CHAMBERLAIN (Joseph, 1836-1914, M.P. for Birmingham, from 1891 Leader of the Liberal Unionists, Secretary for the Colonies 1895-1903)

Autograph envelope signed addressed to J. Little Esq in Blackheath, 5½" x 4", postmarked Bedford Street, Official Paid, 2nd December

Chamberlain had taken formal charge of the Colonial Office on 1 July 1895, shortly before his fifty-ninth birthday, with victory assured in the 1895 general election. With the empire at its zenith, Chamberlain governed over 10 million square miles of territory and 450 million people.

Item Date:  1896

Stock No:  38735      £26

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