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Letter from Lieutenant Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamore, 16 March 1815
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Accession Number

NAM.1990-08-140-17

Description

Letter from Lt Col Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamore, dated London, 16 Mar 1815. O’Grady opens this letter with an apology to his father over any concerns caused by his letter to ‘Kitty’, presumably regarding a romantic prospect or entanglement. He goes on to discuss Bonaparte’s escape from Elba on 26 Feb 1815, and the likelihood of the army being prepared to move to the continent to defeat Napoleon again, stating that ‘Boney deserves the applause of all the British Army’. Typed transcript in separate folder. From a collection of 45 letters associated with Lt Col Standish O’Grady, later 2nd Viscount Guillamore 1813-1830. These letters include those written whilst serving as a Lieutenant with the 7th Light Dragoons in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo, 1815-1830. With manuscript and typescript transcripts. Associated with the Peninsular War (1808-1814) and Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815).

Campaigns

Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)

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