LAYARD (Sir Austen Henry, 1817-1894, Archaeologist, M.P. & Diplomat, Excavator of Nineveh)

Autograph Letter Signed to "Marsh" thanking him for his "kind invitation. I would accept it with great pleasure if I could leave London but until Lord ... returns from Ireland and my colleague Mr Hammond from Germany I am a prisoner. I cannot go on holiday until next month ...", 2 sides 8vo., Foreign Office, 18th August date illegible but must be

Layard was elected as a Liberal member for Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire in 1852, and was for a few weeks Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs.

Item Date:  1852

Stock No:  39744