Lot 45
India
Collection of signed letters and documents, 19th-20th century
Auction: 02 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Madho Singh II (1862-1922), Maharaja of Jaipur. Letter signed to the Maharaja of Patiala, Jaipur Palace, 1888, in English, the body of the letter in a secretarial hand, inviting the Maharaja to visit Jaipur on his forthcoming tour of India, 4to, 2 pp., embossed gilt crest to head;
Ganga Singh (1880-1943), Maharaja of Bikaner. Typed letter signed recommending the photographer Frederick Bremner of Lahore, 4to, 1 p., embossed crest;
Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidh (1868-1951), Raja of Aundh. Typed memorandum signed, 1946, addressed to Lord Wavell as Viceroy of India, concerning membership of the Chamber of Princes, folio, 5 pp.;
Freeman Freeman-Thomas (1866-1941), Marquess of Willingdon. Typed letter signed as Viceroy of India to Hamidullah Khan, Nawab of Bhopal, Simla, 1931, on the admission of smaller states to the Chamber of Princes (Narendra Mandal), 4to, 2 pp.;
Doreen Hope (1886-1965), Marchioness of Linlithgow. Printed memorandum signed as Vicereine of India, New Delhi, 1937, on the treatment of tuberculosis in India, addressed to the Maharana of Wankaner, 4to, 4 pp., with a printed memorandum on the same subject, 3 pp.;
and 14 other letters and documents, many signed, including: Thakore Saheb of Lakhtar, printed memorandum signed to Hamidullah Khan, Nawab of Bhopal as Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes, 1946 (on admission to the Chamber, folio, 9 pp.); Thakore Saheb of Rajkot, typed memorandum signed to Bhupinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala as Chancellor of the Chamber of Prices, 1933 (folio, 2 pp.); Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji (1911-2003), ruler of Manavadar state, 1943, typed memorandum signed on admission to the Chamber of Princes (folio, 8 pp.);
and similar, several documents re-stapled, pin-holes, etc. (a folder)