NAM.1990-08-140-33

Letter from Lt Col Standish O’Grady to his mother, dated Fleuri sur Andelle, nd. In this letter to his mother, O’Grady avoids discussing military matters, and largely focuses on social gossip and his romantic prospects. He mentions that he is pleased she had met and approved of his friend Verner (Capt William Verner). Typed transcript in a 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).

Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815)