'H.S.H. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and the Princess', 1858-1868 (c)

Photograph, 1858-1868 (c).

Studio photograph of HSH Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1832-1902) in civilian dress, sitting in a chair facing the camera, alongside his wife Lady Augusta. Lady August stands next to her husband, side on to the camera.

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).