Raynors HCA 2020-02
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Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, FRS, FBA, DL (1848-1930) was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. As Foreign Secretary in the Lloyd George ministry, he issued the Balfour Declaration in 1917 on behalf of the cabinet. Typed Letter Signed "Balfour" 1pp. quarto, September 24, 1926, Whittigehame, Scotland, addressed to Lady Pentland, and reads in part: "...I am delighted to hear that your son is kind enough to act as my Page...It is not a very onerous duty, though, so far as the Chancellor is concerned, a very necessary one..." Fine condition.
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