'H.S.H. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar', 1861 (c)

Photograph, 1861 (c).

Studio portrait photograph of HSH Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1832-1902). On a page titled 'The Curragh, 1861'. He is wearing full dress and stands with his right hand resting on a podium and his hat beside it. His left hand rests on the hilt of his sword.

Prince Edward was the son of Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen. In 1841 he joined the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot as an ensign. He married Lady Augusta Katherine Gordon-Lennox in 1851. Edward transferred to the Grenadier Guards and served in the Crimean War (1854-1856). Prince Edward subsequently served as aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria and his military appointments included General Officer Commanding the Southern District and Commander-in-Chief, Ireland. He retired in 1890 and was made a field marshal in 1897. He died in London in 1902.

From an album of photographs in the Grenadier Guards Photograph Archive compiled by or presented to Surgeon Major James John Marjoribanks Wardrop (1818-1873).