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WOLSELEY
(Garnet, Viscount, 1833-1913, Field Marshal, C-in-C of the Army)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Herbert'
sending the enclosed note from Stapleton as it may interest you. It is in answer to the one written at Highclere when I was last there, which I think I showed you at the time..., 1 side 8vo., India Office headed paper, 29th December
Item Date: 1876
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Background
He was appointed assistant adjutant-general at the War Office in 1871, he furthered the Cardwell schemes of army reform. The reforms met strong opposition from senior military figures led by the Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. Wolseley accepted a seat on the Council of India in November 1876 and was promoted to the substantive rank of major-general on 1st October 1877.
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