MILNER (Alfred, 1854-1925, K.G., High Commissioner for South Africa and Colonial Secretary, 1st Viscount)

Autograph formal note on a postcard in the third person saying that “Viscount Milner much regrets that he cannot have the honour to lunch with the Lord Mayor... as he will be out from Town on that date...”, 1 side postcard, Sturry Court, Kent, 20th February

Milner laboured for eight years in the most delicate situations, following on from the Jameson raid, learning Dutch and Afrikaans, negotiating with Kruger over the rights of British subjects in the Transvaal, and carrying on through the South African War and the period of “reconstruction”.

Item Date:  1907

Stock No:  41839      £75

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