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Lot 30
British Army dress uniform jacket having label penned "S/Sjt Cairns", staybrite buttons by Firmin, "We Sustain" (Army Catering Corps?) collar badges, Warrant Officer Class 2 lower sleeve cloth badges, marksman cloth badge and medal ribbons for United Nations UNFICYP medal, United Nations UNPROFOR & UNCRO medal, NATO Kosovo medal, Iraq medal, Golden Jubilee 2002 medal and Army long service and good conduct medal
Lot 315
Japanese tinplate battery powered model of an American Airliner Astro Jet 727 42cm long, a Marx Toys battery powered tinplate space rocket XF926 38cm long, Triang battery powered car, ATC of Japan car model, Lone Star DUKW Army vehicle, Corgi Toys Batmobile, 153 Proteus Campbell Bluebird and The Beatles Yellow Submarine, (10) All play worn condition. 727 jet light surface marks. XF 926 heavy rusting and paint chipped. Batmobile scuff marks and chip to plexiglass windshield. ATC Car- Rear window cracked and all windows yellowed. All wheeltrims chipped and rusted and rubber tires perishing. Scratches to roof and sides.Triang Battery Car- Battery cover missing. Rear license plate chipped. Scratches across entire body. Windows yellowed.
Lot 36
British Army dress uniform jacket having brass Royal Artillery buttons, Ubique collar badges, single star to epaulettes for the rank of Second Lieutenant and medal ribbons for Distinguished Service medal DSO, India general service medal, 1939-45 star, Burma star and WWII defence medal No visible owners name
Lot 37
British Army dress uniform jacket having brass Royal Engineers buttons by Wm Anderson and Sons of Edinburgh, epaulettes with baton and sabre badge for rank of either General, Lieutenant General or Major General, bullion wire collar badges and medal ribbons for MBE, 1914-15 star and WWI war medal
Lot 38
British Army dress uniform jacket having J G Plumb & Co label penned "11961 S335936 /2 D C David", brass Royal Engineers buttons by Firmin of London, epaulettes with crown and star for the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and medal ribbons for Military Cross MC, 1939-45 star, Africa star, Burma star, WWII defence medal, WWII war medal with oak leaf and Pakistan Independence medal?
Lot 40
British Army dress uniform jacket having Moss Bros & Co Ltd label "A F O Murray", brass "Quo Fata Vocant" (Northumberland Fusiliers?) buttons by Armfield of Birmingham, bullion wire grenade collar badges, epaulettes with crown for the rank of Major and medal ribbons for WWI war medal and WWI victory medal with oak leaf
Lot 41
British Army dress uniform jacket having Van Dungie label penned "G King", ERII staybrite buttons by Gaunt of London, Warrant Officer Class 1 lower sleeve cloth patches and medal ribbons for MBE, general service medal, United Nations UNPROFOR & UNCRO medal and Army long service and good conduct medal, also a pair of trousers
Lot 44
British Army dress uniform jacket having Austin Reed of Regent Street label penned "024064 Bigwood 28.8.43", Royal Engineers brass buttons by Gaunt of London, Ubique collar badges, double stars to the epaulettes for the rank of Lieutenant and medal ribbons for 1939-45 star, Burma star, WWII defence medal and WWII war medal
Lot 45
British Army dress uniform jacket having Bernard Uniforms Ltd label penned "0608 Grant", HLI staybrite buttons by Gaunt of London, Highland Light Infantry collar badges, Warrant Officer Class 2 lower sleeve cloth badges and medal ribbons for general service medal, United Nations UNPROFOR & UNCRO medal and Army long service and good conduct medal
Lot 48
British Army dress uniform jacket having H Edgard & Sons Ltd label "CSGT Thow Mar 84", Gordon Highlanders staybrite buttons by Buttons Ltd of Birmingham, Warrant Officer Class 2 cloth lower sleeve badges and medal ribbons for United Nations UNFICYP medal and Army long service and good conduct medal, also a pair of trousers
Lot 79
Grouped collection of medals within box frame including Crown badge and Royal Scots cap badge of Colour Sergeant John Malone, Miniature medals including Boer War Queen's and King's South Africa medal, Army Long Service and Good Conduct medal, Royal Parks Police Coronation medal 1911 (extremely rare!, 119 issued), and Bravery medal mounted on bar reputed to be those of J H O Noble, George VI Services Rendered badge, full size OBE, full size MBE, fusiliers collar badge, and a set of four miniature medals including OBE, 1914-18 war medal and victory medal and 1939-45 defence medal, also a framed bullion wire triple chevron sleeve rank insignia and a print, (3)
Lot 373
A signed monochrome photograph taken at Gloucester House, Park Lane of HRH Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, (1819-1904), his son Sir Adolphus Fitzgeorge (1846-1922), his granddaughter Olga and his great-grandson George. 34x28cm. (George William Frederick Charles; 26 March 1819 ' 17 March 1904) was a member of the British royal family, a male-line grandson of King George III and cousin of Queen Victoria. The Duke was an army officer by profession and served as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (military head of the British Army) from 1856 to 1895. He became Duke of Cambridge in 1850 and field marshal in 1862.
Lot 384
A signed three-quarter-length monochrome photograph of Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819 ' 1904) in full military dress, a member of the British Royal Family and grandson of King George III, first cousin of Queen Victoria. The Duke was an army officer by profession and served as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army from 1856 to 1895 becoming Field Marshal in 1862, 29x17cm in leather cushion easel frame by A. Webster of Piccadilly
Lot 386
A signed three-quarter length sepia photograph of Prince Alexander of Battenberg (1886-1960), later Marquess of Carisbrooke, also dated '1907,' 19x15cm, together with a signed monochrome seated portrait photograph of Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge,, Queen Victoria's first cousin and grandson of George III, (1819 ' 1904), the Duke was an army officer by profession and served as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army from 1856 to 1895 becoming Field Marshal in 1862. 21x16cm,
Lot 99
A collection of military paperwork relating to L/Cpl J.E. Jones, Royal Fusiliers national service. Together with a handmade Royal Fusiliers wall hanging plaque. Papers include certificate of national service, leave pass, grade card, motor fuel ration book and Army Emergency Reservist's Instruction Book.
Lot 705
ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT, SUBJECT. A COLLECTION OF MAINLY EDWARDIAN PICTURE POSTCARDS IN TWO ALBUMS, C1900-10, REAL PHOTOGRAPHIC, COLOUR AND BW VILLAGE AND TOWN CHURCHES, CATHEDRALS AND CHURCHYARDS, THE KESWICK CONVENTION, CHURCH ARMY AND MANY CHURCHES, INCLUDING RYDAL, CARTMEL PRIORY, THE WORDSWORTH GRAVES AT GRASMERE, CONISTON AND AMBLESIDE, OTHER SUBJECTS INCLUDING FRANCO BRITISH EXHIBITION (28), COATS OF ARMS, SKIING, MANCHESTER AND LANCASHIRE, MILITARY PARADE (7, RP, BY FEARNSIDES PHOTOGRAPHER, PENRITH), MUSIC HALL ARTISTES, BI-PLANES (2, RP, BY FEARNSIDES, PENRITH) AND THOMAS MARTINDALE THE LOST BOY (RP, 3), ETC, MANY PU, ADDRESSED PENRITH (APPROXIMATELY 550) Condition reportA good and increasingly scarce genuine collection in two well filled albums, binding stained and worn but postcards almost all in very good condition
Lot 426
BBC Dads Army 1. 43 Die cast model collection includes 1932 BBC Outside Broadcast Recording Dennis Limousine and J. Jones Butchers Van based on 1935 Ford Morris BB Box Van as used on BBC TV series. Boxes a little battered. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 186
Whistler (Rex). Flying Visit of Truth to Berlin in the form of an R. A. F. leaflet raid here fancifully depicted - but not forgetting a great many hard facts, The Illustrated Magazine, December 9th, 1939, black and white satirical map of an aerial view of Berlin, very slight staining, margins strengthened on verso with tape, with descriptive text "What the R. A. F. sees over Berlin" on the verso, 325 x 485 mmQty: (1)NOTESThe map commemorates the first British "nickel" (propaganda leaflet raid) over Berlin during World war II. It took place in early October 1939 and was carried out by planes of RAF10 Squadron. The raid was promoted as a sign of Germany's weak air defences and its vulnerability to attack. The R. A. F. is represented by numerous putti wearing flying helmets and goggles and being led by a warlike Britannia. In the lower right corner are caricatures of Hitler, Goebbels and Goering, shaking impotent fists at the sky whilst Von Ribbentrop cowers beneath a table. They support a 'skull and crossbones' flag with the skull wearing an SS cap. Rex Whistler joined the army in 1939 but was killed in action in 1944 in Normandy at the age of 39.
Lot 249
* English School. Sergt J. Mc K K.O.L.D, mid 19th century, watercolour on paper, showing a portrait of a soldier in service uniform seen wearing a medal (probably a Scinde Medal), 9.5 x 9cm, laid on card, period gesso moulded frame, glazed together with a collection of military watercolours including the recruiting sergeant, 19th century showing an officer circa 1810 and a peasant, unsigned, 22 x 28cm (8.75 x 11ins), framed and glazed, military uniforms of 1825, 24 x 17cm (9.5 x 6.75ins), framed and glazed, a set of three watercolours attributed to E. Hull, showing the costume of the British Army circa 1828, and various uniforms including 42nd Black Watch, 3rd Scots Guards, Royal Marines and others each with old manuscript label to verso inscribed with the regiments, 25 x 34.5cm (9.75 x 13.5ins), framed and glazed, WWI watercolours, including a grisaille showing and Officer and two men advancing, unsigned, 17 x 24cm (6.75 x 9.5ins), framed and glazed, and others, all framed and glazedQty: (12)
Lot 252
* English School. Royal Horse Artillery, circa 1920s, watercolour on paper, showing a Royal Artillery Officer circa 1805, indistinct artist monogram lower right, 28 x 25.5cm (11 x 10ins), gilt frame, glazed, together after Knotel, 1st Empire French Napoleonic Army, circa 1920s, watercolour on paper showing a kettle drummer on horseback circa 1805, unsigned, 21.x 15cm (8.25 x 6ins), framed and glazed, plus other cavalry watercolours including 2nd Queen's Dragoon Guards 1846, unsigned, H. Jones (4th Hussars 1889), signed and dated 1915 lower right, C.R. Wymens (15th Light Dragoons 1759), 1st Surrey Light Horse (Mounted Rifles) 1864 (from a watercolour by Harry Payne) and others, all framed and glazedQty: (17)
Lot 261
* Castlereagh (Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822). Four letters written as foreign secretary to diplomatist Charles Stuart (later Baron Stuart de Rothesay), 1812-15, i.e. 1) Foreign Office, 9 March 1812, a letter of introduction for ‘Mr Crosbie Moore of Mooresfort in the County of Monaghan’, 1 p., 4to, 2) London, c.1814, announcing the Duke of Cambridge’s readiness to move the Hanoverian army into Belgium, 2 pp., 4to, 3) London, 27 March c.1814, ‘May I beg you to give this letter to the Duke of Wellington on his arrival, I presume he is on his way to Brussels …’, no addressee but with contemporary manuscript pagination similar to that in letters 2) and 4), marked 'private', 2 pp., 8vo, 4) Foreign Office, 30 March 1815, letter of introduction for Mr Thomas Stackhouse of merchants Baker Mant & Page, 'who is going to Holland on important commercial concerns’, 1 p., 4to, the relevant letter from from Baker Mant & Page to Castlereagh enclosed (1 p., 4to), all autograph letters signed except perhaps 4), the letter possibly secretarial but with Castlereagh's autograph signatureQty: (5)NOTESNAPOLEONIC MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM THE CHARLES STUART PAPERS Castlereagh was foreign secretary from February 1812 until his death by suicide in 1822. He is remembered for his 'starring role' (ODNB) in negotiating the Treaty of Paris (1815) and for his post-war diplomacy, which secured lasting peace in Europe: 'In this respect he became a model of diplomacy and statesmanship for a century' (ibid.). Charles Stuart (1779-1845) entered the diplomatic service in 1801, serving first as secretary of legation at Vienna (1801-4), then secretary of embassy at St Petersburg (1804-8). He subsequently undertook intelligence gathering with the provincial juntas in French-occupied Spain (1808-10) and made himself indispensable to Wellington as minister at Lisbon (1810-14); he was minister at the courts of both the king of the Netherlands and the exiled Louis XVIII during the 'Hundred Days', and at Paris from 1815 to 1824, and in 1825 helped negotiate the treaty by which Brazil became independent from Portugal.
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Lot 262
* [Cryptography]. Collection of autograph letters signed from Francis James Jackson (1770-1814), British minister to Berlin, to diplomatist Charles Stuart (later Baron Stuart de Rothesay) as secretary of legation at Vienna, 1803-4, 11 autograph letters signed, on Franco-Russian relations including Napoleon's maltreatment of Russian envoy Markov and Alexander I's reported refusal 'to guarantee France against a continental attack', the French occupation of Hanover, French internal politics including the arrest of General Moreau (indicating 'the instability of Bonaparte's government') and reports that 'the Reign of Terror was completely restored at Paris, where two thousand people had been arrested on the 11th [March]', Russian manoeuvres ('the formation of an army of 10,000 men in Livonia ... Genl Bushöven & Valerian Souboff … are appointed to the command of it'), a Russian-Prussian treaty 'for the mutual exchange of civil & military deserters', Austrian refusal to mediate a peace between Britain and France, and similar matters, 7 of the letters written partly or largely in numerical cipher (the cipher apparently in a secretarial hand) of which 3 with interlinear transcriptions by Charles Stuart and 3 with a laid-in sheet or bifolium with Stuart's autograph notes (probably transcribing the cipher), all annotated by Stuart with date of receipt, all written on 2, 3 or 4 sides of a single bifolium (except one letter, on both sides of a single sheet), one bifolium separating along central fold, very good condition overall, 4to (23 x 18.8 cm)Qty: (11)NOTESNAPOLEONIC MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM THE CHARLES STUART PAPERS Francis James Jackson was appointed ambassador to Constantinople in 1797 and minister-plenipotentiary to Paris in 1801; he was minister-plenipotentiary to Berlin from 1802 to 1806, and to Washington from 1809 to 1811, leaving in advance of the War of 1812. Charles Stuart (1779-1845) entered the diplomatic service in 1801, serving first as secretary of legation at Vienna (1801-4), then secretary of embassy at St Petersburg (1804-8). He subsequently undertook intelligence gathering with the provincial juntas in French-occupied Spain (1808-10) and made himself indispensable to Wellington as minister at Lisbon (1810-14); he was minister at the courts of both the king of the Netherlands and the exiled Louis XVIII during the 'Hundred Days', and at Paris from 1815 to 1824, and in 1825 helped negotiate the treaty by which Brazil became independent from Portugal.
Lot 264
* Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827). Important collection of 14 autograph letters signed, 1794-7, all signed 'Frederick', written variously from Oatlands, York House, Horse Guards, London, Windsor, and Bath, one addressed to Sir Henry Dundas (later Viscount Melville) as secretary of state for war (a detailed summary of proposed savings to army expenditure, 1797, marked 'secret'), all the others to an unidentified but probably the same high-ranking recipient ('Dear Sir'; 3 marked 'private'), likely Dundas himself (except perhaps for one letter referring to Dundas in the third person), nearly all on substantive military matters including the recruitment of cavalry troops in Scotland, Abercromby's expedition to the West Indies, plans for a reduction in the strength of the Gordon Highlanders, officer appointments (including appointment of generals to the Bombay, Bengal and Madras armies), the court martial of Colonel Cawthorne, the views of George III on the recipient's proposed embarkation of troops for the West Indies and Gibraltar, meetings with the Prince of Orange and others, and similar, the letter addressed by name to Dundas on two bifolia written on five sides, 4to, the others all on a single bifolium written on one or two sides, 4to (22.9 x 18.8 cm), together with 5 related items: one later autograph letter signed by Frederick (Newmarket, 1825, to 'My dear Lord', closed tears to folds); 2 letters signed (one signed 'Frederick Genl', Rosendael, 28 July 1794, to Brook Watson as commissary-general; the other possibly autograph, signed 'Frederick', Horse Guards, 1819, to Henry Dundas, now Viscount Melville); a possible autograph letter in the third person (Horse Guards, 1813); and a copy letterQty: (19)NOTESNAPOLEONIC MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM THE CHARLES STUART PAPERS Frederick, the second and favourite son of George III, was commander-in-chief of the army from April 1795 to 1809, when he resigned over the trafficking of offices by his mistress, Mary Anne Clarke; he was briefly succeeded by David Dundas, but was reinstated in 1811, and held the post until his death. His unsuccessful campaign against the French republicans in Flanders in 1793-5 revealed his limitations as a field commander, but '[his] conduct as commander-in-chief had considerable influence on the history of the British army. He supported the commanders' efforts to revive military spirit with some success; he looked after the soldiers and their comforts, and sternly put down the influence of personal favouritism. Despite his involvement in the Mary Anne Clarke scandal, he did much to eradicate political jobbery in military appointments, and systematic corruption' (ODNB). A full list of the letters in this lot is available on request.
Lot 267
* Mulgrave (Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of, 1755-1831). Group of autograph letters signed relating to preparations for Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom, written at Beverley, Yorkshire, 1803-4, to: 1) Major-General John Hope (1765-1823), later 4th Earl of Hopetoun, 26 November, 1803, on the problems of manning coastal artillery batteries in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, 4 pp., 4to, 2) Major-General Robert Brownrigg (1759-1833), quartermaster-general, 27 & 29 January & 20 February 1804, 3 letters, all on munitions for the Royal Artillery at Hull and the construction of beacons in the West Riding, 2, 2 and 4 pp., folio, 3) Frederick, Duke of York (1763-1827), commander-in-chief of the army, 30 March 1804, a detailed report on the readiness of coastal defences and volunteer forces in Yorkshire, and a request for permission for 'the general assembly of the volunteer force of the West Riding at Wakefield', 6 pp., folio, together with a letter signed by Mulgrave to Lieutenant-General Lord Charles Henry Somerset (1767-1831), Office of Ordnance, 30 April 1811, on 'the field exercise of the troop of horse artillery at Lewes', 2 pp., 4to, and two documents (chits) signed by Mulgrave, both 1803Qty: (9)NOTESNAPOLEONIC MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM THE CHARLES STUART PAPERS Mulgrave entered the army in 1775 and reached full general rank by 1809. He was governor of Scarborough castle from 1796, and at the time of writing these letters held the rank of lieutenant-general. He was foreign secretary during the second Pitt ministry (1804-6), first lord of the Admiralty from 1807 to 1809, and master-general of the ordnance from 1810 to 1818.
Lot 268
* Peninsular War. Collection of letters and dispatches to diplomatist Charles Stuart (later Baron Stuart de Rothesay), 1809-13, from: 1) Vaughan (Sir Charles Richard, 1774-1849), diplomatist, Oxford, 14 August 1809 & London, [1809], i.e. two letters, the first a detailed inquiry into Iberian politics and the activities of the provinicial juntas, and a summary of his intended book (i.e. Narrative of the Siege of Saragossa, 1809), the second on domestic politics including the appointment of Spencer Perceval as prime minister, 4 pp. and 2 pp., seal tears, 4to, 2) Stuart (John James, 1782-1811), Royal Navy officer and brother of Charles Stuart, Bothwell Castle, 21 August 1809, on Charles's illness, apparent criticism of his conduct by unnamed parties, the possible effect on his reputation of 'the narrative of Sir J[ohn] M[oore]'s campaign', and Wellington's prospects against the French, 4 pp., 4to, 3) Pierrepont (The Hon. Henry Manvers, 1780-1851), diplomatist, Portman Square, 20 December 1809, on Anglo-Ottoman relations and other matters, 4 pp., 8vo, 4) Rendlesham (John Thellusson, 2nd Baron, 1785-1832), Rendlesham, Suffolk, 24 August 1812, a florid letter of introduction ('My brother, George Thellusson, is about to join his regiment the 11th Lt. Dragoons in Spain ...'), 2 pp., 4to, all autograph letters signed, together with 9 others (comprising 6 autograph and 3 secretarial letters signed), written mainly from Lisbon or elsewhere in Portugal, 1811-13, all to Stuart from from various British agents, functionaries and soldiers, and concerning military, administrative, and financial matters, including a detailed letter on troop movements from a British lieutenant-general (signature illegible) at headquarters, Almada, 15 April 1811 ('In consequence of Lord Wellington's departure this day for the Alentejo, the command of the allied army upon this frontier has devolved upon me ...'), 2 pp., folio, a memorandum by one Thomas Wilson on the smuggling of American rum and gin into Lisbon and its prevention, Lisbon, 6 March 1812, 2 pp., folio, and similar, mainly folioQty: (14)NOTESNAPOLEONIC MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM THE CHARLES STUART PAPERS Charles Stuart (1779-1845) entered the diplomatic service in 1801, serving first as secretary of legation at Vienna (1801-4), then secretary of embassy at St Petersburg (1804-8). He subsequently undertook intelligence gathering with the provincial juntas in French-occupied Spain (1808-10) and made himself indispensable to Wellington as minister at Lisbon (1810-14); he was minister at the courts of both the king of the Netherlands and the exiled Louis XVIII during the 'Hundred Days', and at Paris from 1815 to 1824, and in 1825 helped negotiate the treaty by which Brazil became independent from Portugal.
Lot 269
* Stuart (Charles, later Baron Stuart de Rothesay, 1779-1845). Collection of autograph letter drafts, Berlin and Vienna, c.1801-4, perhaps 10 discrete letters in all, including 5 addressed to Robert, Lord Hobart (later 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire) as secretary of state for war and the colonies, 1 addressed to 'My Dear Lord' (probably Hobart), and 4 either unaddressed or to 'Sir' or 'My Dear Sir', various extents, about 73 pp. in total, generally 4toQty: (-)NOTESNAPOLEONIC MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM THE CHARLES STUART PAPERS Charles Stuart (1779-1845) entered the diplomatic service in 1801, serving first as secretary of legation at Vienna (1801-4), then secretary of embassy at St Petersburg (1804-8). He subsequently undertook intelligence gathering with the provincial juntas in French-occupied Spain (1808-10) and made himself indispensable to Wellington as minister at Lisbon (1810-14); he was minister at the courts of both the king of the Netherlands and the exiled Louis XVIII during the 'Hundred Days', and at Paris from 1815 to 1824, and in 1825 helped negotiate the treaty by which Brazil became independent from Portugal. These drafts contain a wealth of confidential information and well-informed personal reflections on military affairs, the minutiae of diplomatic relations, and trends in the broader political situation. Of special interest is Stuart's scandalised interpretation of Napoleon's execution of the duc d'Enghien ('Without commenting upon the atrocity of this murder I shall detail a few facts which took place during Mr Pagets absence which induce me to suspect that an indirect communication from hence contributed to hasten the catastrophe'). His dispatch on 'the conquest of the Tyrol & the brilliant successes of the arch duke' (referring possibly to events in the War of the Fifth Coalition in 1809) is a valuable attempt to see through the fog of war ('The exaggerations of the accounts received from the army in Germany renders it difficult to give a true version of the events whch really have taken place in Bavaria'). There are also noteworthy details on the fluctuating relations between France, Russia and Prussia, the relative position of the Ottoman Empire, and British military operations in South America ('Indian troops to rendezous at the Cape to meet 2 British regiments from home, hence to proceed & siege Monte Video on the River Plate … In this quarter it will be adviseable [sic] to employ black troops ie West Indian Regts').
Lot 271
* Stuart (Charles, later Baron Stuart de Rothesay, 1779-1845). Four autograph letters signed to diplomatist Charles Stuart from various British agents, 1802-9, i.e. 1) John Leard, British consul at Fiume (modern Rijeka, Croatia), 14 April 1809, an official dispatch written at the beginning of the War of the Fifth Coalition ('a war so very just and necessary for the delivery of afflicted Europe from the tyranny of Buonaparte and his banditti of robbers and assassins'), and concerning Leard's work in coordinating British and Austrian naval action, the weakness of the the Austrian navy, the blockade of Dalmatia and Venice, and similar, 4 pp., folio, 2) John Philip Morier (1778-1853), diplomat, Constantinople, 12 February 1802, on the British presence in Egypt ('I sincerely hope [Stratton] may succeed in reconciling the Turkish, British & Mamlouk interests, but I fear that our people have gone too far'), the potential re-establishment of the beys, and the conclusion of a treaty with Persia 'by which we hope to be secure from any invasion of the Affghauns', 4 pp., 4to, 3) Sir Alexander John Ball (1756-1809), naval officer and civil commissioner of Malta, Malta, 30 May 1809, 'It appears surprising that the Archduke Charles [of Austria] should not have been guarded against Buonaparte's making a similar effort to that which he made when he considered the Battle of Marengo lost until Desaix proposed charging at the head of the cavalry … I do not however despond as the Austrians have the advantages ... I send you a report of our glorious achievement in destroying the French Fleet in Basque Road ... We have reason to believe that Sir Harford Jones has succeeded in his Mission at the Court of Persia', 3 pp., 4to, 4) Edward Spencer Cowper (1779-1823), member of parliament for Hertford, Paris, 17 April 1802, on procuring fashionable clothing for Stuart from Parisian taylors, life in Paris, Easter celebrations at Notre Dame marking the official proclamation of the Concordat of 1801, and scurrilous rumours about the Queen of Naples ('To morrow will be a very grand day here & indeed a very celebrated one in the annals of French history - the First Consul [Napoleon] is to go in state to the Cathedral of Notre Dame; he will there hear high mass & the new archbishops & bishops will take the oath of allegiance to him in the same manner as to the kings of France ... The Queen of Naples has been very ill ... an enormous bunch of piles at her arse has been the cause of it. Is this true?'), 3 pp., 4toQty: (4)NOTESNAPOLEONIC MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM THE CHARLES STUART PAPERS John Philip Morier accompanied the Turkish expedition to Egypt in 1799, 'with a secret mission to co-operate diplomatically with the Turks with a view to the expulsion of the French' (ODNB). He was taken prisoner by the French but, unusually, released, and published a well-received account of the campaign, titled Memoir of a Campaign with the Ottoman Army in Egypt from February to July 1800 (1801). Charles Stuart (1779-1845) entered the diplomatic service in 1801, serving first as secretary of legation at Vienna (1801-4), then secretary of embassy at St Petersburg (1804-8). He subsequently undertook intelligence gathering with the provincial juntas in French-occupied Spain (1808-10) and made himself indispensable to Wellington as minister at Lisbon (1810-14); he was minister at the courts of both the king of the Netherlands and the exiled Louis XVIII during the 'Hundred Days', and at Paris from 1815 to 1824, and in 1825 helped negotiate the treaty by which Brazil became independent from Portugal.
Lot 275
* Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of, 1769-1852). Autograph letter signed to diplomatist Charles Stuart (later Baron Stuart de Rothesay) as minister at Lisbon, dated 'Camp before Badajoz', 20 March 1812, single bifolium of laid paper watermarked 'Gater 1807', written on 2 sides, secretarial annotation at head, 4to (23.9 x 19 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESNAPOLEONIC MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM THE CHARLES STUART PAPERS Unpublished: not in Gurwood (first edition, 1837, or new edition, 1838). With the siege of Badajoz in full swing Wellington writes to his right-hand man in Lisbon, forwarding correspondence from Lord Liverpool and rejoicing 'that you stay in Portugal', Wellington having been under the impression following a recent meeting that Stuart was destined for America. At Badajoz the allied army suffered extremely heavy losses storming the walls, and ran riot through the city afterwards, with order not restored for days afterwards. Charles Stuart (1779-1845) entered the diplomatic service in 1801, serving first as secretary of legation at Vienna (1801-4), then secretary of embassy at St Petersburg (1804-8). He subsequently undertook intelligence gathering with the provincial juntas in French-occupied Spain (1808-10) and made himself indispensable to Wellington as minister at Lisbon (1810-14); he was minister at the courts of both the king of the Netherlands and the exiled Louis XVIII during the 'Hundred Days', and at Paris from 1815 to 1824, and in 1825 helped negotiate the treaty by which Brazil became independent from Portugal.
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