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Letter from Lieutenant Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamore, 31 January 1816
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Accession Number

NAM.1990-08-140-41

Description

Letter from Lt Col Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamore, dated Forzes 31 Jan 1816. In this letter O’Grady reveals that he has been reduced (demobilised?) and that all reduced officers have been granted permission to travel back to England. O’Grady intends to do this and seeks to speak with Lord Angelsey at Brighton, to lobby him for another full-pay position in the army. He complains that he is again unwell. 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.

Campaigns

Napoleonic Wars, France (1814-1818)

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