NAM.1990-08-140-35

Letter from Lt Col Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamore, dated Fleuri sur Andelle, 21 Sep 1815. There is little of military interest or news in this letter. O’Grady is surprised that his father has not received any of his previous five letters and denies being ‘sulky’. The remainder of the letter concerns social gossip in London. 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)