LOUIS PHILIPPE I: (1773-1850) King of France 1830-48. An excellent content A.L.S., Louis Philippe D´Orléans, four pages, 4to, Richmond, 19^nd May 1815, to Charles Stuart, in French. A lengthy and carefully written letter during the Hundred Days period, and only a month before Waterloo, Louis Philippe states in part `Permit me my dear Knight to send you copies which you will find enclosed to my correspondence with the King, as it is quite possible that they do not inform you at Ghent. I give very much importance to the fact that you are aware of all happening because you are the English Minister beside the King and also because you have always shown your willingness..´ further stating `I have another reason for this letter, this being that the Prince Regent, who is aware of this documents, thinks that I should send copy to you, and same to Duke of Wellington.´ Louis Philippe further reports about his conversations with the King between March and May 1815, with his wishes and decisions `The 23<sup>rd</sup> of March, when the King was leaving Lille and France, I asked His Majesty what was he expecting me to do, what was he ordering, and the King answered… ´ and further on saying `Allow me also to give you a parcel to be forwarded to Monsieur the Prince de Talleyrand, containing copy of these letters, because as I have been assured the King has appointed him his Prime Minister, and I very much wish him to get these copies. I have been informed that they are waiting for him at Ghent at any time from now on, and I fear that he did not receive the first two copies which I sent to him addressed to Vienna.´ Louis Philippe concludes with a very interesting statement `I write to Mr. de Talleyrand saying that if he is appointed Prime Minister I recommend that from now on the first Prince and heir should be aware of what they will be expecting from him in future..´ On a post-scriptum in English, Louis Philippe adds `As the copies for Prince Talleyrand are not ready I will postpone the sending of them till the next post.  Extremely small, minor age wear, otherwise VG  

 

Charles Stuart (1779-1845) British Diplomat, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal and Brazil 1810-14, British Ambassador to France 1815-24, 1828-30 and British Ambassador to Russia 1841-44.     

 

The Hundred Days marked the period between Napoleon´s return from exile on the ısland of Elba to Paris on 20th March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815 after Napoleon´s second abdication.

 

Louis Philippe flee France during the period of the French Revolution in order to avoid imprisonment and execution. He spent 21 years in exile, mostly in England, after he left France in 1793.

 

George IV (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. From 1811 until his accession, he served as Prince Regent during his father's mental illness.

 

Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834.

 

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (1754-1838) French Diplomat and Statesman. Prime Minister of France July-September 1815.