ALCESTER (Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, 1821-1895, 1st Baron, Admiral)

Autograph Letter Signed to 'Gentlemen', saying "I will do what you ask as to giving a sitting", and thanking them for "the photograph of my excellent & gallant friend Lord Wolseley, it is one of the best likenesses I have seen", 1 side 8vo., H.M.S. Alexandra, Malta, 23rd February a few light damp marks

Lord Alcester took the Meteor floating battery to the Crimea and back to Portsmouth, 1855-1856, commanded a Naval Brigade during the Maori War, 1860-1861, and was C-in-C Mediterranean, 1880-1883.

Item Date:  1883

Stock No:  16669      £45

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