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MS 440 02 02

Reference code

MS 440 02 02

Title

Papers of Duncombe F. B. Buckley: Letters of Alfred Buckley to Duncombe F. B. Buckley

Level

File

Administrative / Biographical history

Duncombe Frederick Batt Buckley, attended Eton (JEY 1844-1848), Captain in the Scots Guards, fought in the Crimean War, wounded at Alma, killed in the trenches before Sevastopol 6 September 1855. Alfred Buckley, attended Eton (JEY 1843-1848), elder brother of Duncombe Buckley, was in the Admiralty and afterward Secretary to the Duke of Somerset.

Date

1854-1855

Extent & medium

4 items

Content description

4 ALS from Alfred Buckley to Duncombe F.B. Buckley dated 18 March 1854 - 2 September 1855 full of news of home, and questions about the Crimean War.

Provenance

Acquired by purchase in 2011
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