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July 13
ON THIS DAY
On this day in 1807 Henry Benedict Stuart died. He was a Roman Catholic Cardinal, as well as the fourth and final Jacobite heir to claim the thrones of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland publicly. Unlike his father, James Francis Edward Stuart, and brother, Charles Edward Stuart, Henry made no effort to seize the throne. In 1837 following her accession to the throne Queen Victoria became the 1st monarch to live in the present Buckingham Palace. Her uncle William IV had died before its completion.
RELICS OF ST. PAUL HENRY BENEDICT (Cardinal York, 1725-1807, Archbishop, last Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain as Henry IX, 2nd son of James III, the Old Pretender, brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie) Splendid Letters Patent Signed ‘H. Card[ina]lis Ep[iscop]us’, in Latin with transcription and translation, as “Bishop of Tusculum [Frascati], Cardinal Duke of York,”, testifying that “We, for the greater glory of Almighty God, have examined the Holy Portions of the Bones of St. Paul the Apostle taken from authentic places, which We have reverently enclosed in a small Round Silver Casket securely closed on both sides in Crystal, tied with a red silk cord: ”, Palace, Frascati, 12th April 1779 55687
BUCKINGHAM PALACE THROUGH THE EYES OF A NINE YEAR OLD GEORGE (Duke of Kent, 1902-1942, Son of George V, Uncle of Elizabeth II) Excellent Autograph Letter Signed as a young boy to Mrs Mackay, signed “Your loving fiend George” (he has added the missing ‘r’ above), thanking her for her “nice letter and Pastilles ... I suppose you are very lonely at York Cottage now that nobody is with you. I am sorry not to come back again. There is more to do in this garden than in the garden at Marlborough House. Our rooms here are very big. The school room here is twice the size bigger ... The garden here is like a big park ...”, 3 sides 8vo., with original autograph envelope signed with initial ‘G’, Buckingham Palace headed mourning paper, 18th March 1911 15688
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