MALET (Lady Ermyntrude, d. 1927, daughter of the 9th Duke of Bedford, wife of Sir Edward, 1837-1908, Ambassador, 4th Baronet)

Autograph Letter in the third person for her husband and herself, to the Lord Mayor, Sir William Treloar, regretting they cannot accept an invitation to lunch to meet the Earl of Cromer owing to Sir Edward's health, 1 side 8vo., Wrest Wood, Bexhill, Sussex, 26th October light traces of laying down on verso

Sir Edward negotiated the meeting of Jules Favre and Bismarck at Ferrières in 1870. As agent and consul-general in Egypt, (1879-1883), he helped to restore financial stability and reorganise the government, and was succeeded in this post by Lord Cromer. In Berlin (1884-1895) he settled rival British and German claims in the Congo and Samoa.

Item Date:  1907

Stock No:  17903      £15

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