VILLIERS
(Thomas, 1st Earl Clarendon, Baron Hyde of Hindon, 1709-1786, Diplomatist, Envoy to Warsaw, Dresden and Vienna, Ambassador at Berlin, M.P. for Tamworth, Envoy who arranged the Peace between Frederick the Great and Augustus of Savoy, 1745)
Autograph Letter Signed ('Clarendon') to E. Nugent Temple
thanking him for his letter which "makes me not hesitate, but rather think it a duty to explain what may have been mistaken & cause a conclusion that Ld Paget and I troubled your Lordship about the same person, whereas the Liberty Stock was in favor of Dean Champigné, the father, and his Lordship solicited for his son; tho' I dare say Ld page would be happy to see his father in law duly distinguished ..." he encloses a copy (not present) of his earlier letter giving his "opinion of that excellent Divine ... I will only add in its support that Dan Champigné has been 42 years a strict observer of his duty, and has brought up and educated in an uncommon genteel manner a very numerous family yet, notwithstanding his birth alliances & merit don't receive from church benefices above 400 a year ...", 3 sides 4to., Grosvenor Street, December
Item Date:
1782
Stock No:
22550
£85
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VILLIERS
(Edward Hyde, 5th Earl of Clarendon, 1846-1915, ADC to the King; Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, Lord Chamberlain to Queen Victoria and King Edward VII)
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Ughtred KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH
(1844-1939, 1st Baron Gawthorpe, Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire, Liberal M.P.), suggesting "a plan at the Levée ... which I hope and believe will suit your convenience? It is that you should be placed at the head of the General Company and pass the Presence immediately after the Entree. This will be tantemount to the Entree itself ..." 3 sides 8vo., Lord Chamberlain's Office, 30th May
Item Date:
1904
Stock No:
18488
£30
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VINCENT
(Henry, 1813-1878, Chartist and Political Agitator)
Autograph quotation signed and dated
"In the cause of political freedom, Right heartily yours", on piece, laid down, Oundle, 15th March
laid down
Item Date:
1878
Stock No:
11753
£75
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VINCENT
(Charles Edward Howard, 1849-1908, Politician)
End of a letter signed, mounted with a fine original photo showing him head and shoulders in profile, 6" x 4¼", n.p., n.d.,
laid down on card
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
10293
£15
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WADDINGTON
(William Henry, 1826-1894, Prime Minister of France, 4th February - 28th December 1879, French Ambassador to London, 1883-1893)
Autograph Letter in the Third Person, as 'The French Ambassador', to Mr Murray,
(Thomas Douglas, 1841-1911, Barrister, amateur Egyptologist and friend of Whistler), accepting with "much pleasure" for Monday 13th July, 1 side 8vo, French Embassy, London, Albert Gate, 4th July no year but 1885 or
Item Date:
1891
Stock No:
56347
£75
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