‘Victory Sir, Victory! Henry Percy and the Battle of Waterloo, 1815' at Alnwick Castle, traces the story of Major Henry Percy's dash from Waterloo to London, with the news of Victory. With the help of rarely-seen archive material and works of art from the collection of Ralph Percy, the 12th Duke of Northumberland, the race from Waterloo undertaken by the Duke's ancestor, Major Henry Percy, Wellington's aide-de-camp, will be told in a special exhibition to commemorate the Bicentenary of the battle. The Waterloo Dispatch was written by Wellington the morning after Waterloo and Major Percy was the aide-de-camp chosen to carry it back to Britain in what turned out to be quite a journey. The exhibition is located in the State Rooms of the beautiful Alnwick Castle, home for 700 years to the Percy family, and one of the largest inhabited castles in the UK.
There will also be a talk 'The News from Waterloo' and book signing with Brian Cathcart on 16 June at 6.30pm in the Guest Hall.
Tickets for this talk go on sale on Friday 22nd May and will be available from Alnwick Castle's Admissions hall
For more information please call 01665 511100 or email james.boyd@alnwickcastle.com .
Address:
Alnwick Castle
Alnwick
Northumberland
NE66 1NQ
Telephone: 01665 511 100
Email: info@alnwickcastle.com
More information on getting there.
Opening times
The castle closes between 1 November 2015 and 1 March 2016, but the exhibition should still be visible next year.
Langue(s) : English