An Exceptional Eye: A Private British Collection

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Lot 145
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Admiral Edward Vernon

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300 - 500 GBP
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Description

  • Admiral Edward Vernon
  • letter signed, to Captain Saumarez of HMS York, ordering him to take 16 men on board, counter-signed from the Admiralty, 1 page, folio, HMS Royal George, 30 August 1745, framed and glazed, not examined out of frame

Catalogue Note

Admiral Vernon (1684-1757) was Admiral of the White during the Jacobite uprising of 1745, commanded to defend Britain against the very real threat of invasion from France.