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Henry Waller

An eighteenth-century British cavalry officer who also turned his hand to satire, writing lively political verse during a turbulent moment in public life. His surviving books suggest a sharp, combative voice shaped by both military service and the pamphlet culture of the 1780s.

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The Jesuits A correspondence relative to a lecture so entitled, recently delivered before the Islington Protestant Institute by the Rev. Edward Hoare, M.A., incumbent of Christ Church, Ramsgate

The Jesuits A correspondence relative to a lecture so entitled, recently delivered before the Islington Protestant Institute by the Rev. Edward Hoare, M.A., incumbent of Christ Church, Ramsgate

by Henry Waller, Edward Hoare

About the author

Henry Waller is known today from a small body of eighteenth-century printed works, most notably A Rump and Dozen (1784) and The Dog's Monitor, a Satirical Poem (1785). These books present him as "Major Henry Waller," linking his writing directly to his military identity.

Library and bibliographic records describe him as a career soldier in the British Army. He joined the 3rd Regiment of Dragoons in 1760, moved to the 1st Regiment of King's Dragoons in 1762, and later rose through the ranks to captain and then major.

What makes Waller interesting as an author is that he seems to stand at the meeting point of military life and political satire. His published work belongs to the lively world of late eighteenth-century pamphlets and poems, where writers used wit, caricature, and argument to comment on public figures and current disputes. I wasn't able to confirm more personal details about his life from reliable sources in this search, so this overview stays close to the record of his books and service.