NAM.1990-08-140-43

Letter from Lt Col Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamore, dated Steven’s Hotel (Brighton?) 18 Apr 1816. In this letter O’Grady announces that he has finally been placed on the half pay register, and that he will shortly proceed to Ireland. He is yet to see Lord Angelsey, and is expecting Col Kerrison (Col Sir Edward Kerrison) to arrive and enquire about prize money and commissions. 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.

Napoleonic Wars, France (1814-1818)