WAVELL
(Eugénie, wife, 1915, of Field-Marshal Archibald, 1st Earl Wavell)
Autograph Letter Signed to Ava, 1896-1974, wife of Sir John Anderson, Viscount Waverley,
thanking her for asking her to Die Valküre, "I cant think how that tenor sang so gloriously with a temperature", in Valhalla "no God could use a hankie", since then she has had a conference about Service men's families followed by "many happy hours at the Horse Show", 3 sides 8vo, International Sportsmen's Club, Upper Grosvenor Street, W.1., 13th October
Item Date:
1957
Stock No:
52741
£25
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WAVELL
(Earl, Archibald, 1883-1950, Field Marshal, Viceroy of India, Supreme Commander in India and Burma)
Good Magazine photo signed “Wavell F.M.”
showing him seated cross legged reading a newspaper, wearing civilian clothes, 8½” x 6½”, no place, no date,
laid down on card
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
42177
£275
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GOING HOME FROM THE CRIMEA
WEARE
(Sir Henry Edwin, 1825-1898, Lieutenant General)
Autograph letter signed to 'My dear Angle',
saying he is "going by the Mail tomorrow" and asking him "like a good fellow" to "redirect any letters ... to Barham Rectory, Canterbury", where his wife Charlotte's father, Canon Oxenden, was Rector, "Any Papers & there will be some by each Mail you can take to yourself ... Can I do anything for you in England 1 line to me will meet with my best endeavour ... Some of my things may come down ... on Board the Mail directed to the Commandant here, could you give your letter Sergeant orders to ask on board" for redirecting, "I return you the book you kindly lent me with many thanks", 'O[ffice] of the C[ommandant]', Crimea, 3 sides 8" x 5", '19th' no date, circa
trifling defects and light folds in outer margins without loss
Item Date:
1854
Stock No:
54198
£150
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“YOUR BROTHER MAY BUY HIS MEN FROM A CHARING CROSS CRIMP”
WELLESLEY
(Richard Colley, 1st Marquis of Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington, 1760-1842, Governor-General of India, Brother of the Duke of WELLINGTON) and George Nugent-Temple-GRENVILLE (1st Marquess of Buckingham, 1753-1813, known as George Grenville before 1779 and as the Earl Temple between 1779 and 1784,Statesman, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland)
Autograph Letter Signed ‘Mornington’ to “My dear Lord”
saying that he “forgot to mention in my letter of yesterday that Lord Uxbridge who is here, expressed a wish, that Mr John Bailey son to Dean Bailey, a near relation of his, should be in the list of your Chaplains, & he begged of me to suggest his name to you. I suppose he will apply to you himself, but I could not refuses his request. I have also received an application from Mr Elliot the Vicar of Trim who is married to Mrs Gratton’s sister of the very same nature; he is a very worthy & respectable clergyman & if you have room for him in your list, will be no disgrace to it; excuse my tormenting you in this manner, I am persuaded that you will see I cannot avoid it, without giving offence to those who torment me...” with a long postscript that he is sorry that his Mother, because of her “extreme anxiety to get my brother into your family induced her to make an application to you through W. Grenville... I have already stated that I never would have urged this point, tho’ I accept the favour from you with the utmost gratitude, however the eagerness which has led her to this step, affords a sufficient proof of the satisfaction which she must feel in the very kind manner in which you had anticipated her wishes...”, 2 sides 4to., 5th November with the reply on the conjugate sheet signed with initials N. B., (Nugent Buckingham) suggesting that “your brother may buy his men from a Charing-Cross crimp, that he may not be spoilt by recruiting, and am happy that I can name him as Aide de Camp. Your Mr Jephson is a - I will not say what, but knowing him to be so, I may possibly keep him. Your Mr Mocklin shall be ensign as soon as I can make him one or some other genteel thing. Your Mr Elliott may be chaplain... Your Mr Pomeroy shall have the living of (I have forgot the name) in case that jobb was not finished by the poor Duke. Your Mr Fortescue I can give no answer about till I see further... I have now answered your jobbs most concisely & my time allows me only to say that I feel your good wishes most affectionately, that I am extremely discontented with myself...”, 1 side 4to., 8th November
Item Date:
1787
Stock No:
43570
£475
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WELLINGTON
(Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Field Marshal & Statesman)
Autograph Letter in the third person to the Duchess of KENT,
(1786-1861, Queen Victoria's mother), saying he "presents His Duty to Your Royal Highness, He sends Your Royal Highness a large Flacon filled with the Mixture for Your Royal Highness Eyes", adding "If your Royal Highness will send him the other one, He will have it filled and returned to Your Royal Highness", ending "Which is entrusted to Your Royal Highness by Your Royal Highness most devoted Servant", 1 side 8vo., London, 10th November 'Morning',
(Transcription)
London Nov 10th 1849 Morning
Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents His Duty to Your Royal Highness.
He sends Your Royal Highness a large Flacon filled with the Mixture for Your Royal Highness Eyes. If your Royal Highness will send him the other one, He will have it filled and returned to Your Royal Highness.
Which is entrusted to Your Royal Highness by Your Royal Highness most devoted Servant Wellington
Her Royal Highness
The Duchess of Kent
Item Date:
1849
Stock No:
56205
£275
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