An Original Signed part of a Military Document by Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Grandson of George III and Cousin of Queen Victoria and Edward Stanhope. C1890. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (George William Frederick Charles) 1819-1904 was a member of the British royal family, a male-line grandson of George III and cousin of Queen Victoria. The Duke was an army officer by profession and served as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (military head of the British Army) from 1856 to 1895. He became Duke of Cambridge in 1850 and field marshal in 1862. Deeply devoted to the old Army, he worked with Queen Victoria to defeat or minimise every reform proposal, such as setting up a general staff. His Army became a moribund and stagnant institution. Its weaknesses were dramatically revealed by the poor organisation at the start of the Second Boer War. Edward Stanhope 1840-1893 was a British Conservative Party politician who was Secretary of State for War from 1887 to 1892. Provenance: From the family of autograph collector Emily Mary Rose Lee (1869-1949), wife of Colonel William Crawford Walton (1864-1937). Emily was the daughter of William Lee, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow from 1874 to 1886, and granddaughter of John Lee (1779-1859), Principal of Edinburgh University from 1840 to 1859. Size is 100m x 80mm. Condition is good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17163. Seller Inventory # 024619

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Title: An Original Signed part of a Military ...

Publisher: UK

Publication Date: 1890

Binding: Paper

Condition: Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition

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