RUSSELL (Lord George William, 1790-1846, M.P., Ambassador to Berlin 1835-1841)

Attractive Autograph Letter Signed 'Your faithful Sert. Wm. Russell' to 'My dear Miss Novello', (Clara Anastasia NOVELLO, 1818-1908, the famous soprano, daughter of Vincent Novello, 1781-1861), telling her that he is "going to Potsdam tomorrow in hope of finding Fr. Wm.", (Friedrich Wilhelm III, 1770-1840, King of Prussia from 1797), "well enough to come & meet you at dinner tomorrow", suggesting she ask also "a Venetian Gentleman here, Mr Weber a great admirer of yours ... if I knew him I would invite him myself ... we could after dinner sit near the Piano instead of sitting round the fire ... don't let me be any gêne to you", 2 sides 8vo., no place. [Berlin], 'Thursday' no date,

Lord William served gallantly at Copenhagen and in the Peninsula, was ADC to Wellington in 1812, and again in 1817 when the latter was Ambassador to Paris. An elder brother of Lord John Russell, to whom he was devoted, he was son, brother and father to successive Dukes of Bedford, as well as father to Odo Russell, the diplomat Baron Ampthill.

Item Date:  1838

Stock No:  13861      £35

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