Sophie Cat 56 - Sophie Dupre

13 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS &SIGNED PHOTOS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY
97. HELENA (Augusta Victoria, 1846-1923, wife of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess, 3rd Daughter
of Queen Victoria, founder of the Princess Christian Nursing Home)
Fine photo signed and dated showing her head and shoulders,6” x 4”, in a superb original frame made of brass with a
decorative top, and a silver fillet around the image, & mount of flowered embroidery, 11” x 8” n.p., 1888 [SD26435]£650
98. HELENA VICTORIA (Princess, 1870-1948, Elder Daughter of Prince & Princess Christian of Schleswig-
Holstein, Grand-daughter of Queen Victoria)
ALS to Mrs Cole, saying “Alas, I shall not be calling at Villefranche ... We go straight to Madeira & then on South ... I
am much better after a month in bed”, and thanking her, 2 sides 8vo., 78 Pall Mall, 14th December 1936 [SD19848]£45
99. HENRY (Duke of Gloucester, 1900-1974, Officer in the 10th Hussars, Marshall of the RAF, Governor General of
Australia, Uncle of Elizabeth II) his wife ALICE CHRISTABEL SCOTT (b. 1901, Duchess of Gloucester) & their
children WILLIAM (1941-1972, killed in an air crash) & RICHARD (b. 1944, Duke of Gloucester)
Formal presentation photo by Eric Ager of Northampton, signed by all four, showing them grouped together outside, the
Duchess is seated on steps and the Duke is standing the other side of the two boys, and he has dated the image, in
original morocco presentation frame with gilt monogram at the head ,8”x6”, n.p., 1955 [SD23125]£425
100. HENRY (Duke of Gloucester, 1900-1974, Officer in the 10th Hussars, Marshall of the RAF, Governor General of
Australia, Uncle of Elizabeth II) & his wife ALICECHRISTABEL SCOTT (b. 1901, Duchess of Gloucester)
Fine Presentation photoby Dorothy Wilding signed & dated, showing them three quarters length, the Duke is standing
behind the Duchess wearing uniform & medals and the Duchess is seated, in a white dress & tiara, 6½” x 5” in mount 8”
x5½”,in original red morocco presentation frame with monogram at the head ,9½” x7½”, n.p., 1961
See Inside Front Cover Illustration [SD26422]£375
101. HENRY BENEDICT (Cardinal York, 1725-1807, Archbishop, last Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain
as Henry IX, 2nd son of James III, the Old Pretender, brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie )
Letter Signed, (‘Errico Card[ina]le Vescovo’) in Italian with translation, to Archpriest Niccolo Seghetti at Frascati, where
Henry was Bishop (1761-1803), thanking him for the prompt results of the election of Officers at the Cathedral Chapter
on the 1st January, he is pleased with their choice, but realises that they may have left the post of First Master of
Ceremonies vacant out of respect to him, and “wishing to see ... in all things ... your Constitutions observed”, he desires
them to elect one, so that he can grant his approval, and ends with his blessing, 1 side folio and conjugate leaf with title,
Rome, 7th January 1763 [SD50205]£650
AMES (Francis Edward Stuart, 1688-1766, Son of James II, Prince of Wales, Chevalier de St George or ‘Old
Pretender’)
Fine Letter in French with translation, signed to Leandro Colloredo, (1639-1709, Cardinal from 2nd September
1686), saying that “the particular satisfaction with which we receive the proofs you give of your continued
friendship, enjoins us to make clear our appropriate feelings in return”, and praying “God to keep you, My Cousin, in his
holy and worthy care”, address and seal of the Stuart Arms of Great Britain on conjugate leaf, the letter 1 side folio, St.
Germain en Laye, 1st March 1708, traces of former guard, seal divided on opening without loss [SD50209]£350
103. JAMES (Francis Edward Stuart, 1688-1766, Son of James II, Prince of Wales, Chevalier de St George or ‘Old
Pretender’)
Letter Signed, in French with translation, to Cardinal Stampa, Archbishop of Milan, thanking him “for your most
obliging letter of the 2nd of this month”, rejoicing with him “at your happy return to your Church ... I ... preserve
unceasingly the feelings which you know I have for your person ... I pray God may hold you, My Cousin, in His holy and
worthy care”, with an Autograph Postscript, “My children”, Charles Edward (aged 20) and Henry (15), “send many
regards to their good friend Cardinal Stampa, for whom we all feel affection and most sincere esteem”, 1 side folio,
address and seal in black on conjugate leaf, the seal bears the simple quarterings, England, Scotland, France and Ireland. Rome,
19th November 1740, garter on seal incomplete but shield clear [SD50210]£375
104. JAMES II (1633-1701, King of England)
Autograph letter signed with initial ‘J’ as Duke of York, “For my Neece the Countess of Lichfield”, Charlotte Fitzroy,
agreeing that she is “in the right to say this country is a very proper place for women to ride in, for I never saw a finer, for
all feild sports, the Dutchesse and my Daughter have been severall tyms a hare hunting with little beagles and are
mightily pleased with that sport, I have been but once a stag hunting ... the voyage from Portsmouth having hindred me
from going oftener ... we went on Wensday by Southamton (where we embarked) and so to Portsmouth ... to see the
fortifications and ships ... none of the ladys but the Ds of Portsmouth were there ... His Ma: Hawkes every day ...” he
ends by telling her that he intends to return in a fortnight to London and hopes she will be there, 2 sides 4to., with original
integral autograph address leaf signed with initial and sealed, Winchester, 8th September n.y., (1683), fore-edge of
address leaf strengthened with brown paper [SD15730]£1,750