THE NEW KING ANNOUNCES THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER EDWARD VII
GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of Great Britain) and Edward GREY (1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, 1862-1933, Liberal Statesman, Longest Serving Foreign Secretary 1905-1916, Ornithologist)
Finely clerk written document signed at the foot, countersigned by Edward GREYaddressed to the President of the Republic of Cuba, José Miguel GÓMEZ
(1858-1921, Cuban Politician and Revolutionary, leader of the Rebel Forces in the Cuban War of Independence, President from 1909 to 1913) sending greetings to "Our Good Friend! It is with the deepest affliction that We announce to You the decease of Our Most Honoured and Beloved Father, His Majesty King Edward VII of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, of Blessed Memory, whom it pleased God to call from this world on the evening of the sixth ultimo, at a quarter to twelve o'clock, in the Tenth Year of His Reign. We communicate to You this mournful event, feeling convinced that you will participate in Our grief and in that of all Our subjects, for the loss of a Sovereign so justly esteemed and revered. In acquainting you at the same time with Our Accession to the Throne. We assure You that it will ever be Our most earnest desire to cultivate and to maintain the relations of Friendship and good understanding which so happily subsist between the two Countries, and that it will always affords Us the greatest pleasure to have fresh opportunity of proving the interest which We take in the welfare and prosperity of the Republic of Cuba. And so We commend you to the protection of the Almighty ...", 3 sides folio on black edged paper, Court at Saint James's, 20th June
lacking the black edging on the top side, the signatures somewhat faded
Item Date:
1910
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GEORGE V & HIS FAMILY TOGETHER
[GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of Great Britain), his Queen MARY (of Teck, 1867-1953), with their children EDWARD VIII (1894-1972, King of Great Britain, Later the Duke of Windsor), GEORGE VI (1895-1952, King of Great Britain), MARY (Princess Royal, 1897-1965, Countess of Harewood), HENRY (1900-1974, Duke of Gloucester), Prince GEORGE (1902-1942, Duke of Kent, killed in a military aircrash in 1942) and Prince JOHN (1905-1919, Youngest son)]
Unsigned montage postcard photo by Rotary,
showing the children grouped together with their parents behind them, the older boys and their father are dressed in uniform, Henry and George are in kilts and John is in a sailor suit, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1910
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40492
£75
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THE LYING IN STATE OF GEORGE V
[GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of Great Britain) & MARY (of Teck, 1867-1953, his Queen)]
"Ceremonial to be observed at the removal of the remains of His Late Majesty King George the Fifth of Blessed Memory from King's Cross Railway Station to Westminster Hall"
from the Earl Marshal, Lord Norfolk, giving detailed instructions for the removal of the coffin to Westminster Hall and the positions of the dignitaries during the procession, folded folio with the Royal Coat of Arms on the front together with the Printed Form of Service, printed by Harrison and Sons, for the service that was said when the late King was taken to Westminster hall, folded 8vo., 23rd January
Item Date:
1936
Stock No:
39541
£175
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GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of England) & Stanley BALDWIN (1867-1947, Prime Minister)
Fine formal Typed Letter Signed by the Prime Minister to the Monarch, with the King's autograph "appd G.R.I." at the head,
Baldwin "with his humble duty to the King respectfully recommends to Your Majesty the appointment of the Reverend William Arthur Earp, B.A., Vicar of Escot and Rural Dean of Ottery, to the Vicarage of All Saints Lower Brixham ...", 1 side 4to., 10 Downing St headed paper with 'Prime Minister' stamp, 22nd November
Item Date:
1935
Stock No:
39564
£375
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GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of Great Britain) & William MANSFIELD(1st Viscount Sandhurst, 1855-1921, Liberal Politician and Colonial Governor)
Fine Document signed by the King at the head and by Sandhurst as Chancellor at the foot,
appointing "Our Trusty and Wellbeloved Charles James Stevenson Moore Esquire, Chief Secretary, Our Government of Bengal ... to be a Commander of Our Royal Victorian Order ...", 2 sides folio., Court at St James, 4th January
Item Date:
1912
Stock No:
39615
£275
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