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Auction: 16043 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 28

Documents
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
1814 (10 March) secretarial letter from Kensington Palace to Sir James Cockburn, asking him to call at Kensington Palace and concludes, " ... I shall be most happy to have that opportunity of taking you by the hand previous to your departure for Bermuda.". Signed "Edward" (by the Duke) with an unusual flourish to the final "d". Photo

The Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn KG KP GCB GCH PC (1767 – 1820) was the fourth son and fifth child of King George III and the father of Queen Victoria.


Sir James Cockburn, 9th Baronet (1771 – 1852) was British Governor of Bermuda from 1811 to 1812, from 1814 to 1816 and from 1817 to 1819.

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