Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts
Sep 25, 2024
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 1196:

ROSEBERY EARL OF: (1847-1929) British Prime Minister 1894-95. T.L.S., with his initial ...

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ROSEBERY EARL OF: (1847-1929) British Prime Minister 1894-95. T.L.S., with his initial R, one page, 8vo, The Durdans, Epsom, 23rd February 1927, to Margot [Asquith], marked Dictated. Rosebery states that he had received his correspondent´s letter ´but had great difficulty in making it out as it was written in faint pencil´, remarking ´Pencil script is of no use to me, as I am nearly blind´, and further adding ´I should like very much to see you and Henry when convenient; but I cannot go up to London as long as my little granddaughter is here, who rules me entirely´. With blank integral leaf. VG

Margot Asquith (1864-1945) British socialite and author, wife of British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith from 1894 until his death in 1928.