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Auction: 17020 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 970

Autographs
France
Jacques Lauriston
1821 (3 September) secretarial letter from the Ministry when he was Secretary of State, written to le Baron Mournier regretting that, owing to the nations finances, all proposals on pensions must be postponed. Signed "M de Lauriston". Usual folding creases, fresh. Photo

Jacques Alexandre Bernard Law, marquis de Lauriston (1768 – 1828) was a French soldier and diplomat of Scottish descent, and a general officer in the French army during the Napoleonic Wars. He was born in Pondicherry in India, where his father, a nephew of the financier John Law, was the Governor-General. His mother was a member of the Carvallho family of Portuguese traders. Lauriston is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe. In 1817, he was created a marquis, and became commandant supérieur of the Département du Finistère et de la place de Brest.

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Estimate
£260 to £280