CHAMBERLAIN (Sir Austen, 1863-1937, Foreign Secretary 1924-1929 and Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize)

Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Boyd Carpenter telling her that his wife has been laid up "with a bad septic throat which obstinately declines to yield to treatment ..." and so she will not be able to dine with them and he fears "that for other reasons I am in the same position. I found her so ill & in so much pain on my return here for a weekend that I do not know whether I shall be able to leave ... if I can - & work urgently calls me to London - I am still afraid that I must ask you to excuse me also as Lloyd George has fixed Tuesday for the Budget and we are faced with a situation of great difficulty, so that I cannot absent myself from the debate ...", 3 sides 8vo., 9 Egerton Place crossed out, Crowborough, 1st May

Lloyd George as Chancellor of the Exchequer had introduced his first war budget in November 1914. The coalition government was formed in May 1915 and he then became head of the ministry of Munitions and Chamberlain secretary of State for India.

Item Date:  1915

Stock No:  31906      £325

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