[Sir Ian Hamilton, British commander in the Gallipoli Campaign.] Autograph Letter Signed to George Townsend Warner, following consultation with Lord Roberts over a musketry matter and Harrow School.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient is the Harrow housemaster George Townsend Warner (1865-1916), father of the novelist Sylvia Townsend Warner, referred to as ‘Townsend Warner / Historian’ in a pencil note to this letter. Signed ‘Ian Hamilton’. 2pp, 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with a few pin holes from attachment of a no-longer-present enclosure. Folded twice. Possibly concerning shooting practice for the Harrow army cadets. Uncertain whether he has addressed Warner correctly, he writes that he has shown Warner’s letter (‘yours of 25th Feby’) to Lord Roberts, ‘who agrees with views expressed in enclosed letter from the Commandant - Hythe.’ He continues: ‘The District Inspector of Musketry, Home District, will shortly go down to see to this matter on the spot & the Commandant will also pay a visit to Harrow before anything is definitely decided’.