THE PRIME MINISTER ASKS GORST IF HE CAN PUT HIS NAME FORWARD FOR THE POST OF SOLICITOR GENERAL
SALISBURY
(Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil, 1830-1903, 3rd Marquess, Prime Minister & Foreign Secretary)
Autograph Letter Signed to ‘My dear GORST’
(Sir John Eldon, 1835-1916, Lawyer and Politician) asking if he would “allow me to submit your name as Solicitor General? I make the suggestion not only as my own wish in the interests of the party & for purposes of debate - but also in the interest of the Government in matters of legal advice - acting, as I am bound to do, after due counsel with those whose opinion is of great weight in such matters...”, 3 sides 8vo., 20 Arlington Street, 26th June
Item Date:
1885
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42949
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SALISBURY
(Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil, 1830-1903, 3rd Marquess, Prime Minister & Foreign Secretary)
Signature, inscribed "Yours Faithfully"
on a piece, 4½" x 1½", no place, no date
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0
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41176
£35
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SALISBURY
(Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil, 1830-1903, 3rd Marquess, Prime Minister & Foreign Secretary)
Autograph Letter Signed marked 'Private' to Alderman COTTON
(Sir William James Richmond, 1822-1902, Merchant and Conservative MP) saying that he will "be very sorry if Mr Vaughan is rejected & from your account of him it is evident that if such an event does happen it can only arise from some private antipathy on the part of a few of those who are voting. But pray do not imagine that I have any influence in the matter. Any interposition of mine would have the danger of being condemned as intrusive & might influence the balloting adversely ...", 3 sides 8vo., together with an unsigned cabinet photo by Elliott & Fry showing him and shoulders looking slightly to his right, 6½" x 4¼", no place, no date, the letter on Hatfield House headed paper, 12th March
Item Date:
1882
Stock No:
41504
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SAMUEL
(Sir Harry S., 1853-1934, M.P. in Tower Hamlets and in Lambeth)
Autograph Letter Signed to the barrister and magistrate John Gilbert Hay Halkett, 1863-1937,
saying he will "make careful enquiries as to the fact of there being no Conservatives on the Tower Hamlets Bench" except Loftus, he lists the magistrates "in my part of the Tower Hamlets ... all Radicals, Mills will I think support me, on personal grounds. I will send you trustworthy data for your letter", 4 sides 8vo., 89 Cadogan Place, 3rd December n.y., c.
Item Date:
1900
Stock No:
50579
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SANDERSON
(Sir Thomas Henry, 1841-1923, Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign Office, from 1905 1st Baron)
Autograph Letter Signed in the third person to Sir William Treloar, Lord Mayor,
accepting for the 28th "to meet the Earl of Cromer", 1 side 8vo., 65 Wimpole Street, 19th October
Item Date:
1907
Stock No:
50582
£15
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