LYTTELTON (George William, 1817-1876, F.R.S., Educationist, from 1837 4th Baron)

Autograph Letter in the third person to Dr George Phillips, 1804-1892, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, accepting for dinner on 9th June (after the conferring of honorary degrees, including his own, and to meet the new Chancellor, the Duke of Devonshire), with autograph envelope front, 1 side 8vo., London, 22nd May

Lord Lyttelton was Principal of Queen's College, Birmingham, 1845, and of the Birmingham and Midland Institute, 1853. In 1849 he was chairman of the association that founded Canterbury province, New Zealand. Gladstone and he married sisters on the same day, which they commemorated in a book of Latin verses.

Item Date:  1862

Stock No:  50065      £25

             Add to Wish List     Order/Enquire