ELLIS
(Major-Gen. Sir Arthur E.A., 1837-1907, Sergeant-at-Arms to the House of Lords)
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir William Agnew 1825-1910, M.P., the art dealer,
(recipient's name partially papered over), saying he is sure "the Prince of Wales will greatly appreciate ... your son & nephew ... lending 'General Honeywood' ", and the collection formed "by your exertions only", 3 sides 8vo., House of Lords and 29 Portland Place, 23rd March
light remains of guard
Item Date:
1900
Stock No:
19738
£45
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ELPHINSTONE
(John, 13th Lord, 1st Baron,1807-1860, Governor of Bombay 1853-1859, where he prevented a rising during the Mutiny, 13th Baron)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed, marked 'Private' to 'My dear General'
saying he is "extremely concerned to say that I find that I was mistaken in supposing that your appointment to the Canada Commission would not be affected by the return of your Regiment to England & what renders this discovery the more distressing to me is the feeling that I have been the means of leading you into error upon this point. The orders of the Court are most peremptory on the subject & state that it is contrary to the orders of H.R.H. the Commander in Chief that officers should remain in India ... under these circumstances I fear that no other course is open to me, but to forego the advantages which I had hoped to reap from your assistance to the labours of the Commission. Deeply as I regret the loss of your Co-operation it is some comfort to me to remember that it was almost against your will that you consented to be placed on the Commission and that you were anxious to be speedily relieved from its duties - but whatever satisfaction I may derive from these private considerations I am not the less sensible of your loss on public grounds. I hope that I shall have the pleasure of seeing you at Madras, & that during your stay here you will take up your quarters with me. I shall make no excuses for asking you to a bachelor's house, which is always uncomfortable, & being under repair is perhaps at present even more so than usual because I know you are too old a soldier to be put out at such trifles ...", 4 sides 8vo., Madras, 19th October
Item Date:
1837
Stock No:
41103
£475
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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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