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Ensign William Spring (1808 (c)-1859), 24th (or the Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot, Londonderry, June 1829. Silhouette portrait in watercolour on card, artist unknown, 1829. Head and shoulders in uniform, in profile, looking to left. In a glazed, black-painted frame with metal fittings and, oak leaf and acorn suspension loop. William Spring was one of five sons and one daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel William Collis Spring and Anne Carter, daughter of Colonel Carter. An ensign from 1825, William Spring was aged 21 when this portrait was painted. He was promoted lieutenant in 1832 and captain in 1845. Spring married Mary Tidy, daughter of Colonel Tidy in Quebec in 1834. William Spring retired on full pay and was appointed as Fort-Major at Edinburgh Castle in 1857, with the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel. He died in London in 1859.