MARY ADELAIDE
(Duchess of Teck, 1833-1897, Queen Mary's Mother)
Autograph letter signed to Canon Edgar Sheppard,
(1845-1921, sub-dean of the Chapels Royal), about the service on Maundy Thursday, (7th April 1887), saying she is "in great hopes" of being "present ... with some of the Children" but "when all the boys are at home, I am not always a free agent ... Please send me (to St. James') by tomorrow evening Monday, 20 orders for the Chapel Royal for Thursday" 24th March, the confirmation of her second son Prince Francis (1870-1910, Major in the 1st Dragoons, served in the Sudan and South Africa), "to be given to friends and servants", mentioning "The Princess of Wales & her 3 daughters, Pss. Frederica of Hanover" and her husband "Baron [von] Pawel[-Rammingen], and Bss. Burdett-Coutts", she herself "is on the mend but have to take care of myself in this bitterly cold weather", 4 sides 6" x 4", White Lodge, Richmond Park, 20th March
Item Date:
1887
Stock No:
38699
£125
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MARY ADELAIDE
(Princess, 1833-1897, daughter of the 1st Duke of Cambridge, wife of the 1st Duke of Teck, and mother of Queen Mary)
Autograph Letter Signed to "Dearest Lady Rosslyn"
(mother of 'Darling Daisy', [1861-1938, Countess of Warwick, mistress of Edward VII] by her first marriage), sending her a "line to say May and I will be with you by 2 o'c on Friday ..." asking if she proposes "driving me down in a brougham or shelburne? For if the latter perhaps May might accompany us. In case you prefer the brougham May can be called for at 3 ... by a friend & driven down to Stepney, but will you let me know how far it is and if the horses can pick up somewhere near your house, or Mr Holland's place. I mean to put on my dowdiest attire. In haste ...", 3 sides 8vo., White Lodge, Richmond Park, 9th March
Item Date:
1886
Stock No:
38700
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MARY ADELAIDE
(Duchess of Teck, 1833-1897, Queen Mary's Mother)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Jeune,
(Mary Elizabeth, 1849-1931, née Stewart-Mackenzie, wife, 1881, of Judge Francis Henry Jeune, 1843-1905, knighted 1891, 1st Baron St. Helier, 1905), saying "Gladly would I have acceded to your request but ... that very afternoon I am due at Lady Wolverton's to help arrange the stalls and make the final arrangements for a Fête I am organising at Coombe for which Lady Wolverton most kindly lends her charming house and grounds ... more particularly ... to enable us to board out all through the summer and autumn, a succession of very poor worn South London seamstresses &c. for whom the inestimable boon of at least a fortnight's rest, country air and food is, thus secured", and wondering if "you and your kind sister might come down one of the days ?" and perhaps "send me a contribution of flowers for my flower stall ... Very sincerely yours", 4 sides 8vo, White Lodge, Richmond Park, 31st May
Item Date:
1890
Stock No:
56708
£225
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[MARY ADELAIDE
(Duchess of Teck, 1833-1897, Queen Mary's Mother)]
Account of her life from 'The Morning Post'
occupying most of page 7, stressing the "naturalness" she shared with her husband, her close ties with Kew and Richmond, where she knew "nearly every cottage", and including the Duke's brief but touching telegram to the Mayor, her work with Hospitals and the Needlework Guild, and the response round the country following her unexpected death, conjugate pages 5-8 of this issue, 26" x 21", London, 28th October,
folded, a few letters rubbed at folds (easily supplied), otherwise in good condition
Item Date:
1897
Stock No:
53061
£45
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MARY ADELAIDE
(Duchess of Teck, 1833-1897, Queen Mary's Mother)
Autograph letter signed to Canon Edgar Sheppard, 1845-1921,
sub-dean of the Chapels Royal, about the arrangements for the confirmation on Thursday 24th March by the Bishop of St Albans of her second son Prince Francis, (1870-1910, Major in the 1st Dragoons, served in the Sudan and South Africa), suggesting 1 o'clock, "please write me a line at St. James' which will be called for later in the day", she hopes "you quite saw my difficulty as regards the May Bazaar, scarcely a week passes without my declining one or more applications", she cannot do "a second day unless for a National object or one I am immediately connected with", 4 sides 6" x 4", no place, 1st March
tiny hole in blank portion
Item Date:
1887
Stock No:
53698
£75
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