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19TH CENTURY IRISH POLITICAL FIGURES
Selction (15) of signed ‘free front’ envelope panels. Included in
this lot are: The O’Connor Don, Earl Talbot, Viscount Doneraile,
Sir John Newport, Marquis of Thomond etc.
€100 - €150
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FAMOUS LEGAL FIGURES IN OR OF IRELAND,
INCLUDING:
O’Hagan, Thomas; 1st Baron, 1812 - 1885, Lord Chancellor
and Solicitor General of Ireland, MP, ALS. Collins, Richard Henn
(1842 - 1911) TCD Scholar, Famous Judge and Jurist, Masters
of the Rolls, Lord of Appeal and Life Peer. ALS on Royal Courts
of Justice letterhead to Balfour Browne. Ashburne, 1st Baron;
Gibson, Edward, 1837 - 1913, Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Two
autograph letters signed. Cairns, 1st Earl, Hugh McCalmont,
1819 - 1885, ALS. 5 November 1875 on Blind stamped House of
Lords notepaper, whilst Lord Chancellor, to Harman.
€100 - €150
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GEORGE IV, KING, (1762 - 1830).
Document Signed, Approving Troop Movements from Ireland in
1822.
George was described as the “First Gentleman of England” on
account of his style and manners. Gentleman or not, he was
undoubtedly one of its most detested monarchs on account
of his extravagant lifestyle. Not only was he disliked by his
subjects, but also by his father (George lll) and his wife, whom
he would not allow to his own coronation and whom he refused
to have crowned as Queen. His dissolute life earned him the
contempt of the people. On his death the Times said of him
“There never was an individual less regretted by his fellow
creatures than this deceased King.”
The document to which he signalled his consent by the signature
“Appd. GR” is a memorandum from “Horseguards 23rd October
1823…reinforcements of Troops for the West Indies.” It makes
provision for “the 93rd Regiment from Ireland” to be sent to
the West Indies. Though George was the first monarch since
Richard ll to visit Ireland (1394), his strong views against Catholic
Emancipation meant he was even more disliked in that part of his
Kingdom.
€250 - €350
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IRISH LITERARY FIGURES. A COLLECTION
INCLUDING:....
Costello, Dudley, (1803 - 1865), Irish born Journalist and
Author. ALS to a Mr Jeffs (?) ; Hall Samuel Carter, (1800 -
1889), Irish Editor and Writer; De Vere, Aubrey, (1814 - 1902),
Poet. In excess of a dozen autograph letters signed to
random correspondents, many written by him from the family
estate “Curragh Chase, Adare.“ Knowles, James Sheridan,
(1784 - 1862), Irish Dramatist and Actor. ALS. Three page
autograph letter to “My Dear Old Schoolfellow”.
€120 - €150
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TREVELYAN, GEORGE, OTTO,
(1838 - 1928),
Historian, Man of Letters, Statesman, Chief Secretary for
Ireland, 19th Century An engraving and seventeen ALSs.
The 8.5” x 11” black and white engraving is titled The Right
Honourable George Otto Trevelyan, chief secretary for
Ireland, Presented Gratis with “The Belfast Weekly Post”
6th of Jany 1883. The content of the two main letters is
interesting. The first deals extensively with politics “the
late government…………. Possessed an influence over
the working classes….. I believe that if Gladstone and his
colleagues had applied their mind and energies to put a stop
to this in turn may sign warfare of labour and capital……..”
The second, deals with McCauley’s poetry and mentions
Byron. Together with fifteen other ALSs, as a collection.
€250 - €350
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RUSSELL, WILLIAM HOWARD,
(1820 - 1907),
First War Correspondent.
Six autograph letters signed to various correspondents,
including one from Camp Crimea, one from 4th Division Camp
and, later ones, from two present-day hotels, Longueville
House and Adare Manor. In one, “still it is rather hard after
being with the Army since July 1854 (having been the first
man who landed at Gallipoli having been in conflicts with
them ever since) that I must be obliged to take out a further
pass and be described as “WH Russell camp follower”
€200 - €300