L30/12/51/24

Letter from William Robertson, Liskeard, to Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth. Heartily tired of country containments, and wishes to be in camp. Writer's battilion is to be somewhere in the neighbourhood of Plymouth.

30 May 1780

From: 1780 To: 1780

'There is nothing would give me greater pleasure than seeing your Lordship with us at the head of the Bedfordshire [regiment].' Graves, with 7 ships of the line, left Plymouth Sound on the 13th, his destination a secret. Walsingham, with his fleet, transports and fleet of merchantmen left Torbay yesterday. Mention of Sir George [Brydges] Rodney and his 'late affair' with the French - refers to a court martial.

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Robinson, William,
Robertson, William,
Hume-Campbell, Alexander (2nd Baron Polwarth),
Graves,
Walsingham,
Rodney, George Brydges 1st Baron Rodney

personal correspondence, French Revolutionary Wars, courts martial