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Auction: 16017 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 334

South Sea Company: A handwritten instruction to Charles Lockyer, accountant to the South Sea Company, from the Duke of Argyll & Greenwich, to pay his dividend on £2000 stock to James Cockburn Esq., dated London 22nd March 1722 and signed at the foot 'Argyll & Greenwich', professionally mounted for presentation, 6" x 6½", together with a typed short history of the South Sea Company and a 19th century print of the Duke, very fine.

John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1st Duke of Greenwich KG KT, 1680 - 1743, Scottish nobleman and senior commander in the British Army. Commanded all forces in Spain during the War of Spanish Succession, later Commander in Chief in Scotland and led the Government forces against the Jacobites. Lord High Commissioner in the Scottish Parliament. Supporter of the Hannovarian succession to the throne following the death of Queen Anne in 1714.

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Estimate
£250 to £300