[WELLINGTON, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of.] Commission of Gentleman Cadet Robert Bates, on vellum, from the Royal Military College, dated 1834, and signed by Wellington, Hill, Hope, Cole, Murray, Clinton, Somerset and 6 others, 412 x 310mm., green silk borders (some staining along folds). With a manuscript petition from Dovalle, a French deserter, to the Duke of Wellington, with a short, illegible note in his hand, dated "Lymington le 15 Octobre 1813" and a letter from Wellesley, Wellington's brother. (3)