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

At 21 Douglas was D.A.Q.M.G in S. America, and then with Sir Arthur Wellesley in the Peninsula. From 1809-1812 he was Colonel Commandant, the 8th Portuguese Regiment, which he brought to a high degree of effectiveness. At the time of this letter he had just finished 5 years as Commander, S.W. District of Ireland. He was later Governor of Guernsey.

Item Date:  1830

Stock No:  20067      £75

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