Military or Naval
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
Item Date: 1883
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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.
a few light damp marks
Stock No. 16669
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