Search Results: Miscellaneous from Sophie Dupre

about "A Dictionary of Cat Lovers", written by Lord Aberconway's mother Christabel (d. 1974) and inscribed by her to Sir Winston Churchill, and offering £100 (31st January 1985), he apologises for having missed Farmer owing at the last minute to "the Memorial Service to Peter Chance, a great friend... and chairman of Christie's" but praising the book's "excellent condition... no one was able to point out to my mother any lover of cats in history, mythology, literature or... art, which she had not included", together 2 sides folio, 40 Lowndes Street, London, 31st January & 11th February

beginning "As I went a-walking one morning in June... she appeared like a queen... and a mantle of green", she had lost her lover at Waterloo, whom the singer realises was his commanding officer, the second begins "As I walked out one May morning", and ends "Now I am with my soldier lad... A drum and fife is my delight, And a pint of rum in the morning", thin ballad paper, 1 side 10" x 7", Thomas Yapp's Cheap Song Warehouse, 82 Digbeth, Birmingham, date in pen

with a fine round photo by G. Felicif, Roma, at the head showing him seated on his throne giving a blessing, underneath the text is illuminated with gold and red, the blessing is for Joseph Kinsley and his family, there is a faint impression of the papal seal, the photo 6½ inches across and the document 14" x 11", Rome, no date, circa Pius XI will be remembered as the pope who reigned between the two great wars of the 20th century. The onetime librarian and mountain climber, he reorganized the Vatican archives. Pius XI fought the two ascendant ideologies of communism and fascism. His success in fighting them was limited and there is much controversy over the concordats he entered with European regimes to improve the situation of the Catholic Church. At the outset, it was clear that he found communism to be the greater of the two evils but in his later years, there is no doubt that he was repelled by the momentum of Nazi Germany, not only in its opposition to the Catholic Church but… Read More

traces of mount on verso, newspaper obituary attached to top left hand corner of envelope

annotated in another hand as being Mrs Buckeridge, saying that "under this Cover I do send you the counterpart of the Lease to Price your Tenant in Herfordshire; the writing, are too many to be sent at one by the post so that I will either send them by degrees or bring them up when I go to London, therefore do reply you will tell me which you do choose to have done. I order'd my clerk by the last post to (tell) you what hinder'd me from sending of the Lease sooner, our Services attend all my family...", 2 sides 4to., Bath, October Ralph Allen was a British entrepreneur and philanthropist, who was notable for his reforms to England's postal system. He was born in Cornwall but moved to Bath to work in the post office, becoming the postmaster at the age of 19. He made the system more efficient and took over contracts for the mail system to cover England to the borders of Scotland and into South Wales. He bought local stone mines from his postal profits and had Prior Park built as… Read More

saying that it "would give us great pleasure to see both you and your boy any time after 3.30...", 1 side 8vo., 34 Lensfield Road, Cambridge, 25th June

for £50. received from the City Corporation "by the hands of Humfrey Burton" for a half year's allowance for the Parish tythes, being the half year ended 29th September last, 1 side folio, Coventry, 25th November In 1636 the Corporation of Coventry agreed to pay William Panting £100 a year for three years, in exchange for the vicar's tithes and allowances (with some exceptions) and a lease to this effect was drawn up in 1640 (presumably this is the 'Indenture made betweene me & certain Aldermen of the same Citie' mentioned in this repeipt). Pantine was a member of the laudian party and the living was sequestrated in 1643.

apologizing that he is "engaged on Tuesday", 1 side 8vo., St. John's, 5th December margins trimmed without loss

telling him that he has seen the "Manuscript at Jeffrey's which you so obligingly mentioned, and which appears to be exactly what you have described. But I should not say that it was of any great importance, and certainly not worth the price which is put upon it. This, however, must be taken with great latitude..." as he only had a quick look at it, 1 side 4to., Somerset Place, 27th January Probably to Captain Walter Stanhope Sherwill, who travelled to India and Himilaya.

saying that "as I have not received the volumes which you kindly offered to send to me I shall be obliged if you will keep them till the. middle of September for I shall not be much at home for the next three or four weeks..." 1 side 8vo., 1 The Wilderness, Hampshire, 15th August He was the son of Arthur Hill, headmaster of Bruce Castle School. His mother died when he was four years old. Arthur Hill, with his brothers Rowland Hill, the postal reformer and Matthew Davenport Hill, afterwards recorder of Birmingham had worked out a system of education which was to exclude compulsion of any kind. The school at Bruce Castle, of which Arthur Hill was head master, was founded to carry into execution their theories, known as the Hazelwood system.

saying he will find the addresses "in the Stock Exchange Year Book, Bradshaws Railway Manual, or Burdetts Official Intelligencer, which are taken in at most Clubs", listing nine names "and myself... Our time tables also print the names and addresses", 2 sides 8vo., India Office, 26th March n.y., c. one small original smear The people named are the Directors of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway, probably required for campaigning for the LCC.

Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, accepting for dinner on 9th June to meet the new Chancellor, the Duke of Devonshire, with autograph envelope front, 1 side 8vo., Temple, 28th May As a Fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Tozer contributed much to its transactions.

(1770-1827, Prime Minister, 1827), asking "Do you object to the enclosed article proposed by the H[ome] Depart[ment]?", with below Canning's autograph answer signed 'G.C.', "By no means. It is very proper & humane", 1 side 16mo., with conjugate leaf, no place, no date, circa irregular closed tear near fold touching three letters without loss, early identifications in pencil at head In July 1824 Canning, then Foreign Secretary, appointed Howard de Walden his Under Secretary of State, and in January 1826 sent him to Brazil with Lord Stuart de Rothesay, who was negotiating its independence. He later held the difficult post of Ambassador to Lisbon during the civil wars, and was then at Brussels for 22 years.

saying that his "wife has asked me to write and ask if Mrs Brough and you to come ad take lunch with us on Weds next at 1.30, if you will we shall be glad...", 1 side 8vo., The Mansion House headed paper, 14th April James Rowland Brough was born in 1852 and had an illustrious career. His initiation into business life was in the family silk firm in Leek and London until he transferred his interests to a partnership into a wholesale stationers and paper merchants under the style of A.J.Brown Brough & Co. He entered keenly into the corporate, municipal, educational and philanthropic life of the City and Metropolitan Boroughs. In 1898 he was elected into membership of the City Council and chosen as Chairman of Library and Art Gallery and Central Markets. In December, 1912, he was appointed Alderman and the distinction of a Lieutenancy of the city of London and President of the United Wards Club of the City of London. From 1900 he was Alderman and Mayor of Stoke Newington Borough and for… Read More

enclosing a "Suggested Booking for Y.M.C.A., Lee Road... Perhaps they can give you another Date as you have booked for Alton... I have bought an Eight Penny Cassell's Tennyson a marvel of cheapness and delight !", 2 sides 8vo., 42 Glenthorne Road, Hammersmith, 10th September

giving a detailed report on a box of early 18th century counters, bearing busts or full lengths of British Sovereigns, "Charles I is a wretched performance... I should think... of the time of Queen Anne, when there were medals struck of Charles & a kind of revival of his memory. The bust counters are rarer than the full lengths", detailing the duplicates or missing in his correspondent's set, comparing the Museum's holdings, and saying "£20 would be too high even for a perfect set... the gilt set you mention was unusually fine", 3 sides 7" x 4½", British Museum, 19th March laid down on album leaf by blank fourth side

sending his "heartfelt thanks for the precious booklet 'Bergamo in Numbers' which reflects such honour on the Chamber of Commerce and its illustrious and dear President: Congratulatoins on the increasing number of mankind's children in the land of Bergamo. I wish you continued growth without interruption in physical prosperity, and spiritual elevation. Would, perhaps, a retrospective glance be useful? At the time of St. Charles Borromeo, the apostolic visitor (1575), Bergamo city and suburbs numbered 19,950 and the diocese 139,232. Warm greetings...", 2 sides correspondence card, headed "Mgr. Ange-Joseph Roncalli, Archevêque titulaire de Mesembria, Nonce Apostolique", Paris, 21st July Known affectionately as "Good Pope John" and "the most loved Pope in history" to many people, on September 3, 2000 John was declared "Blessed" by Pope John Paul II, the penultimate step on the road to sainthood. Following his beatification, his body… Read More

Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, accepting for dinner on 9th June (after the conferring of honorary degrees, including his own, and to meet the new Chancellor, the Duke of Devonshire), with autograph envelope front, 1 side 8vo., London, 22nd May Lord Lyttelton was Principal of Queen's College, Birmingham, 1845, and of the Birmingham and Midland Institute, 1853. In 1849 he was chairman of the association that founded Canterbury province, New Zealand. Gladstone and he married sisters on the same day, which they commemorated in a book of Latin verses.

apologizing for not having before written "to my Lord Treasurer", (since 30th May 1711 Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford), "about making an End of my Father's last Acct. but desire yo. to send me such a Coppy of a Lettr. to Mr Lounds", [William Lowndes, Senior Secretary at the Treasury 11th June 1711 - 20th January 1724, or possibly the William Lowndes, Under Clerk 25th December 1703 - 25th December 1717], "my not being us'd to those great People may be some what at a Lost how to addresse myself to 'em", 1 side 4to., Uffington, Stamford, Lincolnshire, 24th July portion of blank left margin torn away, possibly on opening Mr Leece was earlier negotiating with the Treasury on behalf of the writer's father, the Hon. Charles Bertie, (b. c. 1635, died 22nd March 1711). The father was a younger brother of the Earl of Lindsey, and had been envoy to Denmark, 1671, and Secretary of the Treasury, 1673.

saying she will support "Lady Emma Crichton on the platform on February the 18th, but as there will be many speeches, I should really prefer to listen", 2 sides 8vo black edged, Hamble Cliff, Netley, Southampton, Sunday 17th no date, c. Lady Emma, daughter-in-law of the 4th Earl of Hardwicke, lived at nearby Netley Castle.