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Auction: 14035 - Postal History, Autographs and Historical Documents
Lot: 3092

Historical Documents
Passports
1814 (8 September) French pass for a Mr Williams, signed "Wellington" with red wax seal; horizontal creases and some light soiling but fresh and in a good state of preservation. Photo

The Duke of Wellington was made Ambassador to France after the Battle of Waterloo.

Foreign-Office, July 5, 1814.
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been
pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty,
to appoint the Most Noble the Duke of Wellington,
K. G. to be His Majesty's Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Court of-
His Most Christian Majesty Louis XVIII.

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