DUKE (ARTHUR WELLESLEY) OF WELLINGTON (GREAT BRITIAN) - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/05/1829 - HFSID 173058
Sale Price $625.00
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ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF WELLINGTON
The hero of the Napoleonic Wars writes letter to colleague, while
serving as British Prime Minister, to arrange an appointment
Autograph letter signed: "Wellington" in brown ink. 1
page front and verso, 7¼x9. Original envelope included. London, England. May
5, 1829. Addressed to S. B. Partman, Esq. In full: "Sir, I have
had the Honor of receiving your letter. I am perfectly ready to receive you
whenever you will do me the Honor of calling - I do not fix a time, because my
time is not at my disposal. In respect to the Steward, I did not answer his last
letter, because I had already finally decided upon the subject of it, and
communicated to him the Decision. I have the Honor to be, Sir, Your Most
obedient faithfull [sic] Servant". Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of
Wellington (1769-1852) was a British soldier and statesman, and is
remembered as one of the most influential figures of the early nineteenth
century. A native of Ireland and a member of the Anglo-Irish Ascendancy
(English Protestants who resided in Ireland and held significant influence),
Wellesley was commissioned as an ensign (equal to a second lieutenant) in 1787
in Ireland, and served as an aide-de-camp to two successive Lords Lieutenant of
Ireland before he was elected as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of
Commons. Elevated to a colonel by 1796, Wellesley made a name for himself in
the Netherlands and in India in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War's Battle of
Seringapatam, after which he was appointed Governor of Seringapatam and Mysore
in 1799, as well as promoted to the rank of major-general. After winning a
decisive victory over the Martha Confederacy in the Battle of Assaye in 1803,
he was made into a general and gained prominence during the Peninsular
campaign (1807-1814) during the Napoleon Wars. After a victory against the
French in the Battle of Vitoria in 1813, he was promoted to the rank of field
marshal (one of the highest ranks in an army). With Napoleon's exile in
1814, Wellesley was granted a dukedom and named ambassador to France. Upon
Napoleon's return and the subsequent Hundred Days in 1815, Wellesley (now
referred to as the Duke of Wellington) commanded the Allied army which,
alongside the Prussian army under their own field marshal Blucher, famously
defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. Wellington's battle record
is one of history's most exemplary, and he participated in over sixty
battles throughout his military career; his famed adaptive defensive style
warfare and extensive planning before battles resulted in several victories
against numerically superior forces, and his plans and tactics are still studied
throughout the world today. The Duke of Wellington turned to politics after
the Napoleonic Wars, twice serving as Prime Minister (1828-1830,
1834-1834), most famously overseeing the passage of the Catholic Relief Act
of 1829; he remained Commander-in-Chief of the British Army until his
death. Lightly toned and creased. Torn from notebook or pad along left edge.
Folded once horizontally and twice vertically. Pinholes where folds touch.
Otherwise in fine condition.
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