, 1847-1923, French Spy for Germany)]
Unsigned Carte-de-visite sized Portrait Photograph,
showing him head and shoulders, three quarter face, in uniform as a Major in the 74th Infantry regiment, 3½" x 2¼", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1898
Stock No:
54424
£225
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EVANS
(Josette, née Arbuthnot, wife, 1834, of Sir George de Lacy Evans, 1787-1870, General and M.P.)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Hussey,
(Elizabeth, née Ley, wife of Robert Hussey, 1801-1856, Canon of Christ Church, Oxford), saying "My poor husband has gone through a great deal & I am most thankful he is far remov'd from that cold, comfortless Crimea, my last letters from him were from Malta dated the 4th and 2nd - he waited there for the English Packet from Alexandria to take him to Marseilles when I am to hear again and shall then go down to Folkestone where he wishes to pass a little time", in London she thinks "the excitement might be too much for him", his resignation, and Lord Raglan's "handsome acceptance" of it, she is "to shew ... to his Friends", so she has had them lithographed and sends a copy to Mrs Hussey [not present], "pray excuse this hasty scrawl, I have a good many notes to enquiring Friends ... the few days he had to pass at Malta had I am happy to say improv'd his health, the climate is so fine there", 4 sides 8vo, Bryanston Square, "Thursday Morng", no date but
a few tiny closed splits in horizontal fold without loss
Item Date:
1855
Stock No:
56317
£125
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