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Lot 342
Aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington

[MUSIC] General John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland GCB, GCH, PC (1784-1859) British soldier, politician, diplomat and musician. He was commissioned Ensign in the 11th Foot without purchase in 1803. In 1804 he transferred to the 7th Foot as a Lieutenant and in 1806 he transferred to the 23rd Foot as a Captain. He later transferred to the 2nd West India Regiment. He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army in 1809 and then transferred to the 91st Foot. In 1811 he exchanged back into the 7th Foot and later the same year purchased the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the 63rd Foot. In 1814 he was promoted Colonel in the Army. He was an extra aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington (his wife's uncle) and fought at Talavera and Busaco during the Peninsular War. He was promoted Major-General in 1838 and General in 1854 and was appointed a Colonel of the 56th Foot in 1842. Lord Westmorland sat as Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis between 1806 and 1816.[2] He served as Minister to Tuscany between 1814 and 1830, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Prussia between 1841 and 1851 and as Ambassador to the Austrian Empire between 1851 and 1855. Lord Westmorland was also a composer and a founder of the Royal Academy of Music. He was a great music lover who devoted most of his leisure hours to the study of music, was a good violinist and a prolific composer. This fact helped to improve the standing of the musical profession in England. Like many aristocrats, however, he regarded Italy as the only source of good music. Signed address panel 1829, approx. 4-3/4 x 3". Fine condition on front; mounting traces on verso.

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