An Original Letter written and Signed by Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas. C1859. The letter probably to Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset First Lord of the Admiralty written over three sides, June 25 1859 informing that Captain ( later Admiral ) Charles Frederick (1797-1875) had accepted his appointment as Fourth Naval Lord of the Admiralty. Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, 1802-1861 was a Royal Navy officer. As a captain, he took part in the capture of the Bogue forts in January 1841, during the First Opium War. He was appointed to the command of the Fleet in the Baltic Sea, in succession to Sir Charles Napier, in February 1855 and led the naval support during the latter stages of the Crimean War, enforcing a strict blockade and carrying out the bombardment of Sveaborg in August 1855. He was appointed First Naval Lord in the first Palmerston ministry in November 1857 and then, after stepping down to be Second Naval Lord during the second Derby–Disraeli ministry, he stepped up again to become First Naval Lord in the second Palmerston ministry in June 1859 remaining in office until his death. The Prime-Minister (Viscount Palmerston) described Dundas as "a most distinguished officer". Size is 185mm x 115mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases.