"SHALL I SEND YOUR DOG DOWN TO YOU"
BASTARD
(Lieutenant, Lieutanant and Commander in the Navy during the Napoleonic Wars)
Small collection of material relating to Captain Richard Bastart R. N., including an Autograph Letter addressed to him
on H. M.. S. Flamer, saying that he had seen him arrive "at Woolwich in the Napier, I have sent this line to ask you if I shall send your Dog down to you. He is in high preservation and I think you would like him. He is what you may call a clear color viz black and tan, rather large, and a capital watch dog, but at the same time very good natured ..." asking him to send him a line and he will get him deliver "or perhaps I had better send him to my own livery stables and any of your party coming up might send there for him ...", 3 sides 8vo., with integral autograph address, Taplow Court, Maidenhead, 21st January 1834,
together with a later printed document with the details filled in by hand from the Bank of England concerning a transfer of stock, 19th February 1853 and an autograph envelope of 1862
Item Date:
1834
Stock No:
39805
£175
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BATTENBERG
(Prince Louis, 1854-1921, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, Admiral, assumed the surname Mountbatten in 1917)
Autograph Letter Signed 'Louis Battenberg' to Lady Hunter,
(Constance, wife, 1852, of Sir Paul Hunter, d. 1890, 2nd Baronet of Mortimer Hill, Berkshire). saying that "On receiving your note I went straight to the Duke of Connaught ... No reinforcements are likely to be sent out at present, but ... it is not impossible that the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade may go", Prince Louis knows the Duke "had some news by telegraph from the Commander in Chief about the reinforcements during our stay at Nauplia" in the Peloponnese, "just a week ago, so you may make your mind quite easy ... With my best regards to Sir Paul & Miss Hunter", crowned monogram 'LB', 3 sides 8vo black-edged, Royal Yacht 'Osborne', Venice, 'Sunday' no date but circa
Item Date:
1879
Stock No:
56722
£175
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BATTENBERG
(Prince Louis, 1854-1921, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, Admiral, assumed the surname Mountbatten in 1917)
Autograph Letter Signed 'Louis Battenberg' to 'Dear Henderson',
asking him "Would you care for the Coast Guard appointment at Liverpool? I am acting for the Private Secretary during his illness", 2 sides 8vo, no place, 5th March
Item Date:
1900
Stock No:
56723
£125
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BATTENBERG
(Prince Louis, 1854-1921, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, Admiral, assumed the surname Mountbatten in 1917)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed 'Louis Battenberg' to Lord Aberdeen,
(John Campbell Gordon, 1847-1934, from 1870 7th Earl, from 1916 1st Marquess, twice Lord Lieutenant of Ireland), desiring "before leaving your hospitable waters ... to express ... my warmest thanks for your kind reception of, both, the Commander in Chief of the Fleet based in Ireland, and of the humble individual who has [the] honour of filling that important appointment", his "charming recollections of the Vice-Regal Lodge" are "only marred by the feeling that Lady Aberdeen" (Ishbel, 1857-1939), "greatly aggravated her indisposition by that same devotion to her duty as my hostess, which has ever characterised her attitude towards that other duty toward suffering humanity, which so many of us neglect", and hoping to entertain "Your Excellencies on board my Flagship on ... my next visit", Admiral's flag and 'LB' in red, 2 sides 4to, HMS Prince of Wales, Atlantic Fleet, off Kingstown, Ireland, 11th November
Item Date:
1909
Stock No:
56724
£175
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THE WEDDING OF GEORGE BATTENBERG TO PRINCESS NADEJDA OF RUSSIA
BATTENBERG
(Prince Louis, 1854-1921, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, Admiral, assumed the surname Mountbatten in 1917)
Autograph Letter Signed 'Louis Battenberg' to Canon Edgar Sheppard,
(1845-1921, Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal, 1884-1917), saying "I now find I shant be up until early next month ... Would you therefore kindly tell me ... 1. Documents to be produced by Bride & Bridegroom", Nadejda (1896-1963, daughter of Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich of Russia), and the writer's son George (1892-1938, from 1921 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven), "2. Revd. Horan's participation (I gave the wrong name). The nominal fortnight's residence at St. James's Palace we can arrange for. If the Grand Duke has seen Dawson, he will no doubt obtain ... the seating capacity", commenting that "The King thought the Galleries were not safe for full number. They seemed to me very full for Maurice's service two years ago", 3 sides 8vo, Kent House, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, 14th October
Item Date:
1916
Stock No:
56725
£225
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