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George Canning, Downing Street, to “Sir” giving the agenda of the November 14th Parliamentary session: “obtain the sanction for admitting certain kinds of foreign grain for Home Consumption before they would have been by law regularly admissible for that purpose, and to elect a Speaker and complete the other formal proceedings incident to the opening of a New Parliament.” “No. 3” is noted at the top of the page. September 7, 1826.

Scope and Contents Edward VIII, Hotel Ritz, Paris, to Sir William Rootes, Piccadilly, thanking him for lending him a “Humber and your driver Calvert” during his visit, and giving details of other travel arrangements made during that visit plus his future November 5 trip on the “Queen Mary.” Edward VIII states, while visiting Eric Dudley and in London, he met people who share his pessimism over the Socialist havoc of the economy. He laments that Great Britain is losing its world position, but France has the...

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Edward VIII, H.Q. Guards Division, accepts a Christmas Eve dinner invitation from “My dear Colonel.” December 21, 1915.

Scope and Contents Edward VII, in Rome, to Dr. Chambers with thanks for the good wishes for his birthday and approaching marriage. “When one reaches the age of 21, & is shortly to be married, one begins to feel responsibilities creeping one one…Much will be expected of me, but…if I keep the example of my Parents before me, I have not fear of going wrong.” Edward VII lists the cities that he, his sister and brother-in-law have visited during their tour. Signed “Albert Edward.” November 23, 1862. Includes...

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Duchess of Kent (Victoria Mary Louisa), on embossed stationary, to Lady Barrington with thanks for making a beautiful bag which she will cherish as a souvenir. She is Queen Victoria’s mother. A later note on letter states "1847?".

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James VI requires the Earl Marischal to attend a national assembly to hinder increase of papacy. July 18, 1616. George Keith, the 5th Earl Marischal founded the Marischal College in Aberdeen in 1593. He held several offices under King James VI. Includes an attached paper seal.

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Typed tribute to Winston Churchill, on parchment type paper, given by Field-Marshall Montgomery and signed “Montgomery of Alamein F.M.” Undated. 4 pages. Field-Marshall Montgomery’s full title was “Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.”

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Reply by Lord Palmerston to someone approving of the labors of the Foreign Office. Signed "Palmerston." March 5, 1832. Henry John Temple Palmerston (Third Viscount).

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Dinner menu of the Hotel de Crillon in Paris signed by David Lloyd George. January 27, 1921.

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Charles Dickens asks the recipient to forward a note to his office in an envelope marked “private” and it will have his attention. Written on Athenaeum Club letterhead stationery. November 17, 1866. Includes an engraving of a portrait bust of Charles Dickens by J.H Baker after a photograph by Mason & Co.,1870.

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Envelope addressed to Viscountess Barrington, Cassiobury Park with attached red wax seal and postmark of January 6, 1847.

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Lord Halifax, British Embassy, Washington, D.C.to The Rt. Rev. Herbert Welch, New York City, New York responds to a request that the English Methodist Church fund credit in the United States be remitted to Uruguay. Lord Fairfax notes that the United Methodist Church should “surrender to the Exchange Control at the Bank of England all its dollar funds.” May 31, 1941. Lord Halifax was the British Ambassador to the United States in 1941. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax.

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Permission signed by King William III and given “by his Majtys command Nottingham” to Sir Willoughby Aston, High Sheriffe of County of Chester, to “give and grant you full license & permission during your said Office of Sheriffe to remaine or dwell out of our said County…” December 29, 1690. A paper seal is attached to letter with red wax. Includes an engraving of King William III. Includes a steel engraving by W.Holl of a William III portrait, after a painting by Caspar Netscher.

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Daniel O’Connell wants to put James [unknown] on the voting papers for St. George’s Ward. “I think you will not disavow us…but how useful an anti-slavery man may be in the council – with your help I think I could get our corporation to set an example to all the corporations in Great Britain on the subject.” October 20, 1841. Includes an engraving of Daniel O'Connell, Esq. by Robert Cooper from a painting by T. Catterson Smith.

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Signature of the First Earl of Halifax Charles Montagu on a declaration “Wee allow of this bill of Incidents amounting to the sum….Whitehall Treasy Chambers.” The document contains 5 signatures: Halifax, Richard Onslow, Paul Methuen, and Edward Wortley (Edward Wortley Montagu), husband of Mary Wortley Montagu. One signature is illegible. November 2, 1714.

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Raglan accepts dinner invitation from Lady Henniken for Saturday, July 6. Written after 1852 when Fitzroy Somerset became First Baron the Lord of Raglan Fitzroy Somerset. Notation with letter says it was written during the Light Brigade.

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B. White informs W. Pritchard of the London and County Bank of the death of his brother, Henry White. April 19, 1887. Envelope included. Pencil notes on envelope say this is Lt. Gen White, Hero of Balaclava Charge in the Charge of the Light Brigade. A Lt. Col. Henry White was with the 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons.

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Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 6 Grosvenor Place, to Donaldson, enclosing a partially completed form or application (not included). He mentions that he is a member of the Bull Dog Club and is glad to hear “good accounts of the keeps.” March 19, 1896.

Scope and Contents Viscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, Foreign Secretary, written while keeper of the Irish seal, to the Rt. Honorable John Beresford with the news that “Lord Cornwallis has been engaged this week in sounding the principal Persons in town with the exception of Lord Pery, who sees the objections in a strong point of view, the others are dishonest to entertain the question – some with a greater degree of preference than others.” He continues by saying the counties of Cork and Limerick are for...

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents James III, “the old pretender,” letter written from O’Albano, about Arthur Dillon and signed “Jacques R.” Written in French. September 18, 1724. Arthur Dillon, Count Dillon, was a Jacobite soldier from Ireland who served in the French army, per the Compendium of Irish Biography. Per Wikipedia, Arthur Dillon was given the Irish title “Earl of Dillon” in 1721 by James III.  In 1711 Arthur was created "Comte Dillon" in France by Louis XIV; and was awarded the Irish title...

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Engraving of La Belle Hamilton by J.Thomson after an original painting by Sir Peter Lely.

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Engraving of Lord Nelson by T Woolnoth from an original picture by Hoppner in her Majesty's Collection at St James's.

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Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth. Signed “Sidmouth.” Prime Minister, 1801-1804.

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Herbert Asquith. Signed "H H Asquith." Prime Minister 1908-1916.

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Clement Richard Atlee, 1st Earl Attlee. Signed “Clement Richard Atlee.” Prime Minister, 1945-1951.