A History Of The British Cavalry 1816-1919 Volume 2: 1851-1871 (Hardback)
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Series: A History of the British Cavalry
Pages: 520
ISBN: 9780850521740
Published: 14th September 1993
Last Released: 1st August 2007
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Volume II covers the traumatic experiences of the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny. Of the battle of Balaklava, Lord Anglesey writes as fully as has ever been done before. This volume also covers The Persian War of 1856-57, the China War of 1860 and the Ambela and Abyssinian campaigns.
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About The Marquess of Anglesey
Lord Anglesey, born in 1922, lived in his ancestral home, Plas Newydd, on the Isle of Anglesey, which he handed over to the National Trust in 1976.
He was Vice- President of the Society of Army Historical Research, President of the Victorian Military Society and of the Crimean War Research Society.
Another of his interests was shown by his past chairmanship of the Historic Buildings Council for Wales. He was also President of the Ancient Monuments Society, a founder member of the Redundant Churches Fund and of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery.
He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, the Royal Historical Society, the Royal Society of Literature and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was also an Honorary Doctor of Literature of the University of Wales and was Lord Lieutenant of Gwynedd in the 1980s.
He passed away, aged 90, in July 2013.