THE DILLON REGIMENT
DILLON
(Major Luke Gerald, 1862-1937)
Autograph Letter Signed to Colonel D.F. Franklin,
saying he is "glad you are interested in our Regt." and will send "the book ... with all the records I possess ... We still have the 'Flag' they carried at Fontenoy - I hope you do not think we were 'Rebels' ", he has had a letter "from the sister of the K. of the Belgians in which she mentions the Regt.", and hopes the Franklins will visit, with the writer's armorial bookplate, "the Dillon badge" from an envelope, and a note on Dillon's Regiment by Miss Franklin, together 4 items, the letter 4 sides 8vo., Tempest House, Seaham, Co. Durham, 15th November
light traces of guard on letter, light transparent tabs on verso of bookplate
Item Date:
1916
Stock No:
52472
£175
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DODINGTON
(George Bubb, Baron Melcombe, 1691-1762, Treasurer of the Navy)
Fine signature on verso as receipt on the end of a printed exchequer document, September
Item Date:
1748
Stock No:
7322
£20
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DODINGTON
(George Bubb, Baron Melcombe, 1691-1762, Treasurer of the Navy)
Signature from the end of a document, also signed by Sundon & Cholmondeley
Item Date:
0
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7321
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DOUGLAS
(Sir James Dawes, 1785-1862, K.C.B., General)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Singleton',
explaining that illness prevented him wishing him goodbye "at the [Viceregal] Lodge this morning ... the Duke [Viceroy, 1829-1830] and Duchess of Northumberland ... will carry with them the prayers of the poor ... I am still a private gentleman, and under a Whig administration I suppose a soldier may live on his grievances. Your Whig is the natural enemy of the soldier", and he will not leave Ireland "except for employment", Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, 4th December no year but
Item Date:
1830
Stock No:
20067
£75
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DOVER
(Sir Joseph Yorke, 1724-1792, M.P., ADC to Cumberland at Fontenoy and in Scotland, Ambassador at the Hague, General, from 1788 1st Baron)
Autograph Letter Signed to the Marquis of Granby, 1721-1770,
Master-General of the Ordnance, on behalf of his friend Mr Russell of Dover, saying he is informed that "Mr Bryant ... Purveyor of Lands to the Ordnance, & Storekeeper of Dover Castle is at the point of death ... it would be of great weight for my interest in the Town, if ... Mr Russell could obtain one or other of those Employments, & I believe my Father", Lord Hardwick, "will join with me in Solliciting your favor & Protection ... The person I presume to recommend is a very diligent active man", 1 side 4to., The Hague, 12th July
Item Date:
1763
Stock No:
20018
£95
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