WILMOT-HORTON ROBERT: (1784-1841) British politician and colonial administrator. A.L.S., R ...

WILMOT-HORTON ROBERT: (1784-1841) British politician and colonial administrator. A.L.S., R Wilmot, three pages, 8vo, Wherstead, Ipswich, 23rd September 1822, to [John Wilson] Croker. Wilmot-Horton commeces his letter stating 'I have received the enclosed (no longer present) from Sir Hudson [Lowe] & the series of entrances in the New Times, which will save you the trouble of answering my last. You will be furnished now with ample matter' and continues to ask if Croker has any objections to Lord Guilford being sent 'your answer to my proposition or rather enquiry respecting establishment for the naval education of your gentlemen', remarking 'I enclose it to you, lest you should have forgotten your precise phrases, which I should be glad to indulge him with'. Annotated by Croker to the head of the first page 'Read. To be answered verbally. Done'. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

John Wilson Croker (1780-1857) Anglo-Irish statesman and author who served as First Secretary to the Admiralty 1809-27. Croker's interest in the French Revolution led to him amassing a large number of valuable documents on the subject which are now housed in the British Museum.

Hudson Lowe (1769-1844) Anglo-Irish soldier and colonial administrator who served as Governor of Saint Helena 1816-21 where he was the 'gaoler' of Emperor Napoleon.

Frederick North (1766-1827) 5th Earl of Guilford. British politician and colonial administrator, the first Governor of British Ceylon 1798-1805.