Document signed by King George VI and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden.

The commission appointing Courtenay Forbes as Ambassador to Peru, signed by the king at the head and Anthony Eden at the foot. Forbes (1889-1958) entered the Foreign Office in 1913 and rose to be First Secretary in 1924. He was appointed to the legation in Mexico in 1930, promoted to Counsellor of Embassy in Madrid in 1932, and was made Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Lima and Quinto in 1933. He became ambassador when the legation was upgraded to an embassy. Broadside commission (419 x 540 mm), with George VI's royal crest blind stamp and watermark, printed and typed text with manuscript additions. Light creases where folded, a little browned. In very good condition.