Beschreibung:

[EAST INDIA COMPANY]: A small archive of military commissions and other documents relating to the career of Francis Charles Trevor, an artillery officer who served in India from the mid to late 19th century, including Colin Campbell (1792-1863) 1st Baron Clyde, British Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief, India, 1857-61. D.S., Clyde, one page, oblong folio, Simlah, Bengal, 24th August 1859, appointing Francis to be a 1st Lieutenant in the Queen's Army in the East Indies; George Harris (1810-1872) 3rd Baron Harris, British peer, politician and colonial administrator who served as Governor of Trinidad 1846-54 and as Governor of Madras 1854-59. D.S., Harris, one page (vellum), oblong 4to, Fort St. George, 14th May 1858, appointing Francis to be a 1st Lieutenant in the Corps of Artillery; Prince George (1819-1904) Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces 1856-95, four Ds.S., George, each one page, oblong folio, n.p., 1863-78, each being military commissions variously appointing Francis to be a Second Captain of a Battery in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, a Major in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, and a Colonel in the Land Forces, each with pale blue blind embossed seals affixed; and two other documents (one a passport bearing a facsimile signature of the Marquess of Salisbury, 1898) relating to Charles Cecil Trevor and Charles Edward Trevor. Some light overall age wear, dust staining, and splits to some folds etc. Generally G, 8