“I’M A SLAVE NOW” DILKE (Sir Charles Wentworth, 1843-1911, Radical Politician)

Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Jeune telling her that “there is a motion fixed for 22nd March as to education in Ireland on which I shall probably have to speak, & to which I must listen. Many regrets! I’m a slave now...”, 1 side 8vo., Local Government Board headed paper, no date but circa

Dilke was Radical M.P. for Chelsea, 1868-1886. He was admitted to the Privy Council in 1882. In December of that year, he entered the cabinet as President of the Local Government Board, serving until 1885 when his affair with Mrs. Crawford helped to bring down the Liberal Government. He returned to public life in 1892 as M.P. for the Forest of Dean, and helped to organize the Labour M.P.s into an effective force. Dilke left important bequests to the National Portrait Gallery.

Item Date:  1884

Stock No:  42900      £75

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