'H.S.H. Prince Ed of Saxe Weimar ', 1858-1868 (c)

Photograph, 1858-1868 (c).

Studio portrait photograph of HSH Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1832-1902) wearing a civilian suit with frock coat, with a hat and gloves in one hand and a cane leaning on the floor in the other hand.

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).