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Autographed Signed Letter (ASL) of Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell by CARDWELL, Edward, Viscount Cardwell (1813-1886) - 1867
by CARDWELL, Edward, Viscount Cardwell (1813-1886)
Autographed Signed Letter (ASL) of Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell
by CARDWELL, Edward, Viscount Cardwell (1813-1886)
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1867. No binding. 7 x 4-1/2 inches. 1864 water marked paper. Autograph letter signed. One page. Dated 74 Eaton Square. 4.26.1867. Confirming he will attend a meeting, " and render your brother any service in my power."
Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell was a British statesman Secretary of State for War (1868-74). Cardwell as Secretary of State for War designed the reforms that Gladstone supported in the name of efficiency and democracy. In 1868 he abolished flogging, raising the private soldier status to more like an honorable career. In 1870 Cardwell abolished "bounty money" for recruits, discharged known bad characters from the ranks. He pulled 20,000 soldiers out of self-governing colonies, like Canada, which learned they had to help defend themselves. The most radical change, and one that required Gladstone's political muscle, was to abolish the system of officers obtaining commissions and promotions by purchase, rather than by merit. The system meant that the rich landholding families controlled all the middle and senior ranks in the army. Promotion depended on the family's wealth, not the officer's talents, and the middle class was shut out almost completely.
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Portrait Photograph of Cardwell, Head and Shoulders, oval, by Lock and Whitfield.
by EDWARD, VISCOUNT CARDWELL [1813-1886] Politician
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER Signed, to Mr Robinson, 2 Mitre Court Buildings, Temple, 1 February 1840, 8vo, 3pp
by EDWARD CARDWELL, 1st VISCOUNT CARDWELL F.R.S. [1813-1886] Politician
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has received a letter from Mr Isilden inviting him to be candidate for Clitheroe, and proposing a visit In 1842 he was elected M.P.for Clitheroe
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Memoirs by the Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel ... / Pub. by the trustees of his papers, Lord Mahon, now Earl Stanhope, and the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell. Completed in 2 volumes
by Peel, Robert (1788-1850) .Cardwell, Edward Cardwell Viscount (1813-1886)
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London : J. Murray, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Bookplate of Thomas Williams Evans remains. Good copies in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Some foxing to spine covers. Scattered foxing internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 volumes 20 cm. Contents: v. 1. pt. 1. The Roman catholic question. 1828-9. -- v. 2, pt. 2. The new government. 1834-5. pt. 3. Repeal of the corn laws. 1845-6. Subjects: Catholic emancipation. Great Britain Politics and government 19th century. MAHON, Philip Henry, 5th Earl Stanhope CARDWELL, Edward, Viscount Cardwell
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Army (Infantry Equipment). Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 6 August 1870. Copies of the Reports made by Major General Eyre's Committee on Infantry Equipment to the Secretary of State for War: Of the Correspondence that has taken place between the Committee and Lieutenant Colonel Carter: And, of the Correspondence at the Horse Guards and War Office, which refers to the Equipment proposed by Lieutenant Colonel Carter.
by CARDWELL, Edward, viscount
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London: Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed 6 March,, 1871. First and only edition of this important, extensive and in depth review and report on the damaging effects that 'the present system of drill and accoutrements' (i.e. uniform, kit, knapsacks, weaponry etc), was recognized as having upon the health of newly recruited soldiers, leading in particular to a prevalence of lung and heart disease. Uncommon, Library Hub records just the Royal College of Physicians copy, WorldCat adds the US Army War College and Texas A & M. 'After examining into the various possible causes, Dr. Maclean concludes that the most probable reason is that the young soldier is called upon to make much exertion under unfavourable conditions. During exertion, anything which constricts the lungs, or impedes the action of the heart, tends to produce disease of those organs, and especially so at an early age, when the bones and cartilages are not matured and yield when pressure is made upon them. The young soldier of…
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