EDWARD (Prince of Saxe-Weimar, 1823-1902, Field-Marshal in the British Army, playfellow of Queen Victoria)

Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Chamberlayne thanking him for his letter which he received as “I was leaving Chichester for London. I am very much obliged to you for your kind invitation but regret very much that it will be quite out of my power to come to Cranberry Park. I have only just become Adjutant... and... not leave my Battalion. I only came up to Town on business yesterday evening and am obliged to return this afternoon...”, 2 sides 8vo., Guard’s Club, 10th December

Prince Edward’s mother was a sister of Queen Adelaide, at whose home in Bushy Park he was born. He married Lady Augusta, daughter of the 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox in 1851 and served in the Crimea.
Edward's military career began on 1st June 1841, when, having trained at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he joined the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot as an ensign. He was promoted to ensign in the Grenadier Guards and lieutenant in the Army on 8th June 1841 and lieutenant in his regiment and captain in the Army on 19th May 1846 before becoming adjutant of his battalion in November 1850, shortly before this letter.

Item Date:  1850

Stock No:  42632      £125

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