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Letter from Lieutenant Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamore, 7 August 1813
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Accession Number

NAM.1990-08-140-7

Description

Letter from Lt Col Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamore, dated Hampton Court 7 August 1813. In this letter O’Grady informs his father that he has been obliged to borrow £200 against his name in order to meet the costs of the forthcoming campaign. The regiment is waiting to move to its transports. 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. Associated with the Peninsular War (1808-1814) and Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815).

Campaigns

Peninsular War (1808-1814), Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)

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