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    FIELD MARSHAL ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF WELLINGTON (1769-1852)

    Letter from the Duke of Wellington to Reverend Gerald Wellesley

    15 Apr 1851

    Loose manuscript paper; mounted | 1 document (3 pages) (whole object) | RA VIC/MAIN/C/61/72

    Letter from the Duke of Wellington to Reverend Gerald Wellesley regarding names of possible candidates for the post of Master of the Household. Including Captain Henry Seymour, Lieutenant-Colonel William Sullivan, Colonel Charles Yorke, Lord Clarence Edward Paget, Lord William Paulet, Lord Frederic Paulet and Algernon William Fulke Greville.

    • Creator(s)

      Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) (writer)

      Gerald Valerian Wellesley (1809-82) (addressee)

    • 1 document (3 pages) (whole object)

    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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