GARDINER (Sir Robert William, 1781-1864, General, Royal Artillery, served with Sir John Moore at Corunna and with Wellington in the Peninsula and at Waterloo, Governor & C-in-C Gibraltar, 1848-1855)

Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Sir', saying "The very day ... I wrote to you, The Prince found occasion to send a trusty person to London ... but I hope you will receive my thanks ... as entirely as if I had benefitted immediately by your kindness", and sympathizing with Mrs Baynes, "Baynes is the greatest loss to Genl. Macleod", the writer's father-in-law, Adjutant-General at Woolwich, "from his knowledge of the duties they had together, and from his attachment and friendship in executing whatever orders the General gave him", 4 sides 4to. black edged, Came House (near Dorchester, Dorset), 25th January

Gardiner lived at Melbourne Lodge, Claremont, as Prince Leopold's equerry.

Item Date:  1818

Stock No:  52058      £275

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