Hudson LOWE (1769-1844) English general, Napoleon's jailer o - Lot 438

Hudson LOWE (1769-1844) English general, Napoleon's jailer on St. Helena. P.S., Capri December 24, 1806; 3 pages folio; in English. As Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Royal Corsican Rangers at Capri (a regiment of Corsican volunteers who were partisans of Pascal Paoli and opposed to the Bonapartes, serving under the British banner), he certifies and signs this payment schedule for the Regiment of Royal Corsican Rangers stationed on the Island Capri; with the estimated sums due to the various soldiers, approved by Paymaster General Cleeve: he signs "H. Lowe, Lt Colonel Commt". [On the island of Capri, opposite the kingdom of Naples, Hudson Lowe and his 2,000-strong Royal Corsican Rangers braved the French; in October 1808, Murat, installed on the throne of Naples in place of Joseph, succeeded in making Lowe surrender]. Attached is a P.S. from Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith, August 5, 1815.