WELLINGTON
(Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Field Marshal & Statesman)
Important Autograph Letter to "My dear Duke", the Duke of BUCKINGHAMmarked "Private and Confidential"
(George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1753-1813, Statesman) thanking him for his note about Lord LONDONDERRY(3rd Marquess, Charles William Vane, 1778-1854 Irish Solider in the British Army, Politician and Nobleman) "You must have misunderstood him, or he must have mistold facts to you, of course from forgetfulness. Sir Henry Hardinge the Member for the City of Durham, Secry at War, Lord Castlereagh, Member for the County of Down, Lord of the Admiralty, Mr Stewart, Member for the County of Londonderry, are all I believe satisfied with the support and Assistance which they have received, and in respect to the County of Durham, I rather believe that according to the usual ... Rules, which have been the Rules for a Century, Lord Cleaveland would have much more Reason to complain than Lord Londonderry. The truth is that I have done everything in my Power for Lord Londonderry. I was I believe, the oldest, & the most constant friend of his Brother. I served under him and in concert with him more than any publick man in these times. I was the last person he saw,in his senses, and I rendered to the present Lord as he knows the most important service that it was in the Power of any man to render to another. He has repeatedly told me (particularly last summer I offered Him by the King's Command a seat at the Board of Admiralty for his son Lord Castlereagh which he accepted) that he was a friend of the Govt. You must be as good a judge as I am whether he is so!! I know Lord Londonderry well ... Perhaps, in another case, might seek an explanation, and might say that the King's Service required that the Continuance and support of the Govt should be given only to those who should not vexatiously oppose it. But in this instance I say nothing, I do nothing, Lord Londonderry is a Man who thinks that he ought not to take the course of other men, whether in Publick or in Private Life. He thinks that he ought to oppose the Govt his son being in Office, and his influence and Authority being supported by all that Govt can do in the Counties of Down & Londonderry ... I didn't object but I must say that I cannot go and tell Londonderry that this is all right, that this is the usual way of carrying on the King's Service, or have it understood that such a course could be followed by others ...", 5 sides 4to., London, 15th Julya
Item Date:
1830
Stock No:
40110
£625
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WELLINGTON
(Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Field Marshal & Statesman)
Fine early Autograph Letter marked “Private”, Signed ‘Arthur Wellesley' to John BAGWELL
(1751-1816, MP for the pre-Union Constituency of Tipperary and Colonel of the Tipperary Militia) saying he is “much concerned to hear that the Collector of ? of Clonmel takes part against you in your Election, as he must know as well as we do that his interference is illegal. It has been our wish to avoid to dismiss any ? from his situation & although you have every claim & the commendation of Govt you have not pressed that this gentleman should be removed till it would be in our power to provide for him as he ought to be. But I cannot allow him to make an illegal use of the influence of his office to prejudice you in your Election & if you should find that he perseveres in this conduct, I must request you to apprize me of it that steps may be taken to put a stop to such practice...”, 2 sides 4to., Dublin Castle, 14th May
Item Date:
1807
Stock No:
43580
£475
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WELLINGTON
(Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Field Marshal & Statesman)
Incomplete Autograph Letter with the last page and signature removed to the Right Honorable William BAGWELL
(1776-1826, Irish Tory politician) in Cromwell in Ireland, saying he has received his letter “regarding Major Bagwell. I had already informed Major Bagwell that I... don’t have it in my power to comply with his wishes. The reasons are that there are above one hundred applications already upon my list from Officers wounded and whose Services deserve for me ever consideration and attention and respecting whose claims I cannot entertain a doubt. It is really very painful that I find myself under the necessity of giving you the same answer...”, 2 sides 8vo., London,
Item Date:
1824
Stock No:
43578
£175
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WELLINGTON SENDS THANKS FOR THE GIFT OF A HORSE A YEAR BEFORE WATERLOO
WELLINGTON
(Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Field Marshal & Statesman)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed “Wellington” to Colonel William BAGWELL
(1776-1826, Irish Tory politician) sending his “thanks for your beautiful horse which I rode yesterday. I assure you that I am very sensible of the kindness which has caused you to present him to me; and although I believe I shall have no opportunity of riding him in a field of battle I am not the less grateful for him...”, 2 sides 8vo., London, 16th July
Item Date:
1814
Stock No:
43579
£325
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ADMISSION TICKET TO WELLINGTON’S FUNERAL SIGNED BY THE DEAN OF ST PAUL’S
[WELLINGTON
(Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Field Marshal & Statesman]
An admission ticket to the state funeral of the Duke of Wellington,
blind-embossed with the seal of the Earl Marshal of England and printed lithographically with decorative border, ducal coronet, and the text: “Funeral of the Late Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington, K.G. Admit ‘Revd C. Nixon’ to St. Paul's Cathedral. Norfolk, Earl Marshal...”, the seat number ‘M27’ is handwritten in ink as is the location in the Cathedral, 'South Transept Lower Gallery', signed at the bottom ‘H. H. MILMAN Dean’, (Henry Hart, 1791-1868, Dean of St Paul’s, Poet & Writer, Historian and Ecclesiastic), 7” x 4¾”, St Paul’s Cathedral, 18th November
Item Date:
1852
Stock No:
42925
£375
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