An Original Hand Written Signed Slip by Prime Minister Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston for a Mr Williamson to be a Bursar in the University of Edinburgh.

Prime Minister Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston SIGNED

Verlag: UK, 1856

An Original Hand Written Signed Slip by Prime Minister Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston for a Mr Williamson to be a Bursar in the University of Edinburgh. Dated 1856. Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston,1784-1865 was a British statesman, who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century. Palmerston dominated British foreign policy during the period 1830 to 1865, when Britain stood at the height of its imperial power. He held office almost continuously from 1807 until his death in 1865. He began his parliamentary career as a Tory, defected to the Whigs in 1830, and became the first prime minister from the newly formed Liberal Party in 1859. He was highly popular with the British public. Provenance: From the family of autograph collector Emily Mary Rose Lee (1869-1949), wife of Colonel William Crawford Walton (1864-1937). Emily was the daughter of William Lee, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow from 1874 to 1886, and granddaughter of John Lee (1779-1859), Principal of Edinburgh University from 1840 to 1859. Size is 228mm x 90mm. Condition is good. Light marking. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17163. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 025878

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Titel: An Original Hand Written Signed Slip by ...
Verlag: UK
Erscheinungsdatum: 1856
Einband: Paper
Zustand: Good
Signiert: Signed by Author(s)
Auflage: First Edition