Waterloo Documents | Pedigree + Provenance
'Coronet John Sykes, 1st Dragoon Guards -
related to The Duke of Wellington and killed in action
at The Battle of Waterloo.'
A group of Waterloo-related documents for sale.The ink, hand-written case notes dated 1844 regarding the will to a member of the Sykes family. The Waterloo-related documents include 20, hand-written pages thereabouts, plus a single, copy-document being a hand-written family tree confirming the relationship to the Duke of Wellington.
Page 5 confirms:
‘The marriage between Mr Michael Sykes & Miss Mary Cain took effect & therewas issue thereof 13 children, but the eldest born son, John, having been killed
at the Battle of Waterloo on the 18th June 1815
(he died unmarried & intestate), the next son Joseph therefore became the
eldest son. 1 of the younger children…”
Condition report: The pages cut in half, with light folds in places, and yellowing to the edges. The first page to the document group, shows more use c.f. other pages.
Price:
£ 275.00
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