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Clive Farahar & <strong>Sophie</strong> Dupré, XV The Green, Calne, Wilts, SN1 8DQ, Tel: (01249) 821121 18<br />
136. VICTORIA (née Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1863-1950, wife of Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg, 1st<br />
Marquess of Milford Haven)<br />
ANS sending “best thanks for services rendered”, light receipt stamp, 1 side 8vo black-edged, Germains, Chesham,<br />
Buckinghamshire, 24th June 1910, one corner mended with old transparent tape [SD50235]£75<br />
The Princess was the daughter of Princess Aliceandmother of Earl Mountbatten.<br />
137. VICTORIA ALEXANDRA (1868-1935, Princess, Daughter of Edward VII & Alexandra)<br />
Fine early ALS to her nanny, “My dear Jonnie”, hoping that “you have not disarranged the drawers that I arranged for<br />
you before we wentaway. Iamverysorrynot to be there to help you to dismantle your room for you. We are amusing<br />
ourselves very much here and we go wherever dear Mama goes. Papa won the Queen’s Cup ... it is very pretty. We went<br />
to see GRANDMAMA [Queen Victoria] with dear Mama and then she drove us in the little cart to Osborne peare (?pier)<br />
were we had tea and then we went home by the sea in a little steam barge which was very nice. That scrap book of mine<br />
that I saw in your draw[sic] would do very well for Lala’s bazaare instead for Xmas because you can get some other<br />
things for that time ...” she says that they had been bathing “& we swam beautifully at least I think so ...”, 4 sides 8vo.,<br />
Royal Yacht Osborne headed paper, 6th August 1880 [SD26029]£275<br />
Thechildren’s nanny was Elizabeth Jones. It is delightful to see life in the Royal family through the eyes of a 12 year old in this way.<br />
ILLIAM III (1650-1702, King of England)<br />
Attractive exemplification of a common recovery document with engraved initial letter portrait at the head<br />
concerning land at North Tuddenham and Elsing, both near Derham in Norfolk, involving Nathaniel Athill<br />
and Richard Warner together with the fictitious ‘Hugh Hunt’, 1 side oblong folio on vellum, n.p., c. 1698,<br />
lacking seal [SD16222]£500<br />
139. WILLIAM IV (1765-1837, King of Great Britain)<br />
Fine ALS signed “William” as the Duke of Clarence to the Archbishop of Canterbury replying to “your Grace’s letter ...<br />
Iamtoacknowledge the receipt of the special License which I consider as absolutely requisite to establish legally the<br />
marriage which will be celebrated next Thursday ... The Dutchess [sic] desires me to thank your Grace in her name for<br />
the trouble so kindly taken by your Grace in favour of her cousin ...”, 2 sides 4to., with original envelope front signed<br />
“Clarence” and seal tipped onto the conjugate blank, Admiralty, 16th February 1818 [SJ15873]£225<br />
140. WILLIAM IV (1765-1837, King of Great Britain)<br />
Fine Coronation Ticket for Miss Cooke Martin giving her admission to his seat in the South Transept of Westminster<br />
Abbey, to enter through the door at Poets Corner, printed at the head “The Coronation of Their Most Sacred Majesties.<br />
W.R. IIII A.R.”, with the blind stamp of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England, 10” x 7½”, n.p., n.d., [1831] [SD22591]£200<br />
141. WILLIAM IV (17<strong>56</strong>-1837, King of Great Britain) & Sir John BARROW (1764-1848, Secretary of the<br />
Admiralty)<br />
Ship’s Passport Document signed by both, addressed to whom it may concern ordering them to “Suffer the Vessel Paul<br />
Pry ofLondon, British built, John Foster Master, Burthen One hundred nine Tons navigated with six Men and bound to<br />
Smyrna to pass ... without any Let, Hindrance, Seizure or Molestation ...” for one voyage only, 1 side large folio on<br />
vellum with blind stamp of the Admiralty and revenue stamp and large engraved vignette at the head showing Britannia<br />
&Europa standing either side of a picture of a ship, Admiralty Office, 5th July 1827, the top has been indentured and is<br />
rather soiled [SD16235]£225<br />
142. WILLIAM IV (1765-1837, King of Great Britain)<br />
Fine Coronation Summons document signed printed with the details filled in by hand, informing him of the date that is<br />
“appointed for the Royal Solemnity of Our and the Queen’s Coronation. These are to will and require you (all excuses<br />
set apart) to make your personal attendance ...”, countersigned by NORFOLK ,(Bernard Edward HOWARD , 12th<br />
Duke, 1765-1842, Earl Marshal), 1 side folio, Court at St. James, 2nd August 1831 [SD26027]£500<br />
143. WINDSOR (Duchess of, Wallis Simpson, 1896-1986, Wife of Edward VIII)<br />
Photograph boldly signed underneath “Wallis Windsor” showing her full length, standing on steps, wearing a summer<br />
dress, 5” x 3¾”, n.p., n.d. [SD24688]£425<br />
144. [WINDSOR (Duchess of, Wallis Simpson, 1896-1986, Wife of Edward VIII)]<br />
Unsigned photo of the Duke and Duchess, standing outside a house with another man, together with the autograph<br />
envelope sending it to Major Gray PHILLIPS (1885-1976, Duke of Windsor’s Equerry from 1939) Donnington<br />
Grove, Newbury, England, 4½” x 3½”, n.p., postmarked Southampton Paquebot, 18th November 1947 [SD26448]£25
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