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Auction: 15037 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 81

Documents
India Durbars and Royal Visits
1911 Coronation Durbar at Delhi
King George V: 1910 (8 September) autograph letter signed from Balmoral Castle to Lord Morley, the Secretary of State for India written on his very distinctive black and silver, personal mourning notepaper.



In this letter, the King writes, " ... I mentioned to Mr Asquith. Ever since I visited India five years ago, I have been impressed with the great advantage which would result from a visit by the Sovereign to that great Empire ... I am convinced where it is possible for me, accompanied by the Queen, to go to India & old a Coronation Durbar at Delhi, where we should meet all the Princes, Officials & vast numbers of people, the greatest benefits would accrue to the Country at large... I feel confident that my Ministers ... will appreciate my motives, which are actuated by a deep sense of duty & by my sympathetic interests in the Peoples of India ... I should like to hold the Durbar in January 1st 1913." signed "George R.I."



The envelope delivered by hand with the royal monogram printed on the flap and with the black wax seal. A highly important letter from the King. Photo



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