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EDWARD
(Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, 4th Son of George III, Queen Victoria's Father)
Letter Signed to Lieutenant General Sir Harry CALVERT
(1st Baronet, 1763-1826, General),sending him a letter I have just received from Lord Carysfort, requesting my good offices for the discharge of a Man of Ure name of James Cave, a native of his vicinity who is at present a private in my 1st Battalion, having enlisted a few months since, and if the Commander in Chief should be disposed to favor His Lordship's wish, I would beg to suggest that as he cannot be considered as yet, a thoroughly made soldier, his Parents refunding the bounty... money, which have been issued for him, together with the pay which he has received, might perhaps in such case be deemed sufficient terms for granting his discharge, upon these being fulfilled..., 2 sides 8vo., Kensington Palace, 9th January
Item Date: 1816
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At the age of fifteen Calvert was commissioned into the 23rd Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers). The following year he served with his regiment in America during the American Revolutionary War. He was at the siege of Charleston, and served through the campaign of Lord Cornwallis which ended with the surrender of Yorktown. From 1781 to 1783 he was a prisoner of war. He saw active service in 1793 in the Flanders Campaign and on his return to Britain he was appointed Deputy Quartermaster General at the Horseguards, then Deputy Adjutant General in 1796. He was made Colonel of the 5th West India Regt and Adjutant General 26 January 1797. John Proby, 1st Earl of CARYSFORT (1751-1828) was a judge, diplomat, Whig politician and poet.
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