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Auction: 24029 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 5004

Great Britain
Napoleonic Wars
Lord Nelson
1801 (3 July) autograph letter signed from "Lothians Hotel" to Charles Yorke, Secretary at War, introducing his cousin, Lieutenant Colonel William Suckling, in the hope of securing him the position of Barrack Master at Windsor Barracks "as I have just learnt that Major Lewis of the Hampshire district is dead, I would be very happy if my relation was appointed in his room.". Signed "Nelson & Bronte". In a fine state of preservation.

Notes: Lieutenant Colonel William Suckling did eventually become Master of the Barracks after becoming Lieutenant in 1784, Captain in 1897 and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1797.
Nelson, on 1st. July, 1801 had arrived at Yarmouth, visited a hospital there to which wounded from Copenhagen had ben transferred, then proceeded to London. Later in the same month, Nelson would be appointed in command of the anti-invasion flotillas.

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Estimate
£2,500 to £3,000