field marshal arthur wellesley 1st (5 résultats)

Leather. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. General Orders Volume 9, issued for France in 1817. The orders were issued to each regiment and some officers. This is the book on the right shown in the photo. The 1816 volume has been sold. This 1817 volume is associated with Major-General Sir Edward Barnes KCB, being bought together in a similar disbound state. with the 1816 volume that had Major General Sir Edward Barnes KCB written on the blank verso of the title page. He was active in the Peninsula War. He was wounded at the Battle of Waterloo. He was Wellington's Adjutant General in France and many of the orders were issued by him .He later became Governor of Ceylon (Sri Lanka).He later founded the Army and Navy Club, Pall Mall, London, along with Admiral William Bowles. Professionally rebound in full leather.Internally in good condition. Some foxing in a few sections. Damp-staining to top margin of the index 8vo, 206pp, 0.552 kg.

Leather. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. General Orders for Spain and Portugal from January 2nd to December 29th 1810. Inscribed in another hand: 'For the use of the Brigade Major of the Houshold (sic) Cavalry' and then signed' E M Pakenham Adjutant'. Contents include appointments managing supplies and numerous accounts of court martials. Major General Sir Edward Pakenhamham, as he became, was an Anglo-Irish officer who was in action from 1798 until his death in 1815 while commanding the British troops at the Battle of New Orleans at the age of 36. He was the Duke of Wellington's brother-in-law. He served during the Peninsula War including at Bussaco (1810) and Salamanca (1812). He went to the US in 1814 and died in early 1815. Bound in diced ca lf with double-lined gilt ruling to boards. Spine with raised bands and title details. Spine edges rubbed more so to head and foot. ew OrleansMarbled endpapers. Contents with heavy foxing for many of the first 65 pages. Light to moderate foxing and tanning, but with some heavy foxing for some sections. 8vo, 263pp, 465g. Signed by Adjutant General.

Full-Leather. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Orders issued in Spain and Portugal by Lord Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington between January 2nd to December 29th 1810, being Volume II. 1st Edition 1811 Published in London. 263pp., detailed index. Foxing, nicely bound in full leather, tooled with raised bands to spine, gilt. One board is loose being attached for slightly more than a third of the distance from the head of the spine, also rubbed. Inscription on rear of title page "For the use of the General Officer Commanding the. Brigade" somewhat faded with very clear signature of "Edward Packenham Adjutant". Note General Sir Edward Pakenham (The Duke's brother in law) made his name at the battle of Salamanca 1812, and then commanded British troops at the battle of New Orleans and having been wounded tried to rally his troops, struck by two more bullets he fell mortally wounded (1815). Signed by Sir Edward Pakenham.

First edition hard back binding in contemporary full diced brown leather, raised bands to the spine with gilt titles on three faded labels, all page edges gilt, marble end leaves. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains [iv] 288 [including index] printed pages of text. Ink name and pencil numbers to the second front free end paper, very light foxing, from the private library of Thomas Godwin Campbell Reynolds with his coat of arms bookplate to the front paste down. In April 1809 Charles Stewart was made Adjutant General to Sir Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) with the British forces fighting in the Peninsular War, a post in which he distinguished himself, particularly at the battles of Busaco and Talavera. He received the thanks of Parliament in 1810, and on 20 November 1813 was made Colonel of the 25th Light Dragoons, becoming a Knight of the Bath that same year. Until the end of the war he was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Berlin, and was also Military Commissioner with the allied armies, being wounded at the Battle of Kulm. Through his daughter Lady Frances, Lord Londonderry was the great-grandfather of Winston Churchill. SIGNED by Charles Stewart to the verso of the title page 'For the use of the Brigade Major attached to the 1st Brigade of Cavalry, Charles Stewart, August 1809.' Ron McGuigan: 'I have never come across the numbering of the cavalry brigades before, only by commanders's names. The following three officers were Brigade-Majors to the cavalry in 1809 including August: Captain John Mahony 14th Light Dragoons, B-M to S. Cotton (Challis lists as 2nd Brigade?), Captain George Holmes 3rd Dragoon Guards, B-M to H. Fane (Challis lists as 1st Brigade?), Captain William Serle 24th Foot, B-M to J. Erskine (no number)'. A special thank you to author Ron McGuigan, [co-author of 'Inside Wellington's Peninsular Army 1808-1814'], for supplying and helping with the above information. Member of the P.B.F.A. WELLINGTON, Duke of (1769-1852).

One of the great figures of world history. On 12 x 8 cm front panel from an envelope. In fair condition, lightly aged, with a couple of tiny pin holes (far from signature). Set out by the Duke's distinctive forward-sloping handwriting in the customary way, with red free frank postmark. Reads: 'London July ninth 1830 / W. H. Cox Esq / Church Office / Cheltenham / Free / Wellington'.