Letter from Melville (?) to the 1st Viscount Guillamore, 5 July 1815
letter, letter
Accession Number

NAM.1990-08-140-29

Description

Letter from Melville(?) to the 1st Viscount Guillamore, dated Annaverna(?), 5 Jul 1815. In this letter the correspondent Melville writes to congratulate the Viscount on his son Standish’s survival of the Battle of Waterloo and the wider war. 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)

Associated collection