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[LENNOX (Willam Pitt)] Comp.
Memoir of Charles Gordon Lennox, Fifth Duke of Richmond, K.G., P.C.
1st Ed., xi+348pp., portrait frontis. Chapman & Hall.
1862
#65064
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Lennox (1781-1860) when known as Earl of March served on Wellington's staff in the Peninsular War, during which time he joined the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regt. as a volunteer & accompanied the regiment's advance storming party on the fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo. He formally joined the 52nd Foot in 1813 & commanded a company at the Battle of Orthes, 1814, where he was severely wounded; the musket-ball in his chest was never removed. During the Battle of Waterloo he was ADC to the Prince of Orange & following the latter's wounding, served as ADC to Wellington. Detailed memoirs of his life based on various correspondence & family sources. His military career is detailed in around 40pp., the rest of the book (apart from his early life & education) being devoted to his work as a landowner, &c. Orig. red cloth, blindstamped & gilt, rebacked, somewhat rubbed/worn, sound & VG thus. See illustration on our website.
£125
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