WEARE (Rev. Thomas William, 1813-1871, of Hampton House, Hereford, Second Master at Westminster School)

Autograph Letter Signed to 'My Dear HUSSEY', (Professor Robert, 1801-1856, Canon of Christ Church, Oxford), saying that "From the more than kind interest that you have always felt in me and mine, I know you will be glad to hear that my Brother's wound at 'Alma' has not proved so serious ... We have had 2 letters from him ... the ball entered just above the Knee, & came out, happily, under the thigh - Would that all had so happy a termination to their anxiety", talking of "the many bereavements that have fallen upon this or that family" in this "deplorable war", his brother "is most fortunate" in "the opportunity of zealously doing his duty under the very eye of such a Chief as Lord Raglan, & his honourable mention ... in the Despatch of the 28th is no little counterbalance to all the anxieties felt ... since he landed at Varna. I know what my revered father", (Colonel Sir Thomas Weare, K.H., 1778-1850), "wd have felt ... to have read that Despatch", with news of his wife, 4 sides 8vo, Little Dean's Yard, Westminster, 13th October small closed tear near blank corner of side 3, elsewhere good

Thomas William Weare had been at Westminster and Christ Church and was now back at his old school.
Captain Henry Edwin Weare, (1825-1898, 50th Regiment, later its Commanding Officer, K.C.B. and Major-General), was Staff Officer to Lord Raglan in the Adjutant-General's department. For Lord Raglan's Despatch, (dated Balaklava, 28th September 1854), see The Times for 11th October 1854, in which, "in continuation of my despatch of the 23rd inst", following the Alma on the 20th, he considers it his duty "especially to recommend ... Captain Weare, who was wounded".

Item Date:  1854

Stock No:  56486      £250

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