Description
Original Commission, signed upper left by King George IV, appointing Thomas Peard Dwyer, Gentleman, to be Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Marines. Countersigned by Lords of the Admiralty, Sir George Clerk and William Robert Keith Douglas. Vellum, 9 x 13 inches, folds, Treasury stamp affixed, light scattered foxing, in good condition. Given at Our Court at Brighton, 31 January 1824. Major-General Thomas Peard Dwyer, Royal Marines, born Ireland 1798, died 1863., Commandant of Ascension Island, 1842–1844.