Found 14 collections related to Great Britain. Army

Sir Sidney Patrick Shelley, 8th Baronet, British army officer. He was the grandnephew of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet. · To Louise Schutz Boas, biographer : 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Dec 1955 : (S'ANA 0431a) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Colombo Club, Colombo, Ceylon : begins, "Just received this. Regret to say I know of no paintings or portraits of Elizabeth Shelley ..."; with Boas's prompting letter to Sir Sidney on the verso (S'ANA 0431b), dated 12 Nov 1955, saying she is "trying to find a portrait or miniature of Elizabeth Shelley, sister of the poet, said to have resembled him so closely that they might have been taken for twins ..."; with the postmarked envelope from Sir Sidney to Boas. less

John Michell, British army officer. To Jane Michell, his wife : 1 autograph letter signed : 27-29 Jan 1814 : (MISC 2216) : from Villefranche : begins, "Another dreary fortnight has lapsed without my hearing any news of you. You will judge of my anxiety ...". less

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, army officer and founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. To Sir Charles Wakefield : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Aug. 1911 : (MISC 1368) : offering to send him a copy of his Sketches in Mafeking and East Africa. less

To William Young at the Sun Newspaper office, Strand, London : 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Nov 1828 : (S'ANA 0465) : from Bromham Devizes : begins, "As you were so good enough to make me an offer of your services in town I have taken the liberty of enclosing a paper that I have just received from Mr. Thomas Moore, the poet ...". less

Sir Alured Clarke, British army officer and colonial governor. To Lady Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess : 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Dec 1819 : (BLES 1.082) : from Mansfield Street : begins, "I am very much flattered and gratified by the receipt of your extremely kind Note, so expressive of that friendship that you and Lord Blessington have always shown me ..." Mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. less

Sir George Osborn, British Army officer. To Sir William Hamilton, diplomat and art collector : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter unsigned : 30 Aug 1768 : (MISC 0346) : from Charles Street, Berkeley Square : with political news of England and the Colonies; begins, "Your kind & friendly letter dated July 26th gave me the greatest pleasure ..." -- 1 autograph letter unsigned : 15 Feb 1771 : (MISC 0347) : from Charles Street, Berkeley Square : begins, "My last letter dated the 8th of this month will have informed you of His Majesty's intentions relative to the three northern courts ..."; with armorial red wax seal. -- 1 autograph letter unsigned : 10 Feb 1778 : (MISC 0348) : from London : begins, "I am always unwilling to trespass on your time which I know is so fully & so well employed." With red wax seal. -- 1 autograph letter unsigned : 13 Oct 1778 : (MISC 0349) : from Chicksands Priory, Bedfordshire : begins, "A very long journey of above a thousand miles, & a variety of ccupations have prevented me from having the pleasure of writing to you lately ...". less

Edward Thomas Michell, British brigadier-general. To the Reverend John Michell, Vicar of Fairford (his father) : 1 autograph letter signed : 22 Aug 1818 : (MISC 2217) : from Calais : begins, "So good an opportunity as John Reynolds's return to England induces me to write you a few words ...". less

To Abraham Hayward, essayist and translator : 1 autograph letter signed : 4 May 1858 : (HWD 06.053) : from 23 Bolton Street, Piccadilly W. : reads in full, "Many thanks for Faust. I forward you a newspaper containing a humble attempt of mine at criticism." Within the Abraham Hayward Correspondence Files. less

Sir Archibald Hunter, British Army officer. · To Major Martin Archer Shee, army officer : 1 autograph letter signed : 2 Oct 1903 : (SHEE 0002c) : 1 page (double sheet) : from 44, St. James's Place, St. James's (printed stationery) : begins, "Your letter of 23d Sept. is very interesting. I only got it this morning ..." Formerly laid in to the Martin Archer Shee Autograph Album. less

John Walker, British Army officer. · To Thomas Love Peacock, satirical novelist and poet : 1 autograph letter, third person : 13 Sep 1859 : (P'ANA 0061) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Camp Colchester : begins, "Captain Walker (66 Regiment) presents his compliments to the Author of 'Melincourt' . . ."; soliciting permission to set the "Terzetto" in chapter XIX of Peacock's Melincourt as a trio for tenor, soprano and contralto. less

Archibald Percival Wavell, first Earl Wavell, British army officer and viceroy of India. · To Neville Rogers, Shelley scholar : 2 letters : -- 1 typescript letter signed : 11 Nov 1946 : (S'ANA 0912.70) : 1 page (single sheet) + enclosure (2 single sheets) + envelope : from The Viceroy's House, New Delhi (embossed stationery) : begins, "I lately received your letter of the 21st October about a foreword for the pamphlet on Keats and Shelley." With the mentioned forward (2 typed pages); within stamped, postmarked envelope. -- 1 typescript letter signed : 3 Jan 1949 : (S'ANA 0912.71) : 1 page (single sheet) : from 23, Kingston House South, S.W.7 (printed stationery) : begins, "Very many thanks for the Keats-Shelley book . . . .". less

Arthur Wellesley, first duke of Wellington, British army officer and prime minister. · To John Hatchard, publisher and bookseller : 1 autograph letter third person : 3 Mar 1837 : (MISC 4058) : 1 page (single sheet) + excised autograph address panel : from London : requesting "a Digest of the Corporation Act of 1835 . . . .". less