JENNER Sir William - ALS 1883 inviting the Duke of Albany Category_Music

JENNER Sir William - ALS 1883 inviting the Duke of Albany Category_MusicSir William JENNER (1815 1898) Autograph Letter Signed (W. Jenner) to My dear Collins [Sir Robert Collins, Comptroller of the Royal Household], asking whether the Duke of Albany [Queen Victorias youngest son, Prince Leopold] would greatly favor me with his attendance at the Conversazione at the Royal College of Physicians. 3 pages 8vo, 63 Brook Street, 13 June 1883. It is most probably the last year that I shall fill the office of President of the

and so many thanks for giving me the chance

Both letters close with a very Spike Milligan touch - "Love

and the antipathy between them caused a series of problems during the campaign

as Salic Law which applied in Hanover prevented Victoria from acceding to the title as had the five previous British monarchs

East Down Camp

ordering General Seroux to go to Magdeburg to take command of the artillery

On the verso

Caroline Amalie

A previous collector has pencilled in "Georges Simenon" at the bottom

Autograph Letter Signed (“John Borlase Warren”) to “My Dear Lord” mentioning success “in our confined sphere of action” and discussing “the campaign in Spain” and its effect on British interests

58 Rutland Gate SW7

31 March 1809