Military and Maritime Autographs

LT-GENERAL ROBERT BADEN-POWELL Autograph Signature. British soldier and founder of the Boy Scout movement. Autograph presentation signature on his headed note paper, Ewhurst Place, via Hawkhurst, Kent.  "Robert Baden Powell. 26.2.16". Approx 20 x 13 cms.  Mounting traces to edge of verso, else fine...

LT-GENERAL ROBERT BADEN-POWELL Typed Letter Signed. British soldier and founder of the Boy Scout movement.   TLS. 1p. The Castle, Richmond, Yorkshire. 13th August 1909. To E[rnest] A. Robinson.   "I am grateful to you for your kindness in sending me the copies of "The Mite". It is quite the smallest book I have ever seen, and it is an interesting momento of my visit to Grimsby." With a nice, clear autograph SIGNATURE.   4to. Approx 10 x 7.75 inches. Slight creases. The downstroke of the last character of the autograph signature is slightly smudged, probably by Baden-Powell himself when.....

ADMIRAL DAVID BEATTY Portrait Signed. Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, DSO, 1st Earl Beatty. British naval officer. Commander of the British battle cruiser squadron at the Battle of Jutland.   Autograph signature of David Beatty below an offset-litho printed portrait mounted on post-card. Addressed on verso to Mrs Rickinson, Gainsford.   The card measures approx. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Fine.   Admiral David Beatty served in the Sudanese War and the Boxer Rebellion. In WW1 his aggressive tactics whilst commanding the British battle cruisers at the Battle of Jutland were contrasted with the more cautious approach of the.....

ADMIRAL CHARLES BERESFORD Photograph Signed. British (English) naval officer.   Photograph with full Autograph signature of Charles Beresford across the image and also dated in his hand, 1906.  A pleasing photograph in which Beresford, the very personification of the British Admiral, is shown full-length on the deck of a large ship, probably of the early 'dreadnaught' class. He is in full naval uniform, with a telescope clasped under one arm.   The portrait is a real photograph post-card by Rotary. It measures approx 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Addressed on the verso to Mrs W.H. Rickinson, 77 High Street, Redcar. In.....

PHILIP BROKE autograph Letter Signed Admiral Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke. British Royal Navy officer. Hero of the Shannon vs Chesepeake.   ALS. 4pp bifolium.  Broke Hall.  May 11th, 1829.  To My dear Admiral [Benjamin Page].   "I am sorry you should be in quarantine for a sore throat, but the east winds are very dangerous for such ailments though the weather looks so temptingly fine in May.  Thanks for your interesting papers.  I wish much that our friend Cunningham may be as honourably placed in retirement as General Butler to keep the united services on fair footing!  I am.....

PHILIP BROKE autograph letter Signed Admiral Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke. British Royal Navy officer. Hero of the Shannon vs. Chesepeake.   ALS.  1p. Broke Hall.  August 13th, 1819.  To "My dear Sir" [Admiral Benjamin Page].   "I am delighted to find his Royal Highness make such an excellent Lord High Admiral and beg to congratulate you most sincerely on becoming one of his flag officers as Mrs Broke does Mrs Page on your promotion.  You will have to visit your Royal friend at Carlton House sooner than you expected, but you will have so many friends at Ipswich to.....

SIR COLIN CAMPBELL Autograph Letter Signed. British (Scottish) soldier. Commander in Chief, India during the Indian Mutiny. The architect of the relief and evacuation of Luknow. Won fame as the valiant commander of "the thin red line" of highlanders at the battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War. ALS. 1p.  Lahore.  October 6th [no year].  To "My dear Colonel". "I have just time for two lines, and to send you the accompanying Note from Sir Fred[eric]k Currie about the Fort Adj[utan]t. I will place it all in the night train tomorrow and dispatch the responding letter with your own to.....

FIELD MARSHAL COLIN CAMPBELL Autograph Letter. British (Scottish) soldier. Leader of the Highland Brigade in the Crimean War and in command of the 'Thin Red Line' at the Battle of Balaclava. From 1858 known as Lord Clyde.   AL. 1p and integral blank leaf. No place. April 11th 1863. To Mr and Mrs Forster.   "Lord Clyde presents his compliments to Mr and Mrs Forster and will do himself the honour of waiting on them at dinner on Thursday, the 23rd instant at quarter after 7 o'clock."   8vo. Approx 7 x 4.5 inches. Mounting residue to edges of verso of integral.....

ADMIRAL WILLIAM CARNEGIE Autograph Letter Signed Admiral William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk. British officer of the Royal Navy, Fought at the Battle of Trafalgar and the Battle of Martinique. Buried alongside Nelson and Collingwood in St Paul's Cathedral. ALS. 4pp.  London. 24th June 1812.  To "Sir". "I was very sorry to find the letter, containing the explanation of the chart, amongst my papers a few days ago, which, by some accident, I had neglected to forward.  It cannot, however, be of the least consequence, as the subject is so fully understood by you.  The paintings by Mr. Powell [?].....

ADMIRAL THOMAS COCHRANE AUTOGRAPH LETTER Signed. Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Marquess of Maranho. British naval officer and mercenary. The supposed model for C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower and Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey. ALS. 2pp. No place, no date. To G.B. Earp. "I have been in bed ever since I saw you - again deprived of feeling and operated on. Yesterday, I began a little to recover and today found myself able to put on my clothes. My mind however is sadly depressed. So much so that I have been unable to read even your able additions to the.....