Wellington and his friends; . letters of the first Duke of Wellington to the Rt. Hon. Charles and Mrs Arbuthnot, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, Princess Lieven, and Miss Burdett-Coutts. Selected and edited by the seventh Duke of Wellington.
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KB, MP (1769 - 1852)
Category
Books
Date
1965
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 3124636
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii,317p.,[7] leaves of plates . ill..,ports.. . 23cm.. Inserted: letter to: Dear Christopher [Hussey]; signed: Yours ever Gerry; on printed headed paper: Stratfield Saye House, Reading; dated: Oct.23.'69; with enclosed 'birthday present'. Provenance: Inscribed: "For Christopher on his 70th birthday from his old (84) friend Gerry / Trafalgar Day 1969." [followed by verse]. Binding: Publisher's red cloth, gold lettered spine, black label; with dust-jacket.
Makers and roles
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KB, MP (1769 - 1852) Charles Arbuthnot (1767-1850) Harriet Fane, Mrs Charles Arbuthnot (1793-1834) Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906) Dorothea Benckendorff, Princess Lieven (1785-1857) Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington (1885 - 1972) Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton, Countess of Wilton (1801 - 1858) Thomas Grosvenor Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton of Wilton Castle (1799 - 1882)