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(Sir Stafford, 1st Earl Iddesleigh, 1818-1887, Speaker of the House of Commons, Chancellor of the Exchequer under Disraeli, Secretary for India)
Autograph envelope signed to Viscount Cranbrook,
(Gathorne Hardy, 1814-1906, Cabinet Minister, from 1878 Viscount Cranbrook, from 1892 1st Earl), 3 x 5¼, Foreign Office seal with royal arms, postmarked 13th October
Item Date: 1886
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He became President of the Board of Trade in 1866, Secretary of State for India in 1867, and Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1874. In 1870, during the interval between these last two appointments, he was the Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. He was one of only two people to hold the office of First Lord of the Treasury without ever being Prime Minister.
seal neatly divided on opening, tiny chip and a little worn in centre
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