YORKE, Joseph, Baron Dover. 1010

£65

Description

Autograph Letter Signed ‘Dover’, to Sir George Yonge, secretary at war, asking for military commissions to be prepared for a Cornet Gregory in the Life Guards, and for his successor, Lieutenant Tyrwhitt. 1 page 9 x 7.5 inches. In good condition. Integral blank leaf. Hill Street, 12 February 1790. Joseph Yorke, Baron Dover (1724-92), diplomat, fought at Fontenoy and Culloden, and became ambassador to The Hague.