NORTHUMBERLAND
(Algernon George Percy, 1810-1899, from 1867 6th Duke)
Autograph letter in the third person to Miss Foord,
enclosing a cheque for "his subscription to the Lawnsmead Infant Schools", at Wonersh, Surrey, 1 side 6" x 3" and autograph envelope, Alnwick Castle, 29th January
Item Date:
1896
Stock No:
54211
£45
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NUFFIELD
(Sir William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount, 1877-1963, Motor Magnate & Philanthropist, designer of the Bullnose Morris in 1921)
Typed Letter Signed to 'Dear Elizabeth',
regretting that he was "unable to decipher your surname with certainty", and sending his autograph, 1 side 4to., The Nuffield Organisation, Cowley, Oxford, 9th June
Item Date:
1942
Stock No:
15157
£65
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NUFFIELD
(Sir William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount, 1877-1963, Motor Magnate & Philanthropist, designer of the Bullnose Morris in 1921)
Fine large photo signed and inscribed
"sincerely yours W. R. Morris", showing him half length with his arms folded, wearing a suit and tie, looking straight at the camera and smiling, 15" x 12", no place, no date
Item Date:
1942
Stock No:
38670
£475
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OAKLEY
(John, 1834-1890, Dean of Carlisle, then Manchester)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Sir',
saying he is "much obliged" for his note, he is writing to Mr Orford but is afraid "Malfield will not suit us", 1 side 8vo., Deanery, Carlisle, 6th February
Item Date:
1884
Stock No:
18647
£15
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ORFORD
(Harriet Bettina Frances, née Pellew, d. 1886, from 1841 wife of the 4th Earl of Orford)
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Castletown,
(1811-1889, wife of the 1st Baron), telling her that "These days tire me so I have not been able to try & find you visible as I much wished - my foot too is by no means lively after the '7 chiese' [churches] - of yesterday: I heard from Lady Ely yesterday in London ... she says Ignatieff's visit made a great sensation ... & people fear war [between Russia and Turkey] must come eventually towards spring ?? - !!!!! (next spring I hope??)" and that "poor Lady Caroline Lascelles has lost her son ... found dead in his bed from apoplexy. - [the new] Lady Walsingham was to have been married at Broadlands ... but it seems the clergyman there wld. not marry a divorced woman as many Protestant clergymen refuse to do (& the law cannot force them ...) so she was married at Trinity Church - Chelsea", she sends "a little book ... by Mrs. Aug. Craven (Pauline de la Ferronaye) the life of an aunt of my son in law's (his mother is 'née' Minutolo) this poor woman wld. have been canonized in other days", it is written "in charming French; she was very kind to my Daughter when she married", 4 sides 8vo black-edged, no place. [Florence], 30th March n.y., but
Item Date:
1877
Stock No:
17237
£55
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