Letter Signed Lansdowne , to William Tooke, declining the office of President "of the Society for superceding the use of climbing-boys" to clean chimneys, due to his patronage of so many other Societies.

LANSDOWNE, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of.

Published by 2 pp. 8½ x 7 inches, in good condition, integral blank leaf (traces of mounting).

About this Item

Berkeley Square, 21 May 1827. Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780 1863), statesman. In a ministerial career spanning nearly half a century he notably served as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer and was three times Lord President of the Council.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Letter Signed Lansdowne , to William Tooke, declining the office of President "of the Society for superceding the use of climbing-boys" to clean chimneys, due to his patronage of so many other Societies.
• Publisher: 2 pp. 8½ x 7 inches, in good condition, integral blank leaf (traces of mounting).