28
72
FAMOUSLEGALFIGURES INOROF IRELAND,ACOLLECTION INCLUDING
O’Hagan, Thomas; 1
st
Baron, 1812 - 1885, LordChancellor andSolicitorGeneral of Ireland,MP,ALS, firstCatholic tohold theoffice since
timeof James II; friend and supporter of DanielO’Connell. ALS from34RutlandSquareWest,Dublin, 3
rd
February1882.
Collins,RichardHenn (1842 -1911)TCDScholar, Famous Judgeand Jurist,Mastersof theRolls, LordofAppeal andLifePeer.ALSonRoyal
Courts of Justice letterhead toBalfourBrowne….. I hear that LocockWebb ismakingopposition….. haswritten to sayhewill persevere if
supported.
Ashburne, 1
st
Baron;Gibson,Edward, 1837 -1913,LordChancellorof Ireland. Twoautograph letters signed, the firstonBlind stampedLord
Chancellor’s letterhead, toGeneral Sir EdwardWhitman about a letter he has received from SargeantChristian; the second, on aHouse of
Lords letterhead, sixmonths later (30
th
March1886), toMajorGeneralHerman tellinghimhewill write to the rightHon JChristian “I am
sure itwill be a great gratification to find that his son is so soon likely toget hisCommission”.
Cairns, 1
st
Earl,HughMcCalmont, 1819 -1885,ALS. 5November1875onBlind stampedHouseofLordsnotepaper,whilstLordChancellor,
toHarman seeking “fivemins conversationwithyou…….”
€100 - 200
73
MILITARY AND NAVAL FIGURES WITH IRISH INVOLVEMENT,ACOLLECTION INCLUDING
D’Evereux,General John, Commander of the IrishLegion inSouthAmerica.ALS fromGreshamHotel “I sendyoumy sword to admire
……” Also, his signatureon a cartede visite,GreshamHotel, 21Upper Sackville Street.
Grenfell, FrancisWallace, 1
st
Baron, 1841 - 1925, FieldMarshal, Commander-in-Chief Ireland.ALS. ALS toMrACBarber, sendinghis
autograph, 1 side 8VoonBlind stamped letterhead “TheRoyalHospitalDublin”.
McClintock, RearAdmiral, Sir Francis Leopold, 1819 - 1907; Significant IrishbornNavalOfficer andExplorer.ALSMonasterboiceHouse
Drogheda6
th
May1874 to thewifeof another IrishMilitary figureBrigadierGeneral LRBOldfield.
Rose,HughHenry, BaronStrathnairn, (1801 - 1855) FieldMarshal. 4ppsALS signedStrathnairn seekingdetails of abattle.
Sir StapletonCatlon,ViscountCambermere (1772 - 1865) Served in Ireland in1790
andwas returned from1822 to1825 asCommander inChief,ALS.
Blackwood, SirHenry (1770 - 1832) IrishbornBritishAdmiral, servedwithNelson atTrafalgar, 3pageALS.
BeresfordLordCharles (1846 - 1919)RearAdmiralMP forWaterford. widelyknown to theBritishpublic as “Charles
B” and consideredbymany tobe apersonificationof JohnBull andwasnormally accompaniedbyhis trade-
mark abulldog.ALSonClaridgesHotel letterhead toLordMilner agreeing tomeet at theRhodesTrust.
€100 - 200
74
Armstrong, John (1674 - 1742)
Major General, Quartermaster General in Ireland and Sir CharlesWills (1666 - 1741), General, PrivyCouncillor toGeorge I). Document
Signed. This document, addressed to the office of Ordinance at Portsmouth, ordering that powder be “issued out of HisMajesty’s Stores
…… at Portsmouth…. For sixmonthsDuty andExerciseof EightCompany’s ofCol Fieldings regiment of Invalids there”.
John Armstrong was born in Ireland, served under the Duke of Marlborough and in 1712 was appointedQuartermaster General to the
Forces in Ireland. In1723hebecameMajorGeneral of Foot in Ireland.
€200 - 300
75
WELLESLEY,HENRY (1773 - 1897)
IrishMP andDiplomat. Two autograph letters signed.
HenryWellesleywasborn intooneof themost famous Irish families,his fatherGarrett,was firstEarlofMornington,hisbrotherArthur, the
IronDuke, becamePrimeMinister, and another, RichardColley,MarquessWellesley, wasGovernorGeneral of India andLordLieutenant
of Ireland. The first letterwritten from Spain in 1811within twomonths of becomingAmbassador there “I am verymuchobliged to you
for the invaluable communicationswhich I have received in relation to themilitary operations inValencia……”. The second letter dated
1825waswritten fromVienna, alsowhilehewasAmbassador there, toMrAndrew,Bookseller,BondStreet, concerning purchasesofbooks.
€100 - 200
76
W.E.GLADSTONE
A foldercontaining twoA.L.S. fromGladstone,dated[18]60and[18]87, thesecondwritten toaRussian lady ‘when in themiddleofapolitical
campaign inSouthWales. I saw60,000peopleonSaturday, ofwhom40,000notonlygaveup theirday’swagesbutpaid for railway tickets ..
All there,99/100ofwhomareProtestants,makethisdemonstration inordertosecurefirstlyandmainly, justiceforRomanCatholicIreland ..’
Also includesanunsignedpassage inGladstone’shand, andanaccount to thePaymasterGeneral signedby [Lord]Palmerston,WarOffice,
August 1811, soiled andparting at fold.As a collection
€100 - 200
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