STANHOPE (Philip Henry, F.R.S., Historian, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, from 1855 5th Earl)

Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Smith, inviting him "to pass two or three days with us at Chevening", 1 side 8vo., Grosvenor Plce, 15th July

To Stanhope is due the Parliamentary Grant for the National Portrait Gallery, of which he was the first Chairman, and, largely, the Historical Manuscripts Commission.

Item Date:  1863

Stock No:  50644      £15

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