STRANGFORD
(Emily, d. 1887, née Beaufort, wife of Percy Smythe, 1826-1869, from 1857 8th Viscount)
Autograph Letter Signed to Augusta Mary née Douglas,
(1811-1899, wife of John Fitzpatrick, 1807-1883, from 1869 1st Baron Castletown), saying that "nothing could give me greater pleasure than to go and see you at Wimbledon but ... I have not been out after 2 o'clock in the afternoon since I returned to England till yesterday - when Lady Wynford took me out", she will come "when the afternoons get warm & bearable ... I was extremely pleased to get your kind note. With kindest regards to Mrs. Wingfield", (d. 1918, Lady Castletown's daughter), 2 sides 8vo. black-edged, bold embossed arms and coronet, 3 Upper Brook Street, W., 2nd April
Item Date:
1885
Stock No:
16389
£60
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STRATHEDEN & CAMPBELL
(William Frederick Campbell, 1824-1893, M.P., from 1868 2nd Baron)
Autograph letter signed 'Stratheden' to Miss Nina Cole, of 1 Chester Place,
S.W., asking if she had his letter from Bath, "I will do what I can - wh. is so very little", 1 side postcard with printed ½d stamp, address on verso, postmarked London, S.W., 7th November
small area of address side removed by adhesion, affecting addressee's name and stamp, faint vertical crease
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
52961
£20
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STRICKLAND
(Sir George, 1782-1874, M.P., Lawyer & Racehorse Breeder)
Autograph letter signed to 'Dear Sir',
saying that "last night I was one in a large Majority for the Total abolition of Church Rates" although only for "leave to bring in a Bill", the Lords have already decided "that altho' Church [Rates] are considered to be a charge upon Land &c yet that there are no means of enforcing the payment", he will gladly "present any Petitions you send me", he always votes in favour of Oxford "being thrown open to the Nation - without distinction of religious denomination", 3 sides 7¼" x 4½", London, 24th May
laid down, small adhesion with loss of two letters (easily supplied) and slit in part of central fold
Item Date:
1854
Stock No:
54192
£75
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STUART
(James Gray, 1897-1971, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Government Chief Whip 1941-1945, Scottish Unionist Secretary of State for Scotland 1951-1957)
Amusing Autograph Letter Signed to Sir John Anderson,
(1882-1958, from 1952 1st Viscount Waverley), at the Treasury, saying he has "now moved back into No. 12", the Government Whips' Office, "we have now got better windows than ... before the 'incident' ", presumably a flying bomb, "Your No. 11 is, therefore cleared of the presence of so doubtful a set of people as your Lords of the Treasury and Parliamentary Secretaries. All that you now need to do is to make sure that the affected parts have been properly fumigated! (... You might smoke out the Ld. President above.) ... it was a great convenience being next door to all our papers, etc at No. 12", with a portrait photograph by Howard Coster of Lord Waverley as University Chancellor 6" x 4½", 3 sides 8vo., with envelope marked "Personal", 12 Downing Street, 12th April
Item Date:
1944
Stock No:
13365
£45
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[STUART
(Sir Charles, 1779-1845, Ambassador to Paris 1815-1830, later Baron Stuart de Rothesay)]
Autograph Letter Signed in French with translation, from Baron de GRUETTES to the Ambassador,
saying that "If little gifts keep friendships alive, here are four rather curious pages, it is a letter from Louis XIV to the Queen of Spain, the Widow of Charles II", with the original printed letter, in French with translation, in which Louis XIV accepts the late King of Spain's will leaving the throne to Philip, Duke of Anjou, Louis' grandson, confirming that Philip renounces all rights to the French throne, and that Louis will "encourage him not to forget his place of birth ... but only in order to maintain eternal peace and perfect understanding with us", 4 sides 4to., on separate leaves, the text dated Fontainebleau, 12th November 1700, the covering letter 1 side 4to., with conjugate blank, Paris, 27th December
Item Date:
1815
Stock No:
12555
£75
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