BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS, COMPRISING 16 ITEMS SIGNED BY 14 PRIME MINISTERS
COMPRISING PEEL, ROBERT, PRIME MINISTER 1841-46
£500
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 9 October 2019 at 12:00 BST
Description
Autograph letter signed to C.R. Murray, asking for information on "the subject of the inclosed", 1 page, Whitehall, Nov. 30; with envelope to Rev. Forshall, also signed by Peel; Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount; Prime Minister 1859-65 A.L.S. to John Russell, detailed letter discussing fitting merchant steamers for purposes of defence, & suggesting alternative arrangements for having armaments put into them, 3 pp., 23, Aug. 1837; Gladstone, W.E., Prime Minister 1880-86 and 1892-94 A.L.S. to H. Paully M.P. requesting a few words with him in the House after the Annuities Bill, 1 page, 11 Carlton House Terrace, 16 March 1864; Gladstone, W.E. Autograph card to K.B. Murray, hoping for an opportunity to communicate with Sir J. Lubbock, 8/87, card a little bent and repaired; Campbell-Bannerman, Henry, Prime Minister 1905-08 Signature on clipped letter "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, H. Campbell-Bannerman", 54 x 122mm.; Balfour, Arthur J., Prime Minister 1902-1905 A.L.S. to J.C. Haig, thanking him for his letter, 10 Downing St., 9 May 1892; Rosebery, Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of; Prime Minister 1894-95 T.L.S. to F.J. Campbell, requesting more information on matters relating to the blind, 38 Berkeley Square, 11 Feb. 1892; Asquith, H.H., Prime Minister 1908-16 A.L.S. to Dear Edward, discussing his wife "dangerously ill with typhoid fever", 4pp., Altachorvie, Arran, 6 Sept. 1891; Lloyd George, David, Prime Minister 1916-22 Signature on a blank leaf of paper, blindstamped 10 Downing Street, 180 x 115mm.; MacDonald, James Ramsay, Prime Minister 1924 and 1929-35 A. Card S., thanking John F. Burton, for a little book of poems, Easter Duddingston, 4 Jan 1919; MacDonald, James Ramsay, Prime Minister 1924 and 1929-35 T.L.S. for John T. Ewen, thanking him for his card. 10 Downing St., 23 Dec. 1933; Baldwin, Stanley, Prime Minister 1935-37 A.L.S. to "My dear Rodd", thanking him for compliment of speech at the Classical Association, 10 Downing Street, 13 Jan. 1926; Chamberlain, Neville, Prime Minister 1937-40 Signature on album leaf, 100 x 117mm; Chamberlain, Neville Clipped Signature, 27 x 115mm.; Atlee, Clement, Prime Minister 1945-51 A.L.S. to Wilson Harris, discussing his opposition "to the continuance of University representation on grounds of principle and also from twenty seven years of practical experience", 1 page, 10 Downing St., 3/2/1950; and clipped signatures of Spencer Percival, P.M. 1809-1812 & 2nd Earl of Liverpool, P.M. 1812-27 (16)