Sophie Cat 56 - Sophie Dupre

9 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS &SIGNED PHOTOS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY
66. GEORGE I (1660-1727, King of Great Britain & Ireland, Creator of the Cabinet System of Government)
Handsome Warrant Document in his name, with fine initial letter portrait of the King in Latin, being a transfer of land,
with an ornate border, 29” x 26” on vellum framed and glazed [SD22366]£275
67. GEORGE II (1683-1760, King of Great Britain)
Fine letter signed with autograph subscription, to the King of the Two Sicilies sending his congratulation on the birth of a
Prince, “you inform me of the happy Increase of your Family by the Birth of a Prince. I congratulate you on this joyful
event ...”, 1 side 4to., with integral direction leaf with seals, St James’s, 14th February 1751 [SD15713]£1,250
The King of Naples & Sicily, FERDINANDO IV was born on 18th January 1751, 3rd son of Carlos III ,King of Spain (1716-
1788).
CROWN LEASE OF SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN’S HOUSE, HAMPTON COURT
68. GEORGE II (1683-1760, King of Great Britain)
Letters Patent, by and with the advice of the Lords of the Treasury, leasing to George Eckersall the house, with gardens,
stable and coach house, “all late in the occupation and tenure of Sir Christopher Wren ... situate ... near our Palace of
Hampton Court”, with a frontage of 42 feet to Hampton Court Green, and running 328 feet to the Thames, abutting on the
East ‘the Mitre’ [inn] and a house belonging to the keeper of the palace, let to Jasper English, on the West the Store
House, Store House Yard and gardener’s house, for £25 paid and £10 p.a., to run for 22½ years from 1787, fine engraved
portrait of George II 8¾” x 7¾”, and engraved border on three sides of the document, all elaborately decorated, signed
also by the Deputy Clerk of the Pells, the Middlesex Auditor, and by Robert Herbert ,Surveyor-General of the King’s
Works, vellum, 27¼” x 33¾”, Westminster, 13th June 1760, green braid tassel at foot but no Exchequer seal, creased at
some folds and worn where folds cross obscuring a few words of text (can be supplied from context) [SD17633]£550
Theleasecontinues that granted to Christopher Wren, junior, 1675-1747, on 21st January 1738 to run for 28½ years from 1758 at £10
p.a.. No doubt George Eckersall had taken over that lease and wished to secure a long tenure.
The houses mentioned still form the delightful group opposite the palace gates. Sir Christopher was Surveyor-General, 1669-1718, and
lived there while constructing Fountain Court and many other works at the palace.
Named as Lords of the Treasury are the Duke of Newcastle, Henry Bilson Legge (Chancellor of the Exchequer), James Grenville, Lord
North, and James Oswald.
69. GEORGE III (1738-1820, King of Great Britain)
Commission Document signed, printed with the details filled in by hand, appointing Alexander Watt to be “First
Lieutenant ... in the Trinity House Royal Volunteer Artillery ...”, countersigned ‘YORK’ (Frederick Augustus, 1763-
1827, 2nd Son of George III, Commander in Chief of the Army), 1 side oblong folio on vellum with revenue stamp,
Court atStJames’s, 19th July 1809, severely discoloured [SD22724]£175
70. GEORGE III (1738-1820, King of Great Britain)
Fine Royal Licence and Passport Document signed ‘George R’, with a late ‘mad’ signature, printed with the details filled
in by hand, addressed to the “Commanders of Our Ships of War, and Privateers ... whereas Messrs Greffulhe Brothers
have humbly represented unto us ... that they are desirous of obtaining Our Royal Licence for permitting four vessels
sailing under the Prussian or any Neutral Flag to proceed from Port in France to the Port of London with Four Cargoes of
such goods as are allowed by our order of the 11th of November 1807 to be Imported ... that the Masters be permitted to
receive their Freights and return with their vessels and crews without Molestation to any Port not Blockaded. This our
Licence to remain in force for six months ... and at the Expiration of the said Period, or sooner if the Voyage be
compleated, to be deposited ... with the Commissioners of Our Customs ...”, countersigned ‘Hawkesbury’ by Robert
Banks Jenkinson, (Baron Hawkesbury, 1770-1828, Prime Minister as 2nd Earl of LIVERPOOL ), 1side folio with
papered seal and revenue stamp, Court at St. James’s, 19th May 1808 [SD21740]£575
Afascinating sideline on the famous Blockade (Orders in Council) of 1807 in answer to Napoleon’s of 1806. Both were ‘paper
blockades’, not permanently maintained by investing forces, but still having a great effect on trade. The present document shows how
the British could still ship selected goods under ‘neutral’ flags or the flags of France’s allies including Prussia, half of which had been
annexed by Napoleon. What Napoleon thought of this was a different matter. Meanwhile America was picking up much of Great
Britain’s carrying trade, a main cause of the war of 1812.
71. GEORGE IV (1762-1830, King of Great Britain)
Pass Ticket to the Coronation Banquet, which was the last time that the “Presentation of the Champions took place”,
printed in blue & red, with an embossed edge with GIVR at the head and flowers and leaves around it, 7¼” x 5”,
Westminster Hall, n.d., 1813 [SD22592]£245
TheBanquet was the highlight of George IV’s vastly elaborate and expensive Coronation. The Royal Family and 312 guests, all male,
took part. The womenfolk had to watch from the gallery. Wellington and others paraded on horseback amongst the tables and there
was a medieval style Challenger in armour.
Like the Coronation ticket this pass ticket was produced using a very early example of security printing