Political
SELBORNE
(Maud Palmer, Countess of Selborne, 1858-1950, wife of the 2nd Earl 1859-1942, Political and Women's rights Activist)
Autograph Letter Signed to her nephew Jack,
enclosing a suitable offering for his birthday, I suppose you are nearly at the top of Westminster school by now!, asking if Victor is staying on, and hoping to be in England for a few weeks... just to see Jocelyn [her son, b. 15th September 1893] settled at Winchester. What a bore education is, embossed Royal Arms in green, 2 sides 8vo., Johannesburg, Transvaal, 28th February n.y., c.
Item Date: 1908
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Background
The Countess' father was Prime Minister Lord Salisbury, and her husband High Commissioner for South Africa, 1905-1910. Jack (John, 1893-1918, M.C.) and Victor (1891-1977) were sons of her brother Lord William Gascoyne-Cecil, Rector of Hatfield and later Bishop of Exeter.
neatly laid down by margin of conjugate leaf
Stock No. 19082
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