AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY GENERAL SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM HAMILTON, COMMANDER OF THE BRIGADE OF GUARDS FROM 1868 to 1870, SENDING A REVIEW OF HIS BOOK ON THE GRENADIER GUARDS.

[London ]: July 12, 1874., 1874.. Good. - Letter penned in black ink and filling both sides of a cream-colored 7 inch high by 5 inch wide sheet of letterhead with his address printed in red raised lettering at the top of the recto. Signed "Fred.[?] Hamilton". The left edge of the letter is reinforced with linen tape. Hamilton's name & the title of his book have been noted in another hand below his signature. Folded once for mailing. Together with a newspaper cutting of his obituary. Good. <p>General Hamilton writes to Mrs. Ford: "I leave a copy of the morning's (which you can return at your convenience) containing a review of my book. I hope you have recovered from the heat of yesterday". The book, published in London by John Murray in 1874, is "The Origin and History of the First or Grenadier Guards. From Documents in the State Paper Office, War Office, Horse Guards, Contemporary History, Regimental Records, Etc.".<p>General Sir Frederick William Hamilton [1815-1890] was a British Army officer who was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1831. He commanded his regiment throughout the Eastern campaign of the Crimean War, including the Battle of Alma, the Battle of Balaklava, the Siege of Sebastopol, and the Battle of Inkerman where he was wounded and had his horse shot out from under him. He then served as Major General commanding the Brigade of Guards from 1868 to 1870, before retiring with the rank of full general in July 1881.