Autograph Collection.- Aristocracy, Political, the Church, Navy & Military
c.19th & c.20th

A collection of autographs, manuscript letters, clipped autographs, etc, comprising:

• Aristocracy & Royalty: an assortment of letters, notes, clipped autographs, envelope fronts, etc from the c18th, c19th and c20th including: Sir Henry Holland Bt; Lords Astor, Berners, Brougham, Cavendish, Chichester of Belfast, Crawshaw, Dartmouth (dated 1686), de Tabley, Dalhousie, Elgin, Fife, Hardwicke, Halsbury, Harlech (2), Lilford, Lonsdale, Nelson, Nugent, St Vincent, Shaftesbury, Salisbury, Sefton, Selbourne (small qty), Stanley, Winchester, Zetland, Dukes of Beaufort, Bedford, Buccleuch, Devonshire, Somerset; 1871 printed legal letter to the Lords of the Treasury from the family of Sir Samuel Raymond Jarvis (1790-1851) claiming direct descent from Frederick, Duke of York (1763-1827); letter from Lily Langtry (als, 1853-1929, mistress of Edward VII), signatures etc from Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904); Prince Henry of Battenberg (1858-1896, qty); Prince William Frederick (1776-1834); envelope to Lord Savile regarding the Royal Victorian Order; papers etc regarding Capt, Sir John Sydney Webb (1814-1898) regarding his elevation to the Order of St Michael & St George in 1889; letter of 1883 from Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1819-1899) regarding The Prince of Wales and other Royalties;
• Foreign Royalty: letter from Dr Franz, secretary to King Otho of Greece (1833-1862); letter of 1830 from Viscount Chabot to Lord Melville (1785-1860) regarding a letter received from King Louis Phillippe (1773-1850) (in exile as Duke of Orleans) – letter signed by Louis Philippe included; group of papers relating to the Baron de Cetto (1794-1879); signatures of: Elisabeth of Romania (1894-1956); Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, King of Holland; Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III, 1808-1873, note scribbled in Chester, 1837);
• Politics and Diplomacy: an assortment of letters, notes, envelope frontals and clipped signatures of the c19th and c20th, including: Prime Ministers Lord John Russell (1792-1878); Robert Peel (1788-1850 als in envelope); WE Gladstone ((2 qty) 1809-1898); Lord Palmerston (1784-1865); Lord Sidmouth (Henry Addington 1757-1844); three cut envelope covers addressed to the Duke of Wellington. Politicians: Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914); Thomas Brassey (1836-1918); Thomas Wilde, Lord Truro (small qty, 1782-1855); Sidney Webb (1859-1947); Edward Horsman (1807-1876); Sir Samuel Bignold (MP, 1791-1875); large contemporaneous printed list of members of the first parliament of Queen Victoria (torn; 20th November 1837); engraved portrait of Thomas Cromwell; Adam Badeau (USA ambassador to Cuba, 1831-1895); Charles Rivers Wilson (UK delegate to Egypt); letter (1884) to Lady Mary Waldegrave containing notes from Lady Elizabeth Waldegrave regarding the Indian Mutiny; two vellum indentures of 1880 regarding grants of legal titles to land in Lagos, Nigeria;
• Military & Naval: a small assortment of letters, notes, cut autographs etc from the c.17th, c19th and c20th including: Maj. Gen John Gaspard Le Marchant (1766-1812); Field Marshal Lord Napier of Magdala (1810-1890); Sir Henry Rawinson (General, 1864-1925); letter of 1763 to John Manners, Marquis of Granby, C-in-C (1721-1770); Field Marshal Lord Roberts (1832-1914 (2 qty)); Lord Melville (7th Earl; 1785-1860, admiral) to Lord Arbuthnot (8th Viscount, 1778-1860, Captain); Sir Lucas Pepys (1742-1830, physician to the Army); Sir Edward Gourley (shipowner, 1826-1902); Maj. Gen John Burnet (1748-1817); Field Marshal George Pollock (1786-1872); Capt. Abraham Tovey (Master Gunner, 1687-1759); Field Marshal John Byng (1772-1860); Lieut Gen. Alexander Campbell (1760-1824); Duke Of Beaufort (6th Duke, 1766-1835, signed & sealed vellum single page document of 1790 laid into a cut page from a ship’s log); Jacques Philippe Cuvier (French admiral, 1774-1852 ms. letter); Lord Barrington (1717-1793, Secretary at War), letter from Charles Cayler in 1830 of the 69th Regiment of Foot regarding costs; two identical printed extracts from the London Gazette for 24th January 1809 regarding the death of General Sir John Moore (1871-1809) at the Battle of Corunna;
• The Church & Religion: an assortment of letters, notes and autographs etc from the c19th and c20th including: Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III (1877-1957); Samuel Wilberforce (Bishop, ms adjustments to his book “Household Prayers”, 1805-1873); Basil Wilberforce (chaplain, House of Commons, 1841-1916); Robert Wilberforce ((small qty) clergyman and writer, 1802-1857); Robinson Duckworth (priest and friend of Lewis Carroll, 1834-1911); Christopher Benson (theologian, 1788-1868); William Hart Coleridge (Bishop of Barbdos,1787-1849); Erskine Neale (priest & author, 1804-1883); Malcolm MacColl (priest, 1831-1897); Richard Brindley Hone (author & priest, 1805-1881); Henry Alford ((2) Dean of Canterbury, 1810-1871); Thomas Morgan (librarian of Dr William’s Library (non-conformist) 1752-1821); Solomon Malan (priest & scholar, 1812-1894); Arthur Penrhyn Stanley ((small archive inc. cdv) Dean of Westminster, 1815-1881); Henry Liddon (theologian, 1829-1890); John Ireland (Dean of Westminster 1761-1842); Robert William Dale (congregational leader, 1829-1895); Reginald Heber (fl.1760s, rector of Malpas and Hodnet, father of Reginald Heber, priest & writer); Henry Jenner (Bishop of Dunedin, 1820-1898); George Isaac Huntingford (bishop, 1748-1832); Thomas Nowell (priest and controversialist, 1730-1801); Edward Bickersteth (priest, 1785-1859); William Gresley (1801-1876, priest and author); Robert Gray (1809-1872, Bishop); Henry Manning (small qty, 1808-1892, cardinal); John Thomas (Bishop, 1696-1781); John Cumming ((small qty) priest 1807-1881); Charles Vaughan (Dean of Llandaff, 1816-1897); Henry Melvill (Canon of St Paul’s, 1798-1871); Thomas Rawson Taylor (priest and hymn writer, 1807-1835, letter & als notes); Roger Conyers Morrell – letters of ordination etc ((qty) priest, 1883-1977); Thomas Boys, letter of appointment (1792-1880, priest); Robert Travers Herford, University of London examination certificate (unitarian & scholar, 1860-1950); Edward Higgins (3rd General, 1864-1947, signed photograph); Major Geroge Bremner (fl. 1910-1930); letter regarding the Salvation Army flag by Lt. General Francis Lloyd (1853-1926); Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK), 1810 document supporting membership by several priests; small cache of letters of 1849 relating to the Church of St Bartholomew the Less, Bethnal Green; v.s. (Large Quantity)

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