British Monarchs & Royalty
Signatures & Documents
£750
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 23 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
George of Denmark [Prince Consort of Queen Anne], 1653-1708 Document signed as Lord High Admiral, dated 6th April 1708, instructing Walter Whitfield, Paymaster General of the Marine Forces, to pay one year's full pay to Lieutenant William Squibb; George, Duke of Kent, 1902-1942, & Henry, Duke of Gloucester, 1900-1974 Christmas card, signed by both princes, dated 1934; Mary, Princess Royal, 1897-1965 ALS to Brigadier Dame Mary Tyrwhitt, dated November 16th 1950, 4pp.; Mary, Queen of George V, 1867-1953 Christmas card, signed, dated 1945-6; George V, King, 1865-1936 Document, signed, a commission for a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps, 1930; Victoria, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld [mother of Queen Victoria] ALS addressed to Lord Barham that she is "very anxious to place a child in whose welfare I take a very great interest in Christ's Hospital", dated Windsor, 1840; and an envelope addressed in the hand of King Edward VIII; George IV, King, 1762-1830 clipped signature; Edward VII, King, 1841-1910 ALS on Marlborough House card inviting his cousin and his wife to dine with him