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[Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster.] Autograph Note Signed ('Grosvenor'), undertaking to match the Earl of Wilton's contribution of fifty pounds to the Metropolitan Society.

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Robert Grosvenor (1767-1845), 1st Marquess of Westminster [2nd Earl Grosvenor], politician and landowner [Earl of Wilton; Metropolitan Society]
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Heaton House [Cheshire]. 21 October 1811.
£38.00

1p., 12mo. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Reads: 'Sir | I have been requested by the Earl of Wilton, who is indisposed, to say that he shall be glad to contribute fifty Pounds to the Metropolitan Society & I shall be happy to do the same, & am, Sir | Yr obedt. Servt. | Grosvenor'.

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[Sir John Henniker Heaton, Member of Parliament for Canterbury.] Autograph Note Signed ('J Henniker Heaton') to Stephen H. Gatty regarding a letter of recommendation to the Secretary of State for the Colonies Lord Knutsford.

Author: 
Sir John Henniker Heaton (1848-1914), Member of Parliament for Canterbury, 1885-1910, and postal reformer [Henry Thurstan Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford (1825-1914); Sir Stephen Herbert Gatty]
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On letterhead of 36 Eaton Square, London. 24 November 1888.
£35.00

1p., 12mo. Bifolium. Good, on lightly-aged paper. He informs him that he has written 'a strong letter of recommendation to Lord Knutsford' (Secretary of State for the Colonies). He is enclosing the reply (not present) and 'will not fail to bring the matter before him again'. Sir Stephen Herbert Gatty (1849-1922) was later Chief Justice of Gibraltar.

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Signed ('J. Henniker Heaton') Letter, in a secretarial hand, to A. M. Tapp.

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Sir John Henniker Heaton (1848-1914), English Member of Parliament and postal reformer [Post Office]
Publication details: 
9 July 1891; on embossed House of Commons letterhead.
£100.00

12mo: 3 pp. Good, but with the leaves of the bifolium separated, and reattached with three tissue mounts. 'It is impossible to trace the obstructiveness of the Postal department to any particular officials; they stand shoulder to shoulder, defiant and impenetrable, like a square of infantry'. Nevertheless Heaton has 'succeeded in getting some reforms of importance inserted in the Post Office Acts Amendment Bill'. Mentions 'permission to send circulars in unclosed envelopes' and briefly discusses the postage of newspapers to the Colonies.

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