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Auction: 17020 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 935

Autographs
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
1914 (21 July) a family A.L.S. from 17 Belgrave Square to J.B. Chevallier in Debenham, Suffolk, hoping to be able to visit Aspell Hall, it is signed, "Yours affectionally, Herbert", with the original envelope. Also a general greetings card with the portrait of Lord Kitchener. Photo

John Barrington Chevallier or ‘JB’ as he was known by friends and family was educated at home at Aspall until he was thirteen when he won a scholarship to Eton College. He went on to study at Cambridge University, where he won a ‘Blue’ for football, graduating with a double first. He played in four FA Cup Finals for the Old Etonians, winning two, the last one of which was against Blackburn Rovers. Before returning to Suffolk he taught at Repton College where he was a founder and one of the first players for Derby County. Back in Suffolk he made the first serious modification to the original 1728 apple press by replacing the broken wooden screw with a metal one. The original is still there in the old cyder house.

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