Beschreibung:

[INDIA]: Selection of A.Ls.S., a few T.Ls.S., some signed photographs, a few signed pieces etc., by various Viceroys of India and Secretaries of State for India comprising George Robinson 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827-1909, Viceroy and Governor-General of India 1880-84, previously Secretary of State for Inda 1866; signed postcard photograph and two A.Ls.S., one marked Confidential and informing his correspondent that he intends to submit his name to the Queen for appointment as a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George), George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925, Viceroy of India 1899-1905; four A.Ls.S. and a further three final pages of an A.L.S., in one sympathising with a colleague on his departure from the Government and commenting 'I have always felt that in every powerful & effective Government Labour ought to be ably represented. You have filled this part both in the Cabinet & on the wider stage of the Peace Conference - with conspicuous ability and great success…', February 1920, and in the partial letter discussing the publication of a book, in part, 'In the event of my dying while in India, I would give permission to…..Harper to publish the book as it is (an additional reason for completing it) within a period of not less than 4 months after my death, the existing agreement holding good and the proceeds being paid to the executors of my will'), Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860-1935, Viceroy and Governor-General of India 1921-26), Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908, Secretary of State for India 1880-82; two A.Ls.S.), Henry H. Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton (1830-1911, Secretary of State for India 1894-95; A.L.S. and vintage signed postcard photograph), Lord George Hamilton (1845-1927, Secretary of State for India 1895-1903; an A.L.S. and a T.L.S., the latter regarding the late Sir William White , William St. John Broderick, 1st Earl Middleton (1856-1942, Secretary of State for India 1903-05; vintage signed postcard photograph), John Morley 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1838-1923, Secretary of State for India 1905-10; vintage signed cabinet photograph with slight damage to one corner) and William Peel, 1st Earl Peel (1867-1937, Secretary of State for India 1922-24, 1928-29). Some age wear and a few with slight traces of former mounting etc. Generally G, 19