KING GEORGE III MILITARY COMMISSION: ENSIGN'S APPOINTMENT TO THE 1ST REGIMENT OF FOOT GUARDS, SIGNED "LIVERPOOL"1809 King George III military commission document appointing an officer as Ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, dated 1809. The scripted vellum document opens with "George the Third by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c.," constituting and appointing the named recipient (a member of the "Chambers" family, per the docket at lower left) to be Ensign to a company in the First Regiment of Foot Guards, then commanded by "His Royal Highness Frederick Duke of York," the King's son and Captain General of the Forces. The commission instructs the new Ensign to diligently discharge his duties and to be obeyed by the soldiers under him, and is dated at the Court of St. James's in January 1809, the 49th year of George III's reign. It bears the signature "Liverpool" for "By His Majesty's Command." Two contemporary paper seals are affixed at the left margin. Framed. Not examined out of frame. $250-350
