réf. 18673On letterhead of Peterhouse Staines Middlesex . 22 December 1927. 1p. 4to. In fair condition lightly aged and worn. He begins by expressing pleasure at having been asked to write his name in Tyrrell's copy of his book probably 'Benjamin Disraeli' published in 1926. He also thanks him for 'the kind things said about me in your letter'. He has 'tried to be useful in various ways' and remembers 'the case you mention. Channell tried it & Took was against me & I lost it because my young client asked in the witness box to write certain words wrote "Skiny Kate." I believe it was an honest mistake & that the verdict was wrong.' He ends by thanking him for his 'kindness many years ago to my son' William Francis Clarke 1883-1961 better-known for his work with Naval Intelligence which 'has been justified by his course at the Bar'. He knows that Tyrrell shares 'his father's satisfaction'. On letterhead of Peterhouse, Staines [ Middlesex ]. 22 December 1927. unknown

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Thomas Wilde, first Baron Truro (1782-1855), Lord Chancellor:Biblio.com

Autograph Letter Signed 'Tho Wilde' from the Solicitor General Sir Thomas Wilde to an unnamed individual on 'The Lithgon Case'.

réf. 11436Dover Street; 9 January 1841. 3pp. 12mo. Fair on aged and worn paper. Wilde explains that he had previously written regarding the case but 'by some accident the Letter has been mislaid I believe among my mass of papers and I therefore fear it may not have reached you as I cannot learn who among the Servants dispatched it'. In the lost letter he stated that the wishes of his correspondent 'had been anticipated by the case respecting the Lithgon Family having been answered and also stating that the only point submitted to me regarded the legal presumption of Survivorship among several persons the respective times of whose Deaths could not be ascertained'. The context of the letter has not been discovered. Dover Street; 9 January [1841]. unknown

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H Montgomery Hyde [Harford Montgomery Hyde] (1907-1989), writer, Ulster Unionist politician and authority on Oscar Wilde [PhilipBiblio.com

H. Montgomery Hyde authority on Oscar Wilde and Ulster Unionist MP. Autograph Letter Signed to Philip Dosse publisher of ‘Books and Bookmen’ regarding a review by Lord O’Neill of his book on Carson a trip to North America and money owed.

réf. 2485730 September 1974; on letterhead of Westwell House Tenterden Kent. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient Philip Dosse was proprietor of Hansom Books publisher of a stable of seven arts magazines including Books and Bookmen and Plays and Players. See ‘Death of a Bookman’ by the novelist Sally Emerson editor of ‘Books and Bookmen’ at the time of Dosse’s suicide in Standpoint magazine October 2018. The present item is 2pp 12mo. In good condition lightly aged and folded once for postage. Thirty-one lines of text. Signed ‘H. Montgomery Hyde.’ He thanks Dosse for his note and is ‘so glad the noble Lord O’Neill came up with such a splendid review of Carson’. He is sure O’Neill ‘will be glad to do notices of any other books you feel he may be interested in - particularly of course on Ireland’. He is ‘just off on a brief Visit to Ottawa & New York’ but would like to meet for lunch when he returns. He is ‘sorry to be a bore’ but he must point out that he is owed payment for ‘six contributions from March to August inclusive with one more in the pipe-line for next month!’ His ‘poor wife has been in hospital with breast trouble & it would help to pay the specialist’s fees etc!!’ 30 September 1974; on letterhead of Westwell House, Tenterden, Kent. unknown

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