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
Stock No:
41606
£1750
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GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of Great Britain), MARY (of Teck, 1867-1953, his Queen) & EDWARD VIII (1894-1972, King of England, later the Duke of Windsor)
Superb large photo by Dinham, finely signed by each of the subjects underneath and dated by the Queen
showing the Royal Family standing outside a building with the King and the Prince in their Naval uniforms and the Queen wearing a feathered hat, 14¼” x 11¼” in mount 16” x 12½”, no place but Dartmouth,
Item Date:
1910
Stock No:
43118
£1750
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THE PRINCE'S LATIN PRIMER SIGNED
GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of Great Britain)
Latin Elementary Reader "The Lives of Eminent Commanders" by Cornelius NEPOS (Italian, c. 110 BC – c. 25 BC, edited by the Rev. C. Bradley, signed "Prince George of Wales" with the date on the half title,
with the bookplate of the National Maritime Museum on the facing end paper, 8vo., Longmans, 1875 in original cloth, dated by the Prince 'January
Item Date:
1877
Stock No:
38658
£500
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[GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of Great Britain) with his wife MARY (of Teck, 1867-1953, his Queen) and his mother Queen ALEXANDRA (of Denmark, 1844-1925)]
Fine original unsigned photo
showing the Royal Family walking up carpeted stairs leading a procession up steps opposite Buckingham Palace, annotated in pencil on the verso as the Victory Parade in 1919, 6½" x 4¾", London, no date but circa
Item Date:
1919
Stock No:
38682
£125
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[GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of Great Britain) & MARY (of Teck, 1867-1953, his Queen) with their son GEORGE VI (1895-1952, King of Great Britain) & his wife ELIZABETH (b. 1900, The Queen Mother)]
Unsigned press photo showing the Royal family seated together in the front row of some performance
showing the King and Queen sitting next to the Duke and Duchess of York, the King and his son in uniform with other uniformed officials next to them, 10" x 8", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1930
Stock No:
38864
£150
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