letter, letter
Accession Number

NAM.1981-12-53-319

Description

Letter to William Warre from Maj G J Roberts, Somerset’s Military Secretary, Cape of Good Hope, 15 Nov 1819. Asks for Warre’s help in obtaining a lieutenancy in the Cape Corps Cavalry for his son. Encloses a copy of a letter to Sir Henry Torrens on obtaining a lieutenancy for his son, 6 Nov 1819. One of 216 papers in the collection relating to William Warre’s period of home service and unemployment, 1818-1823. From a collection of 566 papers of Lt Gen Sir William Warre (1784-1853) relating to his military career, 1807-1851.

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