CANNING GEORGE: (1770-1827) British Prime Minister April - August 1827. A.L.S., Geo. Canning, two pages, 4to ...

CANNING GEORGE: (1770-1827) British Prime Minister April - August 1827. A.L.S., Geo. Canning, two pages, 4to, Lisbon, 16th June 1815, to Lord Beresford. Canning sends his correspondent copies of some letters (no longer present) involving Sir Henry Wellesley which he explains 'will put you in possession of all that has passed. & shew you that you were not wrong in the anticipations of your letter of yesterday', further continuing 'This appears to decide the question of the Transports, which must all go home, unless the mail now due should bring anything to countermand them' and concluding by remarking that he hopes, without fail, that he and Mrs. Canning will leave on Saturday in order to visit Beresford at Caldas. With blank integral leaf (slight traces of former mounting to the right edge of the verso, causing a few small areas of paper loss). Some light age wear, about VG William Beresford (1768-1854) 1st Viscount Beresford. Anglo-Irish General and Politician who served in the British Army as well as being a Marshal in the Portuguese Army. Beresford fought alongside the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War. Henry Wellesley (1773-1847) 1st Baron Cowley. British Diplomat & Politician, the younger brother of the Duke of Wellington. British Ambassador to Spain 1810-21. Canning, a close acquaintance of Wellesley, had asked him to serve as his second in his famous duel with Lord Castlereagh.