[RUTLAND (Lord John Manners, 1818-1906, K.G., Cabinet Minister, from 1888 7th Duke)]

Letter in the third person to Dr George Phillips, 1804-1892, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, accepting for dinner on 9th June (following the giving of honorary degrees, including his own, and to meet the new Chancellor, the Duke of Devonshire), with original envelope front, 1 side 8vo., Oatlands Park Hotel, Walton on Thames, 24th May

Manners was a Young Englander ('Sir Henry Sydney' in Disraeli's novels), protectionist but a strong advocate of the reform of working conditions. With monogram JM and probably in Lady John's hand (they were just married, on 15th May 1862).

Item Date:  1862

Stock No:  50070      £40

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