MS 681 18 05
Reference code
MS 681 18 05
Title
Papers of the wider Barrett and related families: Papers of Edward Barrett
Level
Sub-series
Administrative / Biographical history
Edward Barrett (1791-1819) was the third son of Samuel Barrett (1765-1794) and Elizabeth Barrett Williams (1754-1834). An officer in the British Army, Light Dragoon Regiment, he served in Portugal and Spain under the Duke of Wellington. Wounded 1814 in battle at ?Toulouse in April 1814; he also fought at Battle of Waterloo and was promoted to Captain. He returned to Jamaica after 1816, but his health did not improve and he died in 1819.
Date
1812-1815
Extent & medium
3 items
Content description
This sub-series contains letters written by Edward Barrett
Publication note
A colour reproduction of a portrait of Edward Barrett by J W Childe, 1818 appears in R A Barrett: The Barretts of Jamaica: the family of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, between pages 148-149
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- Papers of Edward Barrett: Letter from Edward Barrett to his brother George Goodin Barrett, MS 681 18 05 01, (6 Jan 1812)
- Papers of Edward Barrett: Letters from Edward Barrett to his aunt Elizabeth Moulton and unidentified recipient, MS 681 18 05 02, (Feb-Oct 1814)
- Papers of Edward Barrett: Letter from Edward Barrett to his aunt Mary Barrett Lockhead, MS 681 18 05 03, (13 Jul 1815)