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Auction: 17020 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 974

Autographs
Gibraltar
His Majesty's Forces
1810-20 Treasury Warrants, the first dated 1810 (20 January) is signed by Major General "Colin Campbell" for the sum of £600; the second dated 1820 (8 April) as signed by General George Don, "Geo. Don" for the sum of £300, each with the appropriate counter signatures. Also 1806 signed by General "H E Fox", commander of the Forces in the Mediterranean for £1057.2.0 for the 2nd Battalion of the 78th Regiment of Foot. (3 warrants)

Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, (1792 – 1863), was a British Army officer. After serving in the Peninsular War and the War of 1812, he commanded the 98th Regiment of Foot during the First Opium War and then commanded a brigade during the Second Anglo-Sikh War. He went on to command the Highland Brigade at the Battle of Alma and with his "thin red line of Highlanders" he repulsed the Russian attack on Balaclava during the Crimean War. At an early stage of the Indian Mutiny, he became Commander-in-Chief, India and, in that role, he relieved and then evacuated Lucknow and, after attacking and decisively defeating Tatya Tope at the Second Battle of Cawnpore, captured Lucknow again. Whilst still commander-in-chief he dealt with the 'White Mutiny' among East India Company troops, and organised the army sent east in the Second Opium War. Campbell was posted to Gibraltar in 1810



General Sir George Don (1756 – 1832) was a senior British Army military officer and colonial governor during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. His service was conducted across Europe, but his most important work was in military and defensive organization against the threat of French invasion during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Don was also frequently requested for advisory and espionage work by British generals and was once employed by the Prussian State as a spy. Don also served as Governor of Jersey and Gibraltar, implementing organizational reforms with much success in both places.



General Henry Edward Fox (1755 – 1811) was a British Army general. He also served brief spells as Governor of Minorca and Governor of Gibraltar.


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