POLE-CAREW (Sir Reginald, 1849-1924, Lieutenant-General, M.P. for Bodmin 1910-1916) and his wife, 1901, Lady BEATRICE (1876-1952, née Butler, daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Ormonde)

Bold Signatures each on a card 2¼" x 3½", with a striking magazine full page photograph of him as Brigadier-General, showing him full length, full face, arms folded and feet astride, in military jacket, boots and riding breeches, on a leaf from 'With the Flag to Pretoria' for 7th March 1900 (p. 533, map of the advance on Bloemfontein and text on verso), 12½" x 8¾", and with a magazine full page photograph by Richard N. Speaight of Lady Beatrice, showing her seated full length, three quarter face, in an elegant day dress and hat, a garden basket on her lap, next to her eldest daughter and second child Marye Frances (b. 19th April 1903), on the opening leaf from 'Country Life' for 30th January 1904 (Vol. XV, no. 369), 14" x 9", together 4 items, the signatures

Pole-Carew was Military Secretary to Lord Roberts in India and commanded the 9th Brigade of Guards and the 11th Division in South Africa, 1899-1900.

Item Date:  1903

Stock No:  54892      £125

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