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Auction: 15037 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 34

Documents
Autograph Book
1845-1902, an autograph book belonging to the 1st Viscount Goschen, many complete letters including Marquess Camden (1845), 1867 ALS from Henry d'Orleans (youngest son of King Louis Philippe of France) from York House, Twickenham; 1871 ALS from the Duke of Argyll on India Office stationery; 1873 ALS from George Duke of Cambridge from Gloucester House; 1873 ALS from Alfred Duke of Edinburgh from Clarence house to Admiral Sir John Tarleton with hand delivered envelope; 1875 Lord Rippon (2 ALS); 1880 stationery card ALS by Harriet Eleanor Hamilton Kong (poet); 1882 ALS from George Augustus Simcox (scholar and poet); 1883 Charlotte Mary Yonge (novellist) with envelope; 1887 stationery card reputedly ALS by William Morris; 1902 Lord Roberts on War Office stationery; also undated Dorothea Irving (Lady Brunner), actress; Andrew Lang, poet (2, one with envelope). A very interesting selection. Photo

George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen (1831 -1907) was a British statesman and businessman best remembered for being "forgotten" by Lord Randolph Churchill. He was initially a Liberal, then a Liberal Unionist before joining the Conservative Party by the time of the 1895 General Election. While Chancellor of the Exchequer, in 1888 he introduced the Goschen formula to allocate funding for Scotland and Ireland.

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