VERNEY
(Sir Harry, 1801-1894, M.P., from 1826 2nd Bt. of Claydon)
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Henry Ellis, (1777-1869,
Principal Librarian of the British Museum, and editor of 'Original Letters Illustrative of English History'), asking how to proceed with "my old Family Papers", which he has arranged by years and calendared from 1637 to 1641, but feels he has not the skill "to select what might be worth printing, or to compile Memoirs", he wonders if Sir Henry could recommend the Camden or some other society, and looks forward to calling on him in London, 3 sides 8vo., Rossie Priory, Inchture, Perthshire, 17th June
a trifle dust soiled at top
Item Date:
1843
Stock No:
50677
£20
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VERNON
(James the younger, 1677-1756, Clerk Extraordinary, 1697, and from 1715 Clerk in Ordinary to the Council)
Order in Council, Signed as Clerk in Ordinary to the Council,
that "the Lords Lieutenants of the severall County's of England & Wales, Doe, pursuant to the Acts for Ordering the Militia, forthwith Issue their Commissions to all the Commission Officers ... and ... Present to his Majestie the Names of such Persons as they shall think fitt to be Deputy Lieutenants", 1 side folio, in a neat secretarial hand, blind embossed seal of the Privy Council showing the Rose, Thistle and Daffodil on one stem, 1 side folio, Court at St. James's, 30th June
light remains of transparent guard
Item Date:
1715
Stock No:
56188
£275
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VILLALOBAR
(Count, Spanish Ambassador to Brussels)
Autograph Letter Signed to Admiral Charles Windham, R.N. Retd. (1909), b. 1851, in English,
sending "No end of thanks" for the Admiral's letter, and agreeing "with all what you say about my beloved Sovereign", he has just arrived as ambassador, "it is not yet London ... but better than Lisbon", Spanish Embassy, Brussels, 6th May
Item Date:
1913
Stock No:
20151
£45
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VILLIERS
(Thomas, 1st Earl Clarendon, Baron Hyde of Hindon, 1709-1786, Diplomatist, Envoy to Warsaw, Dresden and Vienna, Ambassador at Berlin, M.P. for Tamworth, Envoy who arranged the Peace between Frederick the Great and Augustus of Savoy, 1745)
Autograph Letter Signed ('Clarendon') to E. Nugent Temple
thanking him for his letter which "makes me not hesitate, but rather think it a duty to explain what may have been mistaken & cause a conclusion that Ld Paget and I troubled your Lordship about the same person, whereas the Liberty Stock was in favor of Dean Champigné, the father, and his Lordship solicited for his son; tho' I dare say Ld page would be happy to see his father in law duly distinguished ..." he encloses a copy (not present) of his earlier letter giving his "opinion of that excellent Divine ... I will only add in its support that Dan Champigné has been 42 years a strict observer of his duty, and has brought up and educated in an uncommon genteel manner a very numerous family yet, notwithstanding his birth alliances & merit don't receive from church benefices above 400 a year ...", 3 sides 4to., Grosvenor Street, December
Item Date:
1782
Stock No:
22550
£85
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VILLIERS
(Edward Hyde, 5th Earl of Clarendon, 1846-1915, ADC to the King; Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, Lord Chamberlain to Queen Victoria and King Edward VII)
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Ughtred KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH
(1844-1939, 1st Baron Gawthorpe, Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire, Liberal M.P.), suggesting "a plan at the Levée ... which I hope and believe will suit your convenience? It is that you should be placed at the head of the General Company and pass the Presence immediately after the Entree. This will be tantemount to the Entree itself ..." 3 sides 8vo., Lord Chamberlain's Office, 30th May
Item Date:
1904
Stock No:
18488
£30
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