['The most respected soldier of his time' after Wellington: Sir George Murray.] Autograph Letter in the third person, sending a copy of his ‘speech on the Catholic Relief Bill’.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB, which states that he 'was after Wellington the most respected soldier of his time in Britain, whose opinion carried immense weight both at home and abroad and not only on military matters'. 2pp, 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged, with slight creasing at head. Reads: ‘Sir George Murray has to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Wrights letter of the 4th. Instant, and in compliance with the request expressed in it, he encloses a Copy of his speech on the Catholic Relief Bill, as published in a reported form by the Proprietors of the Review of Parliament, and which he believes to be correct.’ A supporter of Catholic emancipation, Murray was Colonial Secretary in Wellington’s administration, and left office on its fall in November 1830.