WELLINGTON (Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Field Marshal & Statesman)

Fine Autograph Letter to W. Ballantine marked Private and Confidential, sending him the "enclosed letter requesting your opinion before I send the Gentleman an answer. I do not propose however to recommend the gentleman till after the proposed Commission shall have passed the Great Seal ...", 1 side 8vo., London, 13th August

Walker commanded his regiment at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars. He went on to command a brigade during the Walcheren Campaign in 1809 and again at the Siege of Badajoz in 1812 during the Peninsular War. He became Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army in 1825 before retiring from that post in 1831. In 1837 he became Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea where he died in November 1842.

Item Date:  1833

Stock No:  39953