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Auction: 23025 - Historical Documents, Postal History & Autographs
Lot: 184

(x) Great Britain
Military
Talbot correspondence
1882-1904 Seven letters, one with envelope, addressed to Sir Reginald Talbot (1841-1929), Army officer and MP, who served in Egypt and Sudan and his wife, written by various personalities, mentioning the successful conclusion of the 1882 Egypt campaign and Wolseley; Coleridge Grove discussing the second Anglo Boer War; St John Broderick regarding the award of a KCB to Talbot; Lord Milner to Lady Talbot and Eldon Gorst, diplomat, to Lady Talbot in 1904 after Sir Reginald was appointed Governor of Victoria (7)

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Estimate
£120 to £150

Starting price
£100