John Scott Lord Eldon (7 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine original engraving, printed ca. 1890. Mounted and ready to frame. An excellent opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent personage.

Condition: Good. - An autograph document penned in an unknown hand on 2-1/2 inch high by 7-1/2 inch wide parchment paper with clipped corners. A bankruptcy document dated "21st November 1801" reading "Let a Commission issue as prayed and be directed to Francis Maude Thomas Clifton Esquires Edward Brooke Thomas Edward Upton and Joseph Hood Gentlemen", signed "Eldon" by the British Barrister and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Once likely mounted in an album, there is some soiling with offsetting to the edges of the document from the glue with adhered to the verso. Good. The British barrister and politician John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838) served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1801 and 1806.

Stipple engraving,

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Engraved By William Thomas Fry (illustrator). A splendid portrait, engraved by William Thomas Fry (1787-1835). Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. An original antique engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive, decorative and unusual. c. 1840.

He writes "Sir, I am commanded by The House of Lords to acquaint your Royal Highness, that your Presence is desired at The House on Thursday the 15th Day of this Instant November, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon". Traces of mounting to margin of blank.

3pp., 4to. Bifolium In good condition, lightly aged. Laid down on the blank reverse of the second leaf is a frank (also signed 'Suffield'), addressed to 'Jn. Richardson Esqr. | Heydon | Aylsham | Norfolk' An excellent letter, containing a splendid assessment of Brougham's qualities, and a vivid reminiscence regarding his predecessor as Lord Chancellor, Lord Eldon. The identity of the book that is the subject of the letter is unclear. Suffield begins by reporting that Brougham has promised Suffield that he will 'attentively consider' Richardson's book. He explains how difficult it is to 'catch Ld. Bs. ear', and describes 'the throng, the busy anxious & generally consequential throng around him', before praising Brougham fulsomely: 'How any man can daily & hourly endure such intensity of thought as some of his duties require, interrupted & distracted as it frequently is by an infinite variety of important questions to be answered on the instant, how any man can endure this & retain his senses is to me wholly incomprehensible. Still he does endure it, his assiduity as a Judge, as my friend Docr. Lushington told me the other day, will if he continue it, kill half the profession, & in spite of all this he reads more than any of us. Books pamphlets & newspapers he has read them all, he has even by this time I dare say read your scheme, his attention being called to it by the letter which I put into his hands. You shall hear from me again when I have again an opportunity of speaking to this extraordinary personage, & that opportunity I will make after allowing him a reasonable time to have read & considered your book,' He concludes with a reminiscence of 'old Chancellor Eldon', 'an agreeable man' with whom Suffield had 'only a slight acquaintance, yet during a dull debate I used to sit by him on the Woolsack, take snuff & chat with him pleasantly on any subject that occurred to me'. Returning to Brougham he states that he has 'long been in habits of intimacy' with 'the present Chancellor', yet he has 'not conversed with him five times, & then only on business of importance, since he came into office': 'I mention these things in order to convey to you some idea of the man we have to deal with, & to account for my not having sooner urged your book upon his immediate attention, I mean your last edition'.