Autograph Letter Signed ‘W.Hoste’, at the age of 13, as a Volunteer aboard the 46 gun frigate Briton, to his mother, Lady Harriet Hoste, at Hampton Court, reporting the fortification of Portugal by the usurper, Don Miguel “in a horrible fright”.2 pages, with the address panel, postal marks, in good condition, well written up with a complete typed transcript and some historical notes.HMS Briton, Lisbon, 9 December 1831.
Sir William Legge George Hoste, 2nd Baronet (1818–1868), son of Captain Sir William Hoste (1780-1828) and Harriet Hoste.